Eurovision in Iceland: Söngvakeppnin 2025 semi-final dates announced
Icelandic TV broadcaster RÚV has announced that the first Semi-Final of Söngvakeppnin, the competition to find Iceland’s entry for the 2025 Eurovision...
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Street Art Norge Breaks New Ground with AI and Street Art Fusion
Street Art Norge is again making headlines with their latest exhibition, “Bringing Street Art / Art Alive,” from December 1st to 20th, 202...
Jon Fosse Prize launched in Norway for literary translations
A new Jon Fosse prize has been launched in Norway to acknowledge the country’s literary translations for translating Norwegian to other language...
Over half of Iceland’s population reads 30 minutes per day
A new study conducted by the Icelandic Literature Center shows that 55% of Icelanders read at least 30 minutes daily, with an average of 2.6 book...
Oldest manuscripts in Iceland receive police escort to exhibition
Some of the oldest manuscripts in Iceland received a police escort as they were relocated to an exhibition at Edda, the House of Icelandic Studies, th...
Police in Iceland cause unease for use of AI-generated imagery
Police in Iceland’s Suðurnes have caused some unease for its use of AI-generated imagery after an image shared to its Facebook page was found to be un...
Iceland’s biggest fishing company sues art student for parodying website
Samherji, Iceland’s biggest fishing company, is suing an Icelandic art student for parodying its website and issuing a fake public apology over a corr...
Stig Karlsen steps down as Norway’s Eurovision Head of Delegation
Norway’s Eurovision Head of Delegation, Stig Karlsen, has announced that he’s resigning from his position which he held for a decade. Karlsen made the...