Glitnir wins Bank of the Year 2007
The Banker magazine named Glitnir as Icelandic ‘Bank of the Year’ at its annual awards ceremony last week in London. Nordic bank Glitnir w...
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Iceland Express increase London to Reykjavik flights
Budget airline Iceland Express has announced plans to increase the number of flights to Iceland from London each week. From the February 26th next yea...
First socially conscious online TV network launched
James Blunt, Kate Bosworth, Ray Winstone, Christian Slater and Nelson Mandela’s charity, 46664, have joined forces to support a new online network whi...
Iceland celebrates Sovereignty Day
Today is Fullveldisdagurinn – or ‘Sovereignty Day’. Iceland became a separate state on 1st December 1918 with its own flag, though w...
India and Iceland conclude tax agreement
Representatives of the governments of India and Iceland signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement last week, in a move designed to strengthen the t...
Fishing industry loses faith in research institute
The once well-respected Marine Research Institute (MRI) in Iceland has lost the support of many local fisherman this year who expressed their lack of ...
BizzEnergy appoints new CEO
BizzEnergy, the UK’s leading independent supplier, yesterday announced the appointment of Stephen Taylor as the new CEO. Stephen, previously Regional ...
Largest torrent site in Iceland shut down
Efforts by a consortium of anti-piracy organisations were finally successful last week in shutting down Iceland’s largest BitTorrent website. The webs...