Icelandic companies are being required to comply with U.S. laws that prohibit implementing policies promoting diversity, equity, or inclusion (DEI), reports RÚV. However, Icelandic law mandates that ...

The first puffins to return to Iceland settled in Grímsey last weekend, reports akureyri.is. The small bird was unusually punctual, arriving about four days before the expected date. Puffins spend ...

Steikhúsið has made the bold choice of claiming the title of being “the steakhouse” in Iceland. It may have been a reasonable attempt at gaming the Google algorithm, but also makes for pretty big ...

On April 9, four aircraft were diverted from Keflavík Airport around midnight after the runway landing lights malfunctioned, reports RÚV. One plane, an Icelandair flight from Heathrow Airport in ...

The Directorate of Health has sent a statement to contacts and principals of health-promoting primary schools, advising against screening the series Adolescence to students, reports Vísir. “Child ...

The chair of the Writers’ Union of Iceland says works by Icelandic authors are among those Meta downloaded from a pirate site to train its AI. The union is now considering the next steps in ...

“The government said that they wanted to work for the people and not the big companies,” says Benedikta Guðrún Svavarsdóttir, head of the nonprofit VÁ, which has been fighting to stop open net-pen ...

A spectral pitch opens theremin-master Hekla’s latest album Turnar. Reverberating the ghostly wails of what once was, a loud, nerve-shaking sub-bass tilts the listener out of their comfort zone. It’s ...

Ever feel like you’re stuck listening to the same, repetitive podcasts, where people yap nonstop about boring stuff? Say no more, and go check out this brand-new miniseries covering Icelandic music.

According to a new law, all municipalities are required to handle textile collection alongside other waste. Until recently, the Icelandic Red Cross oversaw the export of used textiles, but that ...

Two teenage girls, one of them underage, are in custody following a drug smuggling case last week, reports RÚV. They have no connection to Iceland. The two girls, reportedly from Germany, are ...

Jobs. You can’t live with them, you can’t live without them. Well, fine, you can live with them — a lot of people have jobs they love, with employers and colleagues they gel with — but it’s a lot ...