Reykjavik marathon runner raises money for diabetes
Esther Horner was one of the thousands of people who participated in the annual marathon in Reykjavik on Saturday. Unlike many of the other participan...
Femin women flock to new female-only UK website
A new social networking and lifestyle website for young women has been launched in the UK at www.femin.co.uk Femin.co.uk is free for anyone to use and...
What Icelanders earn
Once a year, the personal income tax payments of every resident of Iceland is available to the public for 3 days. This year, the period began on July ...
Thousands attend free fish festival in Dalvik
Dalvik, a small town outside Akureyri in Northern Iceland, celebrated its annual Fish Day last Saturday. The town swelled from a population of 2,000 t...
Huge turnout for Gay Pride
Over 50,000 people attended the this year’s Reykjavik Gay Pride festival which took place over the weekend. Every year during the second weekend...
Students to live in converted Keflavik airbase
New student residences at the former US Airbase at Keflavik are helping mature students get a university education, despite not having formal educatio...
Iceland awards development grants to Uganda
An official at the embassy of Iceland in Uganda has stated that Iceland gave a development grant valued at $8.5 million to the country. Agusta Gislado...
Iceland stripped of its strippers
The last remaining strip club in Iceland has lost its ability to host strip shows. The club’s license was taken away when a new law required all clubs...