The Cases of Gnarr, Skaði and Blær – The Name Committee, A follow-up
Following a recent report from Icenews about Mannanafnanefnd, the Personal Name Committee and the Icelandic naming system, here are some examples of w...
Introducing the Human Name Committee
If you follow Icelandic news you will once in a while come across reports of names declined or names approved by what is known as Mannanafnanefnd, a j...
Happy Holidays from all of us at Icenews
Happy Holidays from all of us at Icenews. Thank you for a great 2015 and we are looking forward to a fantastic 2016.
Iceland officially welcomes displaced Cuban writer
Cuban writer and asylum seeker Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo has been ensured a place to live and financial security by the city of Reykjavík. In 1994, Lazo...
North Iceland to get new luxury resort
Deplar Farm in Skagafjörður is currently being transformed from a working sheep farm into a new luxury resort set to open in April 2016, according to ...
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 ...
Suspected human trafficker detained at Helsinki Airport
The Finnish Border Guard have arrested a suspected human trafficker at Helsinki Airport. Although the news was not announced until Thursday, authoriti...
Fishing season underway in Iceland
Trawlers have revealed that they have enjoyed excellent fishing conditions since the beginning of the new fishing year. Bjarni Gardarsson, captain of ...