Iceland Travel News

An informal national election on whether the Icelandic parliament, Althingi, should approve the state guarantee in the Icesave agreement with the UK and the Netherlands began on the internet yesterday.

When Innovation Centre Iceland managers began courses in farming renewable energy in October they were unprepared for the enthusiastic response from citizens.

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Icelandair is offering sale fares from $325 round-trip to featured destinations like Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Paris, and Reykjavik.

Click on the picture to watch an audio slideshow on how to make rAollupylsa , literally: rolled sausage, a popular bread topping in Iceland.

Village Profile: Sandgerdi - " Within Reach Located just 40 minutes by car and six minutes from KeflavA k International Airport, Sandgerdi is a growing town of 1,700 with a storied history and loads to see.

Click on the picture to watch an audio slideshow on how to make rAollupylsa , literally: rolled sausage, a popular bread topping in Iceland.

Advent begins today. But what does Advent mean and what are you supposed to do then? Well, it probably means something different to every one of us.

The Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority has referred 27 cases in relation to the banking collapse to the Special Prosecutor this year, five to the Attorney General and two to the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police's economic crime department.

Named as one of Lonely Planet's best value destinations of 2010, Iceland is a great place to set foot on a European outpost.

An exhibition with the work of one of the foremost Icelandic fashion designers, Steinunn Sigurdardottir, opens in Reykjavik Art Museum - Kjarvalsstadir today at 4 pm.

Taxes will be raised at the beginning of next year, as the government announced yesterday.

Gullfoss is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvita river in southwest Iceland.

Icelandair, Iceland's most popular air company, have launched a Northern Lights package deal for those who wish to view the wonders of the Aurora Borealis this winter.

Integrity is the value which the estimated 1,400 attendees of Iceland's first National Assembly, held in Laugardalsholl sports arena in Reykjavik on Saturday, mentioned most often as society's most important value.

In the heart of downtown Reykjavik sits a freshly painted pink building. The innards of the two-story metal structure have been gutted to make way for smooth concrete floors, diamond white walls and racks of clothing from Icelandic retailer, Nikita.

Getty Images In our new travel column, Jolie Hunt - who has already travelled 100,000 miles this year - reports from the world's dream destinations.

International investors' service Moody's announced yesterday that it has lowered the credit rating for the Icelandic state by two levels.

Visiting Mecca, virtually Monday, Nov. 02, 2009 08:06PM EST The annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca begins later this month and health authorities across the Muslim world fear it could greatly increase the spread of swine flu.

The destinations which will provide travellers with the best value holidays next year, according to Lonely Planet.