The Akureyri Work School, which provides summer work for young people in the North Iceland town doing a variety of public improvement projects, has had
Austurvöllur square, in front of Iceland’s Parliament building, filled with over 3,000 people yesterday afternoon for a solidarity meeting organised by African Americans living in
The COVID-19 pandemic has pulled travel-hungry Icelanders outdoors on hiking trips, where they have been discovering more than the beauty of nature, RÚV reports. An
The Icelandic Nurses’ Association (FÍH) has invited its members who work in the public healthcare system to vote on strike action. Nurses have been without
A gathering will be held in Reykjavík’s Austurvöllur square at 4.30pm tomorrow in solidarity with African Americans in the United States. The gathering will feature
A harm-reduction initiative run by the Icelandic Red Cross has now expanded its services beyond the capital area – to the Suðurnes peninsula, Southwest Iceland.
Regulations limiting the number of people in swimming pools were relaxed yesterday, June 1, permitting Icelandic pools to operate at 75% capacity, up from the
A fire on Hrísey island, off Iceland’s north coast, has destroyed a freezing plant in the island’s harbour, RÚV reports. The fire started in Hrísey
Iceland’s Health Minister Svandís Svavarsdóttir says authorities will be able to announce next week whether Iceland will in fact reopen its borders next month as
A fishing association will dig up 350,000 square metres (3.8 million sq ft) of soil in order to redirect Hítará river, which was diverted by
