There’s a long-standing history of Jewish influence in Iceland as some believed the very first Jewish merchants to settle here came from Denmark in the 1600s. Throughout the centuries, the Jewish ...

A statue of Leif Erikson and the tower of the Hallgrim church in Reykjavik A chronology of key events: 870s - First Norse settlements on Iceland. Previous inhabitants were a small number of Irish ...

Iceland and France battle it out this evening to see which team will qualify for the Euro Cup 2016 semi-finals. If Iceland upsets the heavily favored host team it would become the smallest country to ...

The Icelandair flight from RDU to Iceland landed at the Keflavik airport early Friday morning. From there it was a full day of taking in the sights and history of Reykjavík. The first stop on the tour ...

Whenever the media mention Iceland in the context of Israel, it is usually to report negative news. One recent development is a petition going around the country not to participate in the Eurovision ...

Slippurinn serves a dish guillemot eggs, a local delicacy, in their shells (Credit: Gunnar Freyr Gunnarsson) On the small island of Heimaey, chef Gísli Matthías Auðunsson is at the helm of a food ...

It was eerily quiet on the suburban streets of Iceland on October 24, 2023. Schools weren’t open, swimming pools closed and several banks shut early. Meanwhile all-male news teams announced shutdowns ...

Hulda Brynjólfsdóttir holds a midnight cloud in her hand. "This wool here is from a sheep called Tina," she says, as we stand in her mini-mill, spinning the cloud into yarn. Behind her, mounds of soft ...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Iceland has completed its largest ever initial public offering as the state has sold off more than a third of its stake in the bank Islandsbanki in an oversubscribed offering ...