Alcohol prices in Iceland still climbing
In Iceland there is a state monopoly of all alcoholic beverages and in the New Year a further price raise has been announced. With that raise the pric...
Worlds Aids Day – 23 HIV positive in Iceland this year
Individuals found HIV positive this year until November are 23 according to an announcement from HIV-Iceland made because of the World Aids Day today,...
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 ...
Drug use on the rise in Iceland
According to recent statistics Icelanders are the biggest users of addictive painkillers, stimulants, sleeping pills, tranquilisers, sedatives and ant...
Women talk, men talk – Rape culture in Iceland
There have been loud voices in Icelandic society of late, calling for a change in the rhetoric regarding sexual harassment, abuse and rape. Women in m...
Rutabaga farmers by day, artists by night
Musicians Svavar Pétur Eysteinsson and Berglind Häsler promptly left Reykjavík in the rearview mirror in 2014 and moved to the country, they got a far...
Cricket snack to go, Jungle Bar on the table in the USA
The owners of Crowbar Protein producers of the insect infused protein bars, Jungle Bar, have signed a contract with a distributor in the USA. Stefán A...
Icelanders Demanding Increased Healthcare Funding
UPDATE: Almost 59.000 people have signed the petition making it one of three most signed petition in Iceland. Icelanders are seeing an incredible part...