Beer Most Expensive in Iceland
It should not come as a surprise that Iceland is an expensive country, but the travel company Intrepid did some research into how many beers you could...
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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...
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...
Mother of Icelandic man believed to have died in Syria asks for the help of the public
Eva Hauksdóttir, the mother of an Icelandic man who is believed to have died in Syria while fighting with YPG against The Islamic State and the Turks ...
Icelandic Author Alexander Dan Makes a Groundbreaking Deal With SF Publisher Gollancz
Alexander Dan, a young Icelandic author, has made a two-book publishing deal with Gollancz, the oldest specialist SF & Fantasy publisher in the UK...
Slide sheets for independent living might be the next big thing out of Iceland
The Snoozle Slide Sheet is a classic story of a person who had a problem, fixed it and then started selling the solution to the problem. Lilja Þorstei...
Monster Drawing by an Icelandic Boy Chosen by IKEA
A few months ago, IKEA asked kids all over the world to send in drawings of monsters and other creatures. The winning pictures would be turned into st...