Bubbling muddy hot springs that used to lie below the surface of lake Kleifarvatn in southwest Iceland, “The Draining Lake” in Arnaldur...
News 2011 - October
Icelandic Cod Liver Oil in Confiscated Loot
A large amount of Icelandic cod liver oil capsules was confiscated as part of a loot found by the police in Seydisfjördur, east Iceland...
Designer Finds Message in a Bottle with Own Logo
Ólafur Tómas Gudbjartsson, who works as a costume designer at clothing producer Henson Sports in Reykjavík, recently found a message in a bottle on a...
Tourists Join Minister in Footbath in Pouring Rain
Two tourists, a Brit and an Australian, joined Icelandic Minister of Industry and Tourism Katrín Júlíusdóttir in an outdoor...
Two Men in Custody for Extensive Drug Smuggling
Two middle-aged men of Icelandic residency have been taken into custody on suspicion of having participated in smuggling a large amount of...
US Official: No Action against Iceland’s Whaling
In September, President Barack Obama announced that the US would take diplomatic action against Iceland to put an end to the country’s...
Icelandair Cabin Crew Accept New Wage Agreement
Members of the Icelandic Cabin Crew Association have accepted the new wage agreement reached by the association’s negotiation...
Game of Thrones Prepares for Shooting in Iceland
Filming of one of the most-talked-about series on American television these days, Game of Thrones, will take place in Iceland,...
Icelandic Startup Awarded GALILEO Master
Leifur Björn Björnsson, co-founder of the Icelandic startup company Locatify accepted the GALILEO Master – Öresund Award in Munich, Germany, last week,...
Halldór Laxness’s Love Letters Published
Skáldid og ástin (“The Novelist and His Love”), a collection of letters Icelandic Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate...