Iceland’s prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir has penned an article for CNN’s news site regarding gender-based violence, harassment and discrimination in Iceland and abroad, Vísir reports. The [...]
Iceland’s chief of police Haraldur Johannessen will meet with Minister of Justice Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir today to discuss recent turmoil within the ranks of the Icelandic police [...]
A protest titled “Iceland Against Nazis” will be held tomorrow in Reykjavík in response to the appearance of a neo-Nazi group that waved flags and handed out flyers in downtown Reykjavík [...]
John McAfee, the founder of computer security company McAfee, appears to have been hiding in Dalvík in North Iceland. McAfee has been on the run from authorities since 2012 when he was accused of [...]
An asylum seeker on his 12th day of a hunger strike says he is exhausted, but he would rather die in Iceland than be sent back to Greece. Vísir reports that the man, named Amin Ghayszadeh, has [...]
Drug manufacturers’ preference for larger markets means that dozens of medications are currently unavailable in Iceland, RÚV reports. Pharmacist Aðalsteinn Jens Loftsson says the situation can [...]
Eleven organisations have banded together to hold a public protest on the occasion of US Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Iceland, Vísir reports. Pence is expected for an official visit to [...]
Iceland’s First Lady Eliza Reid believes global politics can catch up to social progress when it comes to the treatment of world leaders’ spouses. The writer and editor, who is married to [...]
President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and First Lady Eliza Reid attended a ceremony in Poland yesterday marking the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. Prominent politicians [...]
Iron smelting, Viking crafts, and Viking tool forging were just a few of the activities guests partook in at the Járngerðarhátíð (Iron Making Festival) held in West Iceland last weekend. Hosted [...]
