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Awarding Destination Iceland campaign to M&C Saatchi UK leads to a lawsuit
In Iceland, like elsewhere, authorities have reacted in diverse ways to the negative economic impact of COVID-19. Amongst projects included in the gov...
Reykjavík is getting ready for the post-COVID-19 era
Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center in Reykjavík announced today that it is ready for the post-COVID-19 era When social distancing measures were ...
The Engine & Pipar\TBWA Take Home Nordic Search Award
The Engine Iceland, the digital marketing arm of Pipar\TBWA, won Best Online Marketing Campaign in Iceland for Olís Kvizz Campaign as well as being sh...
Sex, Covid and borders most read content on Icenews
Over the past years, there are several articles that stand out as the most read on Icenews, and it’s not about Volcanos. For the past month, the...
Iceland 12 points on Tik Tok
Would Daði Freyr and his song have won Eurovision in 2020? According to un-official surveys that have been done in Australia, Denmark and Norway the s...
Iceland will open its borders on June 15
At a press conference yesterday, the Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir announced that from June 15, the 14-*day quarantine will not be mand...
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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...
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...
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Cheers to Icelandic National Beer Day
Beer Day is celebrated every year on March 1st in Iceland—a date that marked the end of a nationwide beer ban in 1989. You wouldn’t know it today, wit...
Iceland is One of the Most Sought-After Locations in Film and Television
Iceland is known for its dramatic landscapes ranging from glaciers, geysers and hot springs to volcanoes and lava fields––the perfect place to film sw...
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...