Jailed youth returns home to Iceland
After a long and unsuccessful campaign by the Rights Justice Freedom group, the 24-year-old Icelandic prisoner, Aron Palmi Agustsson, finished his ten...
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Slaughterhouses: the new tourist attraction of 2008?
A new interpretation of regulations set by the European Union on the slaughtering of animals has several farms in Iceland considering the possibility ...
Femin.co.uk offers free tickets to Cortes concert in London
Femin.co.uk is giving away 50 pairs of free tickets to subscribers of its newsletter to see the Icelandic singing sensation, Gardar Thor Cortes, perfo...
Jared Leto visits Iceland
Last Tuesday American heartthrob Jared Leto made a stop in Iceland. The actor and musician was on his way to Greenland with his band, 30 Seconds to Ma...
New spa and fitness complex to open in Reykjavik
Iceland’s first combined fitness centre and spa complex will open in Glaesibaer, Reykjavik sometime in December. The centre is a joint project between...
Iceland Airwaves to release iTunes exclusive compilation
The Iceland Airwaves music festival in Reykjavik, with support from IMX (Icelandic Music Export), will be releasing an iTunes compilation featuring 17...
Venezuelan woman sues her smuggler
The Icelandic Directorate of Immigration is currently reviewing one of the most unusual cases in their history. The case involves the immigration stat...
Economic lessons from online computer game
Eyjolfur Gudmundsson, a man with a doctorate in environment and resource economics from the University of Rhode Island, was recently hired to study in...