Author: Catharine Fulton
Cat Falls Six Storeys, Lives To Tell The Tale
Life on the inside was proving too much to bear for one local cat, who risked almost certain bodily harm…
Statue Of Neil Armstrong To Be Erected In Húsavík
Örlygur Hnefill Örlygsson, a guesthouse manager in Húsavík, wants to see a statue of American astronaut Neil Armstrong erected in…
Kraftwerk Coming To Iceland Airwaves 2013
The good folks responsible for the annual Iceland Airwaves festival have just announced that the legendary Kraftwerk will be gracing…
Central Bank Violated Lending Rules In 2008
It has been revealed that in 2008 the governor of the Central Bank of Iceland, Davíð Oddsson, and then Prime…
Consider The Source
It’s an oldie but a goodie: Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s propaganda model. The classic five-prong explanation of how the…
Teenagers Wielding Knives in Kópavogur
Two 16-year-old boys were picked up by police after threatening patrons of a gas station with a knife yesterday evening,…
Vote Of No Confidence Taking Place Today
Þór Saari’s second request for a vote of no confidence in the ruling coalition government will take place today, RÚV…
Icelandic Man Arrested In Turkey
A 28-year-old Icelandic man has been arrested in Turkey and stands accused of attempting to smuggle antiquities out of the…
Happy International Women’s Day!
Today is International Women’s Day! The UN has themed this year’s holiday as “Time for Action to End Violence Against…
Wages Not Keeping Up With Inflation
Inflation in the country is resulting in a constant increase in the cost of all consumer goods, but wage increases…
Increased Investments Leads to 0.5% Economic Growth
The last quarter saw Iceland’s economy grow by 0.5%, as consumers got to spending and investors flocked to support the…
Prime Minister Tired Of Opposition Filibustering
Prime Minster Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir has said this morning that the opposition has been steadfast in preventing progress in constitutional discussions…
Hundreds Of CV’s Accessible Online
Elko’s got some explaining to do, after it was revealed that hundreds of CV’s submitted by hopeful job applicants were…
Canadian Theatre Production Inspired By Iceland
Canadian playwright Nicolas Billon has penned a threatre production currently enjoying a run at the Factory Theatre in Toronto. And…
MP Worried About Future Of Constitution
Birgitta Jónsdóttir said in this mornings parliamentary session that the Progressive Party and Independence Party are uninterested in creating a…
Baby Born In Ambulance During Winter Storm Yesterday
While some of us spent yesterday griping about the cold temperatures, or cancelled/delayed buses or “ugh, I thought spring was…
Gender Equality In Brief: Farmers Association Edition
For the first time ever, women sitting on the board of the Farmers Association of Iceland (BÍ) outnumber the men,…
Grocery Stores Won’t Participate In Price Surveys (Again)
One month later, but the story is the same: employees attempting to conduct price surveys on behalf of the Icelandic…
New Vote Of No Confidence Will Be Discussed Friday [UPDATE]
Þór Saari, an MP for The Movement, issued a request for another vote of no-confidence in the coalition government yesterday,…
UNICEF To Establish Child Violence Monitoring System In Iceland
Representatives of UNICEF in Iceland have announced that they are working toward establishing a council tasked with keeping a record…
With The Snow Came The Dirt
Now that the snow has subsided in the capital area you may have noticed that the white stuff isn’t looking…
Buses Are Temporarily Cancelled [UPDATE]
Stræto, the company responsible for all bus service in Reykjavík and surrounding area, has announced on its website that all…
Iceland Symphony Orchestra Hits And Misses At Nordic Cool Festival
The Iceland Symphony Orchestra (ISO) received mixed reviews for its performance at the Kennedy Centre’s Nordic Cool festival in Washington,…
Meeting This Afternoon To Further Discuss Constitution
The Chairmen of the political parties represented in Alþingi are meeting this afternoon to determine a possible solution to the…
Man Charged With Drug Smuggling
A Polish man has been charged with attempting to smuggle amphetamines into Iceland, RÚV reports. The 30-year-old man was stopped…