Diver’s Death Calls for Stricter Rules at Silfra
The victim of a diving accident at the Silfra fissure in Iceland’s Þingvellir National Park was pronounced dead yesterday, Thursday. The victim was a ...
Boreholes in Eldvörp are a Bore, Argues Nature Conservationist
An online petition has been launched by nature guide and biologist Jóhann Garðar Þorbjörnsson to protest the drilling of boreholes in an untouched reg...
New Lagoon, Blue Lagoon: Improvements Underway
Iceland’s best know geothermal hot springs and resort, the Blue Lagoon, has been undergoing renovations since the start of the new year. This is the f...
Historic Landing on Antarctica by Icelandic Plane & Crew
Loftleiðir Icelandic, a subsidiary of the Icelandair Group, landed a Boeing 757 passenger aircraft on a blue-ice runway in Antarctica just last week. ...
Iceland’s Laugavegur trail among world’s best hiking
As one of National Geographic’s 20 best hiking trails in the world, the Laugavegur trek offers stunning views of caramelized mountains, obsidian lands...
NIB and Byggdastofnun open a loan facility for Icelandic SMEs
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Byggdastofnun, the Icelandic Regional Development Institute, are launching a new ten-year loan facility totalling...
Iceland leading the way in sustainable fishing
Cod stocks in the North Atlantic are at their healthiest in 50 years. That was a key point made recently at a workshop on responsible fishing, hosted ...
Iceland drops import duty on EU farm produce
Further liberalization on the trade in agricultural products with the EU block will result in duty free importation of most farm produce, reducing the...