National strike action snowballs.
More people have joined the strike action that is gripping Iceland, as CR Trade Union, the Icelandic Nurses Association and Flóabandalagið (the Comme...
Vet strike leads to Iceland burger crisis
A veterinarian strike in Iceland is leaving burgers lovers in the country faced with the possibility of not being able to get a hold of their favourit...
Progressive Party member: EU membership referendum ‘unlikely’
A referendum on whether Iceland should join the European Union (EU) is unlikely to take place, according to Progressive Party member Karl Gardarsson. ...
Iceland looks to future with AIIB membership
Iceland can look forward to future opportunities after announcing that it is to be a founding member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB...
Greenland’s brain drain to Denmark continues
Greenland, boasting untapped gas and oil resources, looked to have finally found a way of preventing its most talented citizens leaving for Denmark ju...
Iceland: 11% fall in catch value in 2014
Iceland’s catch value decreased by 11 per cent to 136 billion kronor last year, according to the most recent data from Statistics Iceland. The total v...
Young adults in Finland among those at greatest risk of poverty
Statistics Finland has said that as many as 700,000 people in the country could be classed as “very low income earners”, with one-fifth of that number...
Unemployment on the up in Iceland
Iceland’s unemployment rate increased to 4.6 per cent in February, marking a slight year-on-year rise of 0.2 per cent, according to data published by ...