New Icelandic music website launched
A new government-backed Icelandic music website was launched this week at www.icelandicmusic.is Icelandicmusic.is is a free and fully-comprehensive re...
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Iceland ‘happiest’ nation
A recent study comparing the quality of life in 30 European countries ranked Iceland as the place where residents are most likely to live long and hap...
Icelandic foreign minister in Middle East peace talks
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, the Foreign Minister for Iceland, met last week with the Palestinian Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad,? and the? President, ...
Icelandic puffins go live
The Icelandic tourist board has just launched a web camera which provides views of millions of Atlantic puffins. The iconic birds come in their millio...
Iceland gets Harry Potter first
Because of the time difference between Europe and Iceland, bookstores in Reykjavik? have been? selling the newest Harry Potter book one hour before th...
Latest acts announced for Iceland Airwaves music festival
An impressive line-up of Icelandic and international artists will play at the 2007 Iceland Airwaves music festival in Reykjavik between October 17th a...
Safn Gallery displays two new exhibitions
Iceland may be known to many as the land of fire and ice, but it is also a land of excellent art installations. Two new exhibitions recently opened in...
Saving Iceland’s summer events
Environmental group Saving Iceland held a fund-raising concert at the Nasa nightclub in Reykjavik on 2nd July. The funds went towards increased enviro...