752 people lost their jobs in 23 group layoffs last year in Iceland. The construction industry was again worst-hit and 69 percent of those laid off live in the capital region. Read the full story

The Icelandic government has approved a request for job seekers in the country to be paid a Christmas bonus again this year. Read the full story

Iceland’s rate of unemployment must be brought down to four or five percent before the next elections, the country’s prime minister told her party at the opening day of its national conference yesterday. Read the full story

In the second quarter of this year there was an average of 15,800 unemployed people in Iceland — or 8.5 percent of the workforce. Read the full story

Iceland’s Directorate of Labour received notifications of group lay-offs from four companies and organisations in June. A total of 123 people were laid off in those four instances. Despite this, overall unemployment is down and the Directorate chief sounded a positive note. Read the full story

Icelandic local governments will be asked to employ jobseekers and students to help people affected by the current Grimsvotn volcanic eruption. A similar project ran last year when the volcano under Eyjafjallajokull erupted. Read the full story

Several Danish councils are planning to solve the country’s litter problem by sending unemployed people out onto the streets to collect rubbish. Read the full story

The number of unemployed people in Iceland increased by around 200 in the first three months of the year compared to the first quarter of 2010. Read the full story

The rate of unemployment in Iceland now tops that of all the other Nordic countries. It is not believed that has happened before. Read the full story

Iceland’s Directorate of Labour has paid some 29,000 people over ISK 25 billion (USD 223 million) in unemployment benefit in the last year. That is ten-times more than in 2007. Read the full story