by Iceland Review on Wednesday Jun 19, 2013 at 5:30
This year’s free English-language travel guide Around Iceland has been released, the 38th year in a row. The guide is also published in Icelandic and German and is distributed in 100,000 copies to the country’s most frequented tourist destinations.
by Iceland Review on Wednesday Jun 19, 2013 at 0:30
An international group of divers recently traveled to Þingvellir National Park in Southwest Iceland to explore this unique diving destination. A Polish guide, Michail Zinieuricz, who works for the DIVE.is, led the team of North Americans and a French couple.
by Iceland Review on Tuesday Jun 18, 2013 at 21:00
Iceland’s northernmost island is no longer one island. In a recent surveillance excursion to the Kolbeinsey, the Icelandic Coast Guard discovered that the island is now divided in two.
by Reykjavík Grapevine on Tuesday Jun 18, 2013 at 20:00
Social Democratic Alliance MP Helgi Hjörvar is calling the Progressive Party-led government’s bill to reduce the fee charged to quota owners for their right to fish “incomprehensible,” saying that the government is showing itself to be putting the "pampering" of ship owners ahead of assisting households.
by Reykjavík Grapevine on Tuesday Jun 18, 2013 at 20:00
Social Democratic Alliance MP Helgi Hjörvar is calling the Progressive Party-led government’s bill to reduce the fee charged to quota owners for their right to fish “incomprehensible,” saying that the government is showing itself to be putting the "pampering" of ship owners ahead of assisting households.
by Iceland Review on Tuesday Jun 18, 2013 at 19:00
Iceland is among the top five OECD-countries where immigrants help to boost the economy and increase nation-wide production by approximately 1 percent, according to a new report from the OECD.
by Reykjavík Grapevine on Tuesday Jun 18, 2013 at 18:56
The Icelandic Naming Committee has added 16 new female monikers to its list of approved names, while rejecting two others.
by Reykjavík Grapevine on Tuesday Jun 18, 2013 at 18:56
The Icelandic Naming Committee has added 16 new female monikers to its list of approved names, while rejecting two others.
by Reykjavík Grapevine on Tuesday Jun 18, 2013 at 18:21
The idea of charging for access to Iceland’s popular tourist attractions is presenting itself again, with the Minister of Industry and Commerce saying that she is working with other Ministries to make fees a reality in the near future.
by Reykjavík Grapevine on Tuesday Jun 18, 2013 at 18:21
The idea of charging for access to Iceland’s popular tourist attractions is presenting itself again, with the Minister of Industry and Commerce saying that she is working with other Ministries to make fees a reality in the near future.