Iceland behind America’s geothermal push
A lot of the impetus behind the current US drive for geothermal alternatives to fossil fuels comes from across the Atlantic, in Iceland. Iceland Ameri...
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White House, this is Iceland calling
Last week Vifill Atlason, a 16 year old high school student in Iceland, picked up the phone and placed a call to the White House. Atlason claimed to b...
Icelanders snap up cheap US homes
This year has seen a large number of Icelanders buying holiday homes abroad. Icelandic investors are buying up property in international locations, wi...
Icelandic drilling project sheds light on ‘black smokers’
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Tax treaty signed between Iceland and America
The US Treasury Department last month announced the signing of a new treaty relating to income tax. The treaty was singed by Deputy Secretary Robert K...
Iceland opens geothermal office in California
On October 12th, the Icelandic President, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, joined officials from the state of California and the city of Los Angeles to open th...
Iceland and America forge geothermal energy ties
Icelandic President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson recently testified before the Energy and Natural Resource Committee of the US Senate about his nation’s exp...
Icelandic national arrested in India
Police in Delhi caught an Icelandic man at the Indira Gandhi International Airport last week who has been wanted by the American police for the past f...