Author: Anna Andersen
Eva Joly Says Magma Energy Deal Is Unbelievably Bad Business
Eva Joly spoke out against the sale of HS Orka to Magma Energy at a press conference yesterday afternoon. There…
What Happens When Journalists Take Their Summer Vacation?
The SIC Report reveals that roughly 80% of news stories covering the three largest banks in the two years leading…
A Majority of Icelanders Want New Elections
About 70% of the nation says there is considerable or great need for new elections to Alþingi, according to a…
Jussanam Will Not Be Deported This Month
The Directorate of Immigration’s decision to deport Brazilian jazz singer Jussanam Da Silva has been put on hold while the…
Iceland Has The World’s Smallest Gender Gap
Iceland has the world’s smallest gender gap for the second year in a row, according to this year’s Global Gender…
Media Mogul Tried To Get Journalist Fired For Joking
An email sent from Jón Ásgeir, the primary owner of media corporation 365, asking Ara Edwalds, director of 365, to…
Will Ómar Ragnarsson Be Canonized By Icelanders
Literary critic and author Jón Karl Helgason speculates whether Iceland’s beloved environmentalist Ómar Ragnarsson, whose 70th birthday was declared Icelandic…
Is the Magma Energy Purchase of HS Orka Final?
At an open seminar held yesterday evening to discuss the Magma Energy Committee findings, committee member and lawyer Aagot Óskarsdóttir…
The Watchdog That Didn’t Bark
The media is often recognised as the fourth branch of government sitting next to the executive, legislative, and judicial branches….
Reykjavík Mayor Jón Gnarr Gets A Tattoo
Reykjavík Mayor Jón Gnarr now has the Reykjavík city logo tattooed on his arm! He posted photos of it on…
VIDEO: Protests continue in front of Alþingi (and Landsbankinn)
Hundreds of protestors are gathered in front of Alþingi to show their dissatisfaction with the government, which began a new…
Does Money Make The Independence Party Go Around?
For some reason, support for the Independence Party has been on the rise ever since they purportedly brought about Iceland’s…
Minister Malpractice F-U-N!!!
Following Iceland’s financial meltdown, a Special Investigative Committee was commissioned to dig around for evidence of foul play. Nearly two…
Atli Gíslason wants new elections if MPs don’t press charges
Left Green MP Atli Gíslason bids Alþingi to press charges against four former ministers implicated for their role in Iceland’s…
East Greenland Frozen In Time
A rocky mass jutting out of an ocean full of icebergs revealed itself below the clouds as our plane began…
Getting Personal With Names
While the fictional names Felicity Shagwell, Robin Swallows, Cindy Fook “Mi” and Sally Fook “Yu” could very well be legal…
Swimming In Iceland: The Iceland Aquaphiles
If you’ve seen the Icelandic Tourist Board’s new ‘Inspired by Iceland’ video campaign, you may be under the impression that…
Reykjanes Peninsula: Romping Through Lava Fields
A walk through customs plus a small wait for suitcases at the Keflavík International Airport plus a dip in the…
Djúpidalur: Spending The Night With A Farmer
It was early evening by the time we descended into Djúpidalur valley after spending a successful day weaving in and…
Eyjafjallajökull Raves On
As those European airport slumber parties wind down and guests return to the humdrum of sleeping in real beds, taking…
Snorkelling In Long Underwear And Thick Socks
School’s out, work’s off and Spring Break has finally arrived. Like countless others with the same ideas of escape, I…
Eruption Aye-ya fyah-dla jow-kudl
Since news of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption hit the international press, it has been pretty clear that Icelandic is quite the…
Farewell Fimmvörðuháls Eruption
Just when we thought the volcano craze was bubbling down and our Icelandic lives could once again be consumed by…
Happy Birthday Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
Today is former president Vigdís Finnbogadóttir’s 80th birthday. Happy Birthday Vigdís! You rock! Thirty years ago, Vigdís became the first…
Decaying Xmas Trees Can Still Be Spotted Around Reykjavík
Propped up against houses, laying low in people’s yards, and hiding in alleyways—the discarded Christmas trees of yesteryear can still…