ELKO, Iceland’s largest electronics retailer, will stop selling DVDs starting this fall, Fréttablaðið reports. In a press release about the decision, marketing director Bragi Þór Antoníuson said [...]
Actor Ingvar E. Sigurðsson won an award for Best Performance in the film A White, White Day at the Transilvania Film Festival (TIFF) this weekend. RÚV reports that this is the second award that [...]
A mural dedicated to David Bowie in the West Iceland town of Akranes has become quite a local attraction and will be the site of a Bowie memorabilia exhibition this weekend, RÚV reports. [...]
Reykjavík residents will soon be able to enjoy a permanent rainbow, regardless of the weather. RÚV reports that Reykjavík City Council approved a motion yesterday to paint a permanent rainbow at [...]
Elín Eddudóttir’s request to adopt Kona as her second name was rejected yesterday by the Icelandic Naming Committee, RÚV reports. It is not the first time the name, which simply means “woman” in [...]
Icelandic actor Ingvar E. Sigurðsson has been awarded the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award for his acting in Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur (A White, White Day) at Cannes International Critics’ [...]
Icelandic Eurovision act Hatari held up banners bearing the Palestinian flag during the revelation of the votes at the 2019 Eurovision Grand Final. When the camera showed Hatari in the Green [...]
Online bookies are predicting that Iceland will come in 8th place at the Eurovision Song Contest Final on Saturday. Per the current odds on EurovisionWorld.com, The Netherlands are well-placed to [...]
