Angela Merkel announces 2021 step down
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of the longest serving Christian Democratic Union leaders to date, has told the right-of-centre party that she wi...
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Women of Iceland unite on Wednesday for workplace equality
Women in Iceland will be walking out of their jobs this Wednesday at 14:55 as part of the Kvennafrí protest also known as the ‘Women’s Day Off’ protes...
75 refugees will be brought to Iceland in 2019
The Icelandic government met last week to discuss supporting refugees after the Refugee Committee and UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, collaborated to provide...
Meet in Reykjavík honours Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir
Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, Chair of the Executive Board of Women Political Leaders, Global Forum, has been named honourary Ambassador of Meet in Rey...
Right-wing extremist Breivik takes his case of mistreatment to Court of Human Rights
Mass murderer and terrorist, Anders Behring Breivik plans to take his case of mistreatment in the Norwegian prison to European Court of Human Rights. ...
Thoughts about Iceland’s casual sex culture
Iceland is one of the most sexually liberated societies on the planet earth according to a blog on the Rooster. The blog goes on to state that by all ...
2017 Pulitzer Prize awarded to the Panama Papers investigation
The reports revolving around the Panama Papers have been awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting according to an announcement from C...
The import/export of organic goods between the EU, Norway and Iceland allowed once more
From tomorrow onwards the import of organic products from Iceland and Norway will be allowed again, including organically farmed Norwegian salmon. The...