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…
Iceland and Denmark rank as the number one and two most peaceful nations in the world according to this year’s Global Peace Index, published…
The respected travel guide, Lonely Planet has presented its top ten European destinations of the year, with capital of North Iceland, Akureyri, coming out…
Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and Minister of Finance Bjarni Benediktsson presented a plan to lift capital controls—which have been in place…
Immediately 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…
Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson, former CEO of Kaupþing Bank, may have begun his prison sentence at the small detention center on Skólavörðustígur in central Reykjavík,…
There 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 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…
Today 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,…
The former head of the Icelandic bank Landsbanki, which collapsed in 2008 in the Icesave crisis, Sigurjon Arnason, has been sentenced to one year…
Photo: 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…