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...
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Birgitta Jonsdottir Pirate leader to Lord Julian Fellows “Shame on you” (VIDEO)
Birgitta Jonsdottir, parliamentarian for the Pirate party was a guest in Skavlan, Scandinavia’s most popular talk show last night along with UK’s Juli...
Iceland’s first lady gives Icelandic lessons to a Canadian audience
Eliza Reid, Iceland’s first lady visited her native Canada recently where she made an appearance on Toronto’s City TV morning show. She casually spoke...
Miss Grand International pageant owner responds to beauty leaving the pageant
Mr. Nawat Itsaragrisil owner of the pageant Miss Grand International has issued a statement regarding recent events, where an Icelandic beauty, Arna Y...
Beauty queen’s passport held hostage by owners of Miss Grand International beauty contest
UPDATE: Arna Yr Jonsdottir, beauty queen has retrieved her passport and travels back home to Iceland tonight. The owners of the pageant demanded 3000 ...
You are to fat! – Icelandic beauty pageant contestant isn’t having that, drops out of contest.
Arna Yr Jonsdottir, Miss Iceland 2015, was told by the owner of the Miss Grand International beauty contest that “she needs to lose weight in time for...
[VIDEO] Artists Light Up the Dark in Norwegian Forest
A recent light installation set in a Norwegian woodland area known as Dølerud transformed the forest landscape, brought artists and people together, a...
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...