Iceland in 13th Place of the Press Freedom Index
Iceland has dropped three places, down to the 13th, since last year in the new Reporters Without Borders report Press Freedom Index. This is the lowes...
Icelandic Man Arrested After Escaping Prison and Fleeing on Same Plane as Prime Minister
Last week, a man name Sindri Þór Stefánsson, escaped a minimum security prison where he was being held while waiting for a verdict if he would be kept...
Icelandic Car Rental Offers Unlucky People a Free Trip to Iceland
Blue car rental in Iceland is having an unusual contest, offering people who’ve had amusing but unlucky events in their life and are #FeelingBlu...
Hvalur hf. Resumes Whale Hunting in Iceland
The Icelandic whale hunting company Hvalur hf. is going to resume whale hunting after a two-year break. This is reported by visir.is The company will ...
Icelandic internet marketing company uses search engine data and predicts fewer tourists in 2018
According to a blog post written by a data analyst at the Engine, one of Iceland’s most prominent internet marking companies, Iceland will see a...
GRECO Calls For Iceland to Strengthen its Systems Against Corruption
In a newly published evaluation report by The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), the Icelandic government is asked to str...
Tourists Increasingly Negative Towards Tourist Heavy Areas in Iceland
In a report on the tolerance limit of tourists made by Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Innovation, shows that ...
Icelandic composer Jóhann Helgason to sue Universal Records for You Raise Me Up
One of Iceland‘s most beloved singers and songwriters Jóhann Helgason will sue Universal Records, and Rolf Løvland, author of You Raise Me Up, for cop...