Nordic Countries Top Global Peace Index, While Russia Is Ranked as Least Peaceful
byIceland and Denmark rank as the number one and two most peaceful nations in the world according to this year’s Global Peace Index, published…
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Lonely Planet: Akureyri is Best Place in Europe 2015
byThe respected travel guide, Lonely Planet has presented its top ten European destinations of the year, with capital of North Iceland, Akureyri, coming out…
Icelandic Government Presents Plan to Lift Capital Controls
byPrime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and Minister of Finance Bjarni Benediktsson presented a plan to lift capital controls—which have been in place…
Ground Broken for New Pagan Chapel in Iceland
byImmediately following Monday’s solar eclipse, Iceland’s Nordic Pagan religion broke ground on its new chapel and headquarters in Reykjavík. Ásatrú, which is registered as…
Icelandic Banksters Getting Luxury Prison Treatment?
byHreiðar Már Sigurðsson, former CEO of Kaupþing Bank, may have begun his prison sentence at the small detention center on Skólavörðustígur in central Reykjavík,…
Björk’s Vulnicura
byThere was nothing snappy about Biophilia, Björk’s last studio release. Not just an album, but a multi-format, multi-year campaign that encompassed apps, visual art,…
Police Estimate 30,000 Unregistered Guns in Iceland
byPolice estimate that there are up to 30,000 unregistered firearms in circulation in Iceland, compared to 73,000 registered firearms, as stated in a recent article…
Stinking Icelandic Skate: A Putrefied Christmas Tradition
byToday is the last day before Christmas, known as Þorláksmessa (‘The Mass of St. Þorlákur,’ Iceland’s patron saint). The day is celebrated by eating skata,…
Icelandic bank manager involved in 2008 financial crash sentenced to prison
byThe former head of the Icelandic bank Landsbanki, which collapsed in 2008 in the Icesave crisis, Sigurjon Arnason, has been sentenced to one year…
Iceland Airwaves: Highlights and the Future of Rock ‘n’ Roll
byPhoto: Alexander Matukhno/Iceland Airwaves. Another Airwaves behind us, my back is aching and my feet are hurting as I slowly realize: I’m getting too…