Author: Andie Sophia Fontaine
Icelandic Queer Rights Groups Met With US Embassy Over Anti-Trans & Intersex Memo
Four queer rights groups met with the US embassy in Iceland about a memo recently issued by the US Department…
Two Die In Housefire In Selfoss Last Night, Two Suspects In Police Custody
A housefire that began in Selfoss yesterday afternoon has now become a police investigation, RÚV reports. While the cause of…
‘Woman At War’ Wins Nordic Council Film Prize
The Nordic Council has become the latest entity to recognise the greatness of ‘Woman At War’, as they have awarded…
Two Men Falsely Accused Of Counterfeiting In Iceland
The two foreign men who were arrested while trying to exchange coins for paper money, under suspicion of counterfeiting, were…
Most Icelanders Support Ban On Single-Use Plastic Bags In Stores
Nearly two-thirds of Icelanders support a blanket ban on single-use plastic bags in retail stores, according to the results of…
Suspected Counterfeiters Arrested In Icelandic Bank
Two men were arrested at the Landsbanki branch in Borgartún yesterday, RÚV reports, suspected of trying to get actual cash…
Snow And Sleet Moving From East To West Across Iceland Today
You might want to exercise great caution if you’re thinking about traveling east today. RÚV reports that a storm is…
Pumpkins Are Selling Out Across Iceland
If ever there was needed an objective measure of how popular Halloween is becoming in Iceland, consider the Pumpkin Index….
Two Icelanders Who Attempted To Block A Refugee’s Deportation Arraigned, Tell Their Story
Ragnheiður Freyja Kristínardóttir and Jórunn Edda Helgadóttir, two Icelanders who attempted to stop the deportation of a refugee on board…
New Batch Of Names Accepted And Rejected By Iceland’s Naming Committee
While the future of Iceland’s Naming Committee may be drawing to a close, they are still in the process of…
VIDEO: Batons And Pepper Spray Used Against Naked Man In Kópavogur
A naked man who broke into a house late last night was met by two police officers who sought to…
NATO Soldiers Finished The Beer At Several Downtown Bars Last Week
NATO soldiers participating in exercises in Iceland drank so much beer in downtown Reykjavík the weekend before last that several…
Former First Lady Wants To Clone Her Dog, Raising Ethics Questions
Dorrit Moussaieff, former First Lady of Iceland, has announced the intent to clone her dog Sámur, RÚV reports. While this…
Parasitic Flatworms Found In Water At Geothermal Pool In Iceland
The Environment Agency of Iceland has announced that blood flukes, a type of parasitic flatworm, have been discovered in the…
Confederation Of Icelandic Labour Unions Elects First Woman President
Drífa Snædal has just become to first woman to be elected to the presidency of the Confederation of Icelandic Labour…
Iceland Preparing For Major Changes To Their Abortion Laws
Minister of Health Svandís Svavarsdóttir (above) will soon submit a bill to Parliament which would make several changes to Iceland’s…
Magma Possibly Growing Under Öræfajökull
There are strong indications that magma is gathering in the volcano under the Öræfajökull glacier, which may be a sign…
Iceland’s Pirates Propose 10 Random People Get To Address Parliament Directly Each Month
Pirate Party members of Parliament have submitted a new bill that proposes an interesting experiment in direct democracy. The bill,…
Gender Wage Gap In Iceland Difficult To Measure
The gender wage gap in Iceland, when numerous extenuating elements are factored in, has decreased between 2008 and 2016, Kjarninn…
Icelandic Queer Rights Groups Release Joint Statement On New US Anti-Trans & Intersex Memo
In response to a memo recently issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), four queer rights…
Women In Iceland Go On Strike Today
Today, at 14:55 Icelandic time, women across Iceland will walk off the job in protest against the gender wage gap…
Icelandic Farmers Taking Up Cryptocurrency Mining
A mathematics teacher in Iceland has devised a clever method of mining for cryptocurrency that is not only greener than…
Iceland’s Economy: Stable, But Vulnerable To Tremors In Housing And Tourism
A new report from the Central Bank on Iceland’s financial stability has been released, and indicates that while the economy…
Trust In Icelandic National Church Decreases, Most Want Separation Of Church & State
Public trust in the national church decreased by 10% between last year and this year, RÚV reports, according to the…
Barbed Wire, Electric Fencing & 24-Hour Guards: All For The Christmas Goat
No expense is being spared to protect IKEA’s Christmas Goat from would-be arsonists, Fréttablaðið reports. The Christmas Goat tradition, originally…