Author: Catharine Fulton
Björk Video To Be Shown Nightly In Times square
Björk’s video for “Mutual Core” of her ‘Biophilia’ album has been selected to be screened in New York as part…
International Modern Media Institute Pens open Letter To Minister Of The Interior
The International Modern Media Institute, parent organisation of the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, released an open letter to Ögmunder Jónasson…
There’s Gold In Them Hills
Drilling in the Þormóðsdal area of Mosfellsbær has long suggested that there is gold in the ground, but a recent…
EVE Online Users Number Half A Million
CCP Games announced today that subscribers to it’s popular MMO (that’s ‘massively multiplayer online game’ for the non-gamers out there)…
Reykjavík International Film Festival Gets A Boost
The City of Reykjavík’s Department of Culture and Tourism is injecting some capital into the Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF)…
Surprising Twist in Horse Meat Scandal
The horse meat scandal that has prompted food quality testing throughout Europe and North America has taken an interesting turn…
Russell Crowe Complains About The Weather
Thespian and noted gladiator Russell Crowe appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday night and took the…
Lack Of Information From Media Companies
Just 13 of the 57 media companies registered in Iceland have submitted their guidelines on editorial independence to the The…
Unemployment At 5.8% In January
The unemployment rate was 5.8% in January, a 0.9% decrease from the same month in 2012. According to new figures…
Hugleikur Dagsson Hitting The Small Screen
Hugleikur Dagsson, the artist behind everybody’s favourite stick figures, is making a transition to the television stations of the nation,…
Ups And Downs For The Icelandic Box Office
The 85th annual Academy Awards took place this past weekend in Hollywood, celebrating a year of cinematic achievements and the…
High Rate of Sexual Violence Against Children In January
January saw a sharp increase in the number of reported sexual offences against children in Iceland in comparison to recent…
An Icelandic President In Paris
President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, is in Paris today on an official visit with the French government, RÚV reports….
Icelanders Be Fishing
Statistics Iceland has released figures showing an increase in registered Icelandic fishing vessels in 2012. The report shows that there…
Good News/Bad News: Currency Edition
Good news for Iceland-dwellers: the exchange rate has been climbing against foreign currencies since early December. In fact, the shiny…
Police Have Multiple Night Time Run-Ins With Drunks
It was a busy night for the po-po last night, Vísir reports. Reykjavík police were called to the scene of…
The Prospect Of Cheap Rent In Reykjavík
After their recent proposal for a Danish mortgage model in Iceland was championed by many political parties of late, the…
Icelandic Men Live The Longest
The life expectancy of Icelandic men is the longest in Europe according to 2011 figures released by Statistics Iceland. In…
Reykjavík Fight Club
Looks like somebody broke the first rule of fight club. Men in Reykjavík have been gathering at an undisclosed location…
More Ash Produced Than First Estimated
A new article produced by the University of Bristol and published in the Journal of Geophysical Research states that the…
Icelanders Deported From Norway
Thirteen Icelandic and Danish members of the Hog Riders motorcycle club were deported from Norway yesterday after police raided a…
In-Flight Internet To And From Iceland
Four of the sixteen airlines that will be operating out of Keflavík International Airport this summer will be offering in-flight…
Political Congress Mega Weekend!
It was a busy weekend for both the Independence Party and the Left-Green Movement, as members of the groups convened…
Be Good To Your Woman This Weekend
In case you’ve missed the pink-laden and heart-festooned advertisements for household goods and electronics in the local papers, here’s a…
Drive-By Kitten Toss
The police in Keflavík were called earlier this week when residents witnessed a man stop his vehicle, toss three kittens…