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Nowhere Else To Turn 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
The half-dozen empty prams lined up by the front door at Kvennaathvarf, Iceland’s only shelter for abused women, paint a bleak picture.
The Revolution Growing On Iceland’s Farms 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Sunday morning, 11:00. Þorvaldseyri farm. Autumn has arrived, but this morning is sunny and unseasonably mild. The waves of a golden field of rapeseed flowers undulate in the gentle breeze almost as f...
The Nazi Clause Strikes Again 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Can an individual degrade a whole nation or nation state?
What Will Lifting Capital Controls Mean For Iceland’s Recovery? 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
If Icelanders wants to buy currency, say US dollars, they can only purchase $2,800 USD, and they must prove to their bank that they are travelling to another country. Icelanders have been operating un...
Keeping Downtown Wild 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Two-dozen little girls in Icelandic sweaters are singing songs inside a small glass building just outside the Nordic House.
Iceland: From A “Kreppa” Basket Case To A Miracle Example 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
In the autumn of 2008, international media and famous economists descended on Iceland to watch the first European country plunge into crisis and become a financial basket case.
Where Has The Love Gone? 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Music pounds from a handmade, wooden DJ booth, friends congregate on a set of vibrantly painted picnic tables and local artists fry up Icelandic pylsa on a small, stone grill.
Not So Fast 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Laugavegsreitir’s Project Manager Hannes Frímann Sigurðsson paints a slightly different picture.
Farewell Jóhanna 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Iceland’s incumbent Prime Minister and longest serving active Member of Parliament Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir announced her retirement from politics at the end of September.
Iceland’s Article 36 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Long before the Miss World crown was a mere glint in her eye, Linda Pétursdóttir was unafraid of speaking up. When she was ten years old, her family moved to Vopnafjörður on Iceland’s east coast where...
