Iceland moves to permanently ban commercial whaling
Iceland’s government will submit a bill in February to ban whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries in the world to continue ...
Iceland’s EU referendum could reshape Europe’s enlargement debate
European Union officials are hoping a referendum in Iceland on whether to restart membership talks will help boost support within Europe for other less wealthy states to join the bloc, ...
Iceland’s parliament votes to hold referendum on EU accession talks in August
Iceland’s parliament on Thursday voted in favour of holding an August 29 referendum to begin European Union accession talks, supporting the government’s two-step plan that could lead to membership ...
Iceland could become EU member in 2028
Iceland’s Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir told Reuters on Wednesday she is optimistic her country could join the European Union as early as 2028, adding she expects fisheries and agriculture ...
Iceland volcano erupts with lava fountains, disrupts heating and roads
A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday for the third time since December, spraying streams of lava up to 80 metres (260 feet) into the air and triggering an emergency warning ...
Iceland volcano recedes after ‘black day’ of town fires
A volcano that erupted in southwest Iceland for the second time in less than a month, setting fire to several houses in a fishing town, appeared to be less active ...
Volcano erupts in Iceland, posing risk to fishing town
A volcano erupted in southwest Iceland on Sunday, with molten lava flows reaching the outskirts of a small fishing town by midafternoon, setting some houses alight, although the town was ...
Icelandic volcano erupts, missing local town for now (Updated)
Lava from a large volcanic eruption in Iceland appeared to flow away from the only town in the area, offering hope that homes and lives would be spared even though ...
Iceland hit by thousands of small earthquakes in volcano warning
A seismic swarm has hit the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland with more than 5,500 small earthquakes in the last three days, raising the prospect of a volcanic eruption, the country’...
Icelandic women, including PM, strike against gender injustice
Tens of thousands of Icelandic women, including the prime minister, are expected to strike from paid and unpaid jobs on Tuesday in a protest against gender inequality, according to labour ...
Icelandic police restrict access to volcano spewing toxic gas (video)
Icelandic police have restricted access to a volcano that has been spewing out “life-threatening toxic gas pollution” since it began erupting on Monday, the department of civil protection and emergency ...
Christodoulides in Iceland to attend Council of Europe summit
President Nikos Christodoulides will travel to Iceland’s Reykjavik today to attend the 4th Council of Europe summit, the first to take place in 18 years.
Christodoulides will attend the reception ...
Poland moves closer towards a national lockdown, Iceland opens borders for vaccinated visitors
Poland reported 25,052 daily coronavirus cases on Wednesday, according to health ministry data, the highest number so far this year as the country looked to be moving closer to a nationwide ...