Young Icelandic People Most Hardworking
More young people hold paid jobs in Iceland than in any of the other Nordic countries, according to a new study by Arbetsliv I Norden. Over half of Icelandic 15-19 […]
Record Spending Of Foreign Money In Iceland
Turnover from usage of foreign credit cards has never been more than this past June, or 14.983 million ISK. Total turnover during the first 8 months of the year was […]
Favourite Five: Muck
Kallí of Reykjavík noiseniks Muck tells us five bands he won’t be missing at Iceland Airwaves this year. AMFJ I’ve been listening to his 2011 album “Bæn”
Cat Receives CPR, Lives
A cat rescued from a house fire downtown received immediate CPR from paramedics, and is now recovering. The fire broke out in the kitchen of a timber house on Urðarstígur [&helli
Wants Court To Rule On Parliamentary President Power
An MP for the Pirate Party believes the law is unclear on the extent of the parliamentary president’s powers, and that the matter should be decided in court. As reported, [&h
Union: Loss Management’s Reponsibility
The chairperson of Iceland’s largest labour union contends houseware store Bauhaus is not interested in discussing the finer points of a wage dispute that has management aski
Icelandic Settlement In Brazil Celebrated
The City Council of Curitiba in Brazil, became sister town of Akureyri in North Iceland on Wednesday to honour the city’s ties with Iceland. Dozens of descendants of Icelandic se
Peace Sweater Stole The Thunder At Imagine Peace Tower Illumination Ceremony
As Reykjavík’s new Honorary Citizen Yoko Ono relit the Imagine Peace Tower at a ceremony in Viðey Island on Wednesday night, she sported a knitted sweater with the Peace si
Being Best In The World Ain’t Good Enough
Iceland is often hailed as a beacon of equality in an otherwise patriarchal world. We have elected several women into positions of power, including Vigdís Finnbogadóttir as the f
Hazardous IC Unit At Landspítalinn
Doctors working in the Intensive Care facility at Landspítalinn University hospital need preventative medication because of mould in the building and the elevator causes danger fo
Snorri Helgason Calls In From Upstate New York
Snorri Helgason first emerged as frontman of Icelandic pop band Sprengjuhöllin in 2006. When the band went on hiatus in 2009 he went solo, and has since carved out a reputation as
Icelandic Authorities Helped the FBI Shut Down Silk Road
Police in Iceland helped the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shut down the website Silk Road, the police report. The popular “anonymous marketplace” was shut d
Tobacco Consumption Drops While Taxes Rise
Raising taxes on tobacco products appears to be connected to a 10% drop in consumption, and taxes may be raised again. Vísir reports that, according to data from The State [&helli
Refugees Under Surveillance
A video camera was recently set up at Fit Hostel to follow the activities of asylum seekers living there, without their consent. DV reports that the camera was placed in […]
Good Food Rewarded With A Smile
Bright Future MPs have submitted a parliamentary resolution to begin using smiley face symbols to indicate that a restaurant or food producer’s products are of a particularly hig
Yoko Ono Relights The Imagine Peace Tower
It’s John Lennon’s birthday which means that this year’s Imagine Peace Tower Illumination Ceremony takes place in Viðey island tonight at 20:00. Lennon’s widow, Yoko O
The Haunting Of Bastardgeist
If one were to imagine what a band named Bastardgeist might sound like, certain styles come to mind. Maybe some punishing noise, or mutant grindcore, or dark, doomy metal. So [&hel
Björk’s Music Video Nominated For Two More Awards
Björk’s Mutual Core music video has been nominated in two categories for the annual UK Music Video Awards, held 28 October in London. It is nominated for Best Visual Effects [&h
German Tourists Rescued Off Icy Road
Nearly 300 German tourists had a bit of a scare when four tour buses got stuck in icy slopes in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland, on Monday. The group arrived with the […]
Total Banking Collapse, A Timeline
What follows is a timeline of the banking collapse in Iceland from the early ‘90s and to the present day. It accompanies the article The Collapse And Beyond. 1991 April […
Five Years On: What Happened? What Did We Learn?
The 2008 collapse of the Icelandic banks has already generated some myths. One is that the Icelandic banking sector was overgrown. There is no such thing as an overgrown banking [&