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Iceland Re-Confirmed as Destination for Safe and Exciting Adventures
Iceland has once again ranked high on the Human Freedom Index—a “global measurement of personal, civil, and economic freedom” conducted by Canadian th...
Social trust is high in the Nordic region – and there is a recipe for that
The Nordic countries are often regarded as the role-model region of the world when it comes to equality on different levels of society. Equal access t...
New chair of European Molecular Biology Laboratory Council from Iceland
Professor Eiríkur Steingrímsson is the first Icelander to hold the post will oversee important developments. Steingrímsson will commence his initial o...
Weather warnings issued for Iceland
UPDATE: The wind is set to pick up even more now as the day progresses. People are advised to pick up their children in daycare and after-school activ...
The Arctic is under threat from plastic litter pollution, new report shows
Plastic pollution in general – and in the world’s oceans in particular – has emerged as a major environmental problem, and is now acknowledged as a th...
Iceland Connects to Asia
It was announced last week that beginning in March 2020, Juneayo Air will fly from Shanghai to Keflavik International Airport twice a week. Although t...
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Icelandic Creative Agency Short-Listed for a Cannes Lions for their UN Women Campaign
The impactful UN Women Iceland campaign entitled “Gender-Based Violence is Closer Than You Think” has earned Icelandic creative ad agency Pipar\TBWA a...
Interim Justice Minister appointed
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir, the current industry and innovation minister, will be temporarily taking on the role of Minister of Justice following t...
Residency assured for Iceland and EEA following Brexit
Negotiations between the EFTA countries within the European single market have been completed over the continued citizens’ rights in the event of a no...
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Mythical Iceland, a new family board game
New family board game Mythical Island by Icelandic game designer Svavar Björgvinson from Gamia Games is now available for purchase in stores around th...
Artist Gunnhildur Hauksdottir exhibiting in Canada
Icelandic visual artist Gunnhildur Hauksdottir has taken the concept of human-environment to study animals and turned it on its head by trying to thin...
Magic exists everywhere, I have seen it
Barcelona born photographer Sara G. Amo opens up an exhibition of her work next Thursday at Grófinn City Library in Reykjavik. “Magic exists eve...