Iceland News

Iceland's Pirate Party has won parliamentary representation for the first time in Iceland by landing three seats in the Icelandic Parliament.

As the polls close tonight, Icelanders are glued to their televisions and social media. The last five years have been a very tough ride as Iceland recovers from one of the worst economic hits in modern history.

Iceland's Supreme Court has ruled that Valitor, the Visa contractor, must lift the blockade against payments to WikiLeaks, or pay $204k per month in fines.

Toronto - 'Iceland' is a Canadian play that premiered last summer to much acclaim. It presents three monologues that examine the banking crisis, revealing our own attitudes to money, opportunity, wealth, and success in the process.

Reykjav - The Food and Veterinary Authority of Iceland or MAST investigated meat pies from a natural food company in order to make sure there was no horse meat as has been found in meat from a number of European companies.

Birgitta Jónsdóttir, the Icelandic MP and WikiLeaks member, who first released the "Collateral Murder" video showing US war crimes in Iraq, is planning a trip to the US, despite legal threats.

Reykjav - Photos of Finland's environmental artist Timo Jokela's snow installations and ice sculptures not only highlight the incredible talent of Jokela, but the beauty of the Scandinavian countryside as well.

Reykjav - Officials in Iceland are blaming the deaths of tens of thousands of herring on low oxygen levels in the Kolgrafafjordur fjord. This is the second time a mass herring death has occurred this winter.

Angered that agents from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) traveled to his country unannounced in an attempt to investigate the whistleblower website Wikileaks, Iceland's interior minister had the Americans deported.

On Monday, Iceland emerged triumphant in a court battle with governments of the UK and the Netherlands. At the time of the 2008 banking collapse, Iceland had refused to repay depositors’ lost money.