Author: Catharine Fulton
Fewer Icelanders Traveling Abroad
Fewer Icelanders traveled abroad in February 2013 than in the same month last year. 20,800 Icelanders passed through Keflavík International…
Record Number Of Submissions For Reykjavík Shorts And Docs Festival
The annual Reykjavík Shorts & Docs Festival has received a record 370 submissions for this years installment, RÚV reports. The…
Hannes Smárason Seeking 60 Million ISK From Failed Bank
Hannes Smárason, former CEO of FL Group, Icelandair, Glitnir, and former executive at deCode Genetics, is demanding that the winding-up…
Winter Weather Warning [UPDATE]
In case you haven’t looked outside yet today, Reykjavík got a bit of snow last night. Actually the entire capital…
Icelandic Musicians Taking Over The World
Iceland Music Export is announcing that fans of Icelandic music have a whopping 200 chances to catch an Icelandic act…
Half Of Icelanders Opposed to Artist Salaries
New information being released by Market and Media Research (MMR) reveals that more than half of all Icelanders are opposed…
Gender Equality In Brief: Retirement Home Edition
Akureyri is seeking candidates to work in the town’s retirement home and only men need apply, RÚV reports. 97% of…
The Cost Of Politics
The Icelandic National Audit Office has released details of how much candidates spent on their campaigns for primary elections this…
Many Children Spent Time In Women’s Shelter
The Women’s Shelter in Reykjavík provided services to 200 women and children for varying periods of time over the course…
Restructuring at 365 Media
Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson’s role at 365 Media may be changing, as it has been announced that Svanur Valgeirsson has just…
Majority Don’t Want Drinking Age Reduced
The Independence Party voted at its national congress two weekends ago to lower the legal drinking age in Iceland from…
4,533 Babies Born In 2012
There were 4,533 babies born in Iceland in 2012, an increase over 2011 when 4,492 births took place in the…
More Foods Missing Key Ingredients
After it was reported last week that beef pies produced by Icelandic company Gæðakokkar contained no beef (or any other…
Man Arrested Outside Prison
A man was arrested this weekend beside Litla Hraun, Iceland’s largest prison, while allegedly tossing drugs over the fence for…
Mustaches For A Good Cause
We’re 4 days into the month of March, so by now you are likely to be noticing an increase in…
Asylum Seekers To Be Housed In Reykjavík?
The Ministry of the Interior will begin discussions with the City of Reykjavík about the possibility of the capital taking…
Confederation of Icelandic Employers Near Gender Parity, Pension Funds Lag Behind
The board of the Confederation of Icelandic Employers (SA) announced that 46% of its board was comprised of women last…
Hells Angels Members Deported
Two members of Hells Angels were barred from entering the country upon arrival at Keflavík International Airport on Friday, Vísir…
Constitutional Committee Wants To Wrap Things Up
The Constitutional Committee will circulate 100-pages of comments in Alþingi today and is optimistic that the constitutional debates can be…
Winter Storms Hit Northern Iceland
While we in the Reykjavík area may be complaining this morning about the blistering cold winds assaulting the city, residents…
Happy Beer Day!
It’s Friday. It’s nearing the end of the workday. It’s almost time to crack open a frosty brew, sit back,…
Talks Of Hotel by Harpa Ongoing
Negotiations between the parties involved in negotiating the construction of a hotel at the Harpa concert hall are ongoing, following…
Icelandic Man Arrested With Mass Quantities of Steroids
An Icelandic man was arrested while trying to re-enter the country at Keflavík Airport after 70 thousand doses of steroids…
Hera Björk Wins International Song Contest
Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir has claimed the top spot at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in Chile, singing “Because…
Reykjanesbær Will Not Continue To Accept Asylum Seekers
Mayor of Reykjanesbær, Árni Sigfússon, put forth a proposal that the municipality will no longer accept asylum seekers from the…