Iceland pre-school teachers’ strike averted, schools open as usual
It is not yet clear what methods individual municipalities will choose to finance pay increases to pre-school teachers following Saturday’s reso...
Reykjavik declared a UNESCO City of Literature
Iceland’s capital, the City of Reykjavik, has been declared a City of Literature by the United Nations’ culture and heritage agency, UNESC...
Summer courses in Icelandic language in full swing
Every summer hundreds of foreign students visit Iceland in order to learn the Icelandic language. This year, over a hundred of them are studying in th...
Al Gore’s 24 Hours of Reality Comes to Iceland
Sigurdur Eyberg is to Present in Husavik, North Iceland, as part of ’24 Hours of Reality’, a worldwide Climate Event to connect the dots b...
Nordic welfare ministers discuss spinal cord injuries
Traffic accidents were among the topics discussed at last week’s meeting of Nordic welfare ministers.
Iceland making profit from European research funding
European co-operation in education and science has netted Iceland ten billion kronur over the last 15 years, according to a University of Iceland sour...
Only one child in Iceland home schooled
It seems there is little interest in home-schooling in Iceland, despite a change of law in 2008 to make it easier. Despite the change the requirements...
Schoolgirl beaten unconscious by classmates
Five Swedish teenage girls have been questioned about the savage beating of a fellow Swedish schoolgirl in Malmo.