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NATO Military Exercises Conducted In Faxaflói
On April 28, NATO’s annual anti-submarine warfare exercise, Dynamic Mongoose, began in Faxaflói Bay. Iceland is the primary host nation for the drill, which aims to enhance NATO’s military capabilities in combating submarine vessels and surface-level threats. Nine NATO member states participate…
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Iceland At A Crossroads
A shifting world order presents Iceland with the opportunity to forge a new path (or not) When this magazine finds its way into the shops, cafés and cultural institutions of Reykjavík, it will have been a mere 46 days since the inauguration…
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US Air Force Told To Keep The Noise Down In Akureyri
The Icelandic Coast Guard has made comments to the US Air Force after military jets switched on their back burners during approach exercises at Akureyri Airport, shaking the surrounding area with their sound, American military promises to never, ever again buzz people’s…
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American Military Putting $57 Million Towards Icelandic Base
According to a declassified 2020 fiscal budget report from the US Department of Defense, the US military plans to spend some $57 million USD on the Keflavík Naval Base. This will include some $18 million USD towards upgrading the airfield’s “dangerous cargo…
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Iceland’s PM Against Increased American Military Presence
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir is opposed to a long-term US military presence in Iceland, and wants more information about America’s planned defense budget. Foreign Policy recently reported that the 2018 defense budget for the United States calls for an allocation of $14.4…
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Russian Navy Conducting “Exercises” Near Snæfellsnes
Grapevine has confirmed reader tips that the Russian Navy appears to be conducting exercises just north of Grundarfjörður, in Snæfellsnes. The news comes just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Icelandic President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and “jokingly” offered to lend…
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Russian Military Stops Icelandic Freezer Trawler
An Icelandic freezer trawler strayed a little too far into Russian territory, and was stopped and boarded by a military ship yesterday evening. RÚV reports that the ice trawler Þerney RE-1 was on its way to Kirkenes in Norway. Kirkenes is very…
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Foreign Minister: No Plans To Re-Open Naval Air Base
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir says American authorities have made no request to re-open the base, and says a recent think-tank report recommending such is simply a part of the discussion on national security. As reported, the Center for Strategic…
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US Encouraged To Re-Open Naval Air Station In Iceland
A strategic think tank believes the US military should re-open the former base in Iceland, as a part of a larger strategy against Russian military activity in the North Atlantic. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) just released a new…
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US And Iceland Sign Joint Defence Agreement
The US Department of Defence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have signed an agreement regarding the continued American military presence in Iceland. The agreement, posted on the official site of Iceland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reaffirms a number of existing points…
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US Navy Returning To Iceland
The US Navy will be coming back to Iceland soon, using our island as a base for hunting for Russian submarines in the North Atlantic. The story first broke in Stars & Stripes, the media outlet of the US military. For now,…
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Ungoo
[Continued from Ungoo: Part IX] Earlier this year, a free-trade agreement between Iceland and China took effect. Iceland is the first, and so far the only, European country to make such an arrangement with the People’s Republic of. No one knows what…