#BeBoldForChange – International Women’s Day 2017
For International Women’s Day 2017 a new outreach has been made for people to exhilirate gender equality. #BeBoldForChange is a call “on the ma...
South of Forgiveness – Forgiving rape
IceNews recently reported on the book South of Forgiveness where rape victim and rapist co-author a book and travel the world, sharing the stage, for ...
Director Aki Kaurismäki takes the Silver Bear at the Berlinale – jokes about Iceland no more taking over Europe than Islam (Video)
Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki joked in a press conference in Berlin in this week when asked about his thought on “the Islamication” of Europe. Islam...
One Billion Rising in Reykjavik Harpa – Dancing against the exploitation of women
Thousands of men, women and children are dancing in Harpa Concert Hall today in solidarity against the exploitation of women. UN Women in Iceland firs...
Rape victim and rapist reconcile, co-author a book and give talks (Video)
In 1996, Thordis Elva Thorvaldsdottir shared a teenage romance with Tom Stranger, an exchange student from Australia. After a school dance, Tom raped ...
Icelanders come face to face with refugees (Video)
The Icelandic division of Amnesty International published a video were Icelanders sit across from fugitives that have been granted asylum in Iceland. ...
Syrian families visit the presidential residency in Bessastadir
President Guðni Th. Johannesson and his family welcomed the newest group of Syrian refugees accepted by the Icelandic Government to settle in Iceland ...
The annual fireworks mania is on – New Year’s Eve will be a spectacle
New Year’s Eve in Reykjavik is thought to be an experience, there are a few official firework displays in the city leading up to the main event but th...