Employment agencies hire five times more workers
The number of workers employed by employment agencies in Iceland has grown fivefold since 2016, as reported by RÚV. Around 1500 workers are now employ...
Foreign workers rent illegal apartments supplied by employers
Foreigners who come to Iceland to work often live in sub-par, if not dangerous, conditions, says Halldór Oddsson, union lawyer for The Icelandic Confe...
Icelandic midwives protest poor wages
In an act of protest, twelve Icelandic midwives who had quit their jobs at The National University Hospital of Iceland left their working shoes on the...
World Cup support comes from different directions
Iceland and Icelandic football is getting support from all over the world, even from the countries Iceland is competing with – We wanted to shar...
The Nordic Welfare Model No Longer a Part of Icelandic Reality
Harpa Njálsdóttir has been analysing the Icelandic welfare system and its development for the past ten years says that Iceland is no longer following ...
Man Who Escaped Low-Security Prison to be Extradited to Iceland Today
Sindri Þór Stefánsson, the man who escaped low-security prison and was arrested in Amsterdam, is on his way to Iceland today. This is reported by ruv....
Safe Space for Drug Addicts to Open in Reykjavík Soon
The Ministry of Welfare and the Reykjavík City Council have started working on opening a safe space for drug addicts. The addicts will be able to get ...
Danish Pupils Warned Not to go to Iceland by Danish Police
The Danish police have adviced a group of Danish schoolchildren who were supposed to travel to Iceland in April, to stay at home. This is due to threa...