Scrapie returns to the Northwest
Scrapie, a fatal disease affecting the nervous system of sheep, has been found on the Álftagerður farm near Varmahlíð in Skagafjöður reports the Icela...
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“People Really Want to Find the Right Gift”
This holiday season, Kringlan Shopping Center in Reykjavík launched a service called the Emergency Package Button. The idea behind this service is to ...
Icelandair to take over WOW air
The Icelandair group board has made a purchase agreement for all shares in the WOW air airline totalling around $18 million or ISK 2.18 billion. The d...
Iceland volcano eruption concerns, scientists disagree
Katla volcano has been a point of interest in recent weeks due to the release of a scientific paper revealing how much carbon dioxide is being produce...
Hítardalur Valley landslide: A bird’s eye view
On July 7th in west Iceland, a landslide fell in Hítardalur Valley from Fagraskógarfjall Mountain. The landslide is one of the biggest Iceland has on ...
Is Iceland the next country to legalize marijuana?
There as a lot of buzz around marijuana these days, Canada is going all in and other countries seem to be following. The website Civilized.life claims...
Man Who Escaped Low-Security Prison to be Extradited to Iceland Today
Sindri Þór Stefánsson, the man who escaped low-security prison and was arrested in Amsterdam, is on his way to Iceland today. This is reported by ruv....
Denmark offers best quality of life, Iceland ranks first with religious tolerance
According to a new research, released this week by the Social Progress Imperative, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Finland and Sweden “excel at meeting basi...