The new Dreamliner, also known as the Boeing 787, is currently stationed at Iceland's Keflavik International Airport for testing in side winds. This is only the second time the brand new aircraft has left the USA. Continue Reading

A recent increase in solar activity has lead to the Northern Lights gracing the skies as far south as Denmark and Germany. If this is any indication of the upcoming Northern Light season, Iceland is going to be the place to be this coming winter. Continue Reading

Cairn Energy has confirmed that it has found gas off the western coast of Greenland. The Edinburgh-based oil and gas exploration company made the discovery in the Baffin Bay Basin, 175km from the island of Disko. Continue Reading

The Eyjafjallajokull and Aviation conference, organised by the Keilir Aviation Academy in cooperation with ICAO, IATA and others, will take place between September 15th and 16th 2010. Aviation leaders, experts and policy-makers from all over the world will gather at Keflavik Airport in Iceland to discuss what lessons have been learnt from the Eyjafjallajokull eruption. Continue Reading

Interest in forests and the growing of trees in Iceland has increased since the economic crisis hit, according to the head of the Icelandic Forestry Association. There is now forest growing on over 20,000 hectares all over Iceland. The organisation celebrated its 80th birthday at Thingvellir yesterday. Continue Reading

If the patterns of recent years continue, Iceland's Westman Islands could lose their famous puffin colony altogether. The reason is a collapse in the sand eel population. Continue Reading

Two Israeli firms have been excluded from Norway’s USD 450 billion sovereign wealth fund for building Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. Both the Africa Israel Investments holding firm and its construction subsidiary Danya Cebus have been blacklisted by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance. Continue Reading

In a very rare event, the body of a dead blue whale has washed up on a beach in North Iceland, causing quite a stir in the scientific community. Continue Reading

Greenpeace has announced that it has been blocked by a Danish warship in its efforts to sail a protest boat to an oil drilling platform off the coast of Greenland. The environmental group’s ship, Esperanza, was apparently halted outside a 500-metre exclusion zone around the Cairn Energy rig, 200km from Aasiaat, on Greenland’s west coast. In an email statement issued on Monday, Greenpeace said Denmark, which holds sovereignty over Greenland, had sent a ship to confront their vessel. Continue Reading

Thrifty Finns are stocking up on cheap filament light bulbs before the EU brings in a blanket ban in 2012. Despite sales remaining buoyant in Finland, next month will see an end to deliveries of the old-fashioned 75-watt bulbs to the country’s stores, prompting many residents to binge buy before shelves empty. Continue Reading