Iceland News Archives

Iceland may not be a great place for McDonald's, which is closing shop tomorrow because of prohibitively high import costs, but it's apparently a paradise for women.

Foreigners often comment on how strong Icelandic women are. Most of them think we've been shaped by the harsh nature but that's not the case.

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.

Mark Wahlberg has become one of the busiest actors in the business, and now he's going to be even busier.

Despite enduring a financial crash that nearly bankrupted the nation, musicians at Icleand's Airwaves festival seem to be surviving the slump unscathed Crash landing ... For a Minor Reflection surive the fall of Iceland's financial institutions Iceland is nothing like you would imagine, and last weekend's Airwaves festival in ReykjavA k dispelled ...

Things looked pretty bleak in Iceland a year or so ago. Declaring national bankruptcy is never high on a country's list of priorities.

The Serious Fraud Office has identified one area of potential criminality relating to the UK operations of Landsbanki and three at Kaupthing, after investigators travelled to Reykjavik to gather information on the Icelandic banks.

Since the financial crisis, Iceland has been forced to retreat back from high octane bubble living to nature.

Comment about "A year on, Iceland's vilified bankers keep their distance" Phone Name Comment 0 Friday, 16th October 2009 A year on, Iceland's vilified bankers keep their distance Svanborg Sigmarsdottir, Reuters Protesters in Reykjavik throw rocks during protests against the Icelandic government's handling of the economy last January.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland a " Police are looking for someone who might be reading the Icelandic translation of Dan Brown's new novel, The Lost Symbol .A burglar who broke into the offices of the Bjartur publishing house on Tuesday got away with the first proof copy of the translation.'Possibly the burglar gave up on his English copy of the long novel and ...

Bafana Bafana need to put things right when they face Iceland in a friendly international in Reykjavik on Tuesday night.

The interiors of the 101 Hotel combine clean, modernist design, rustic comfort, art deco accents and contemporary art.

Bobby Fischer, who became America's first and only world chess champion after defeating the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky at the height of the Cold War, has died at the age of 64.

Mark Wahlberg is taking a global tour. The actor has come on board to star in Reykjavik -Rotterdam, a remake of an Icelandic thriller submitted by thatcountry as its official selection for this year's foreign language Oscar.

Mark Wahlberg has signed on to star in Reykjavik-Rotterdam , a remake of an Icelandic thriller that has been set up at Working Title, according to THR tonight.

One year after their financial system collapsed, Iceland's taxpayers are still furious.

Police raided two accounting offices in Reykjavik, Iceland, to find evidence of criminal action concerning bank collapses, a special investigator said.