Artists’ Christmas bazars popping up all over Reykjavik
A new (old) trend has developed in recent years in the city of Reykjavik as artists come together and make big salon exhibitions before Christmas with...
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The rise of the Icelandic krona is affecting the tourist industry
The ever more expensive Icelandic currency, the krona (IKR) is resulting in higher prices for tourists and has already started to harm the tourist ind...
14000 birds euthanized from an “ecological” farm. Icelandic consumers scammed for years
Icelandic consumers are increasingly aware of animal welfare in their consumption of animal products. If you go to a supermarket, you will find a few ...
New silicon factory in Helguvik spewing smoke over neighboring town
The Environment Agency of Iceland has received numerous points and complaints about both smoke and burning smell from the Silicon metal factory in Hel...
Icelandic volcanoes to keep Britain warm
A French company called Meridian, a global investor and asset manager specializing in public and community infrastructure has decided to fund an insul...
Iceland´s Foreign Ministry prepares a lawsuit against UK’s Iceland Foods
Iceland´s Foreign Ministry has taken steps to prepare a lawsuit against the grocery store chain that carries the country’s name; Iceland Foods. The ch...
Delta secures year round flight between Keflavik airport and JFK
Delta Airlines is the first US airline to begin year-round scheduled flights between Iceland and New York. The winter schedule has already taken effec...
Gamer Alert – Big Jam is on and there are some Icelandic minds in the game (links to games)
Five games from Icelandic origin are competing in the BGJAM competition about the best GameBoy theme game according to a report on Visir. Direct links...