Arctic Region News

OECD: Crisis Hits Iceland Harder than Other States According to an economic forecast by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , the global crisis is more severe in Iceland than in other OECD countries.

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

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.

An exhibition of the work of Icelandic visual artist Soffia Saemundsdottir opened on Thursday in the Artotek gallery in Reykjavik City Library, Grofarhus, on Tryggvagata 15.

After a year of soul-searching over the financial crisis that floored Iceland's economy, Icelanders are apparently yearning for the return of old-fashioned qualities like honesty.

The first swan of 50, which were equipped with GPS monitors at the beginning of this year, returned to Scotland this week after spending the summer in Iceland.

Icelandic hot springs: Public opinion is not so hot on joining the EU any more LEIGH PHILLIPS 06.11.2009 @ 21:12 CET EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Iceland this week appointed its chief EU accession negotiator, but the country's application application is already hitting the buffers domestically and Brussels fears that the Arctic nation may "pull a ...

" The US-based Huffington Post has named Hanoi among a top ten of great winter destinations.

Iceland What do an Icelandic bank and an Icelandic streaker have in common? Both have frozen assets.

Pilot Joseph Drury who has pleaded guilty to attempting to prevert the course of justice after being caught breaking the speed limit, and stating that he was flying at the time of the offence...Pic by Al Stewart 07866255485..Irving of Exeter..Nick Irving 07831182833 An air ambulance pilot was jailed for four months yesterday for trying to lie his ...

Armann Thorvaldsson recalls the 'slap in the face' shock when he heard the FSA had seized his bank.

Jakobshavn Glacier Retreat Since measurements of Jakobshavn Isbrae were first taken in 1850, the glacier has gradually receded, finally coming to rest at a certain point for the past 5 decades.

Reykjavik - Noisy crowds, long queues, and traffic jams plunged McDonald's restaurants in Iceland into a state of siege on Saturday, as the chain served its final burgers on the island.

The world's largest fast-food company said earlier this week that all three of its restaurants in Iceland, operated by franchisee Jon Ogmundsson, would shut down October 31.

Friends of Iceland Review: Fuehrerschein mit 17 14:53 A fire in an old fish factory in GrundarfjA rdur in west Iceland at the end of August is believed to be an insurance scam organized by one of the suspects in an extensive human trafficking case currently under investigation by Sudurnes Police.

Nikita's flagship store opened its doors for the first time on the main street of Laugavegur in downtown Reykjavik.

The Noorderlicht, a century-old schooner, carried a boatload of artists in waters around Norway's Arctic archipelago.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland Iceland has become the land of the $6 Big Mac, and that's just too much.

Reykjavik, with its endless summer daylight, long winter nights, glaciers, waterfalls and geysers, is a photographer's paradise and a great holiday destination.

As Lisbon reopens the old splits, there is an alternative to full membership. But would it work for Britain? Roy Hattersley Jens Stoltenberg, the recently re-elected Prime Minister of Norway, could not have been more frank.