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Iceland’s new show featuring real lava a hit

By Jeremie Richard Reykjavik, Iceland—In a dark auditorium in Reykjavik, bubbling orange lava flows down a slide to within inches of awe-struck visitors. The flow, contained...

Iceland raises alert level for its most active volcano

Iceland on Monday raised the alert level for a possible eruption of its most active volcano after several small earthquakes were registered earlier in...

Peas on Earth: Iceland’s veggie beer a Christmas hit

REYKJAVIC, Iceland—A Christmas beer made from green peas and marinated red cabbage has become a festive hit in Iceland, flying off the shelves within...

Iceland’s $100M journey to the center of the Earth

Reykjavic, Iceland—With its large crater lake of turquoise water, plumes of smoke and sulfurous bubbling of mud and gases, the Krafla volcano is one...

Iceland falls short of Europe’s first women-majority Althing parliament

Reykjavik"•Iceland believed briefly Sunday it had become the first country in Europe to have a women-majority parliament after its election a day earlier, but...

Iceland government poised to win majority, but future uncertain

Iceland's government was poised to win a clear majority in Saturday's election, partial results showed, though it remained to be seen if Prime Minister...

Iceland volcano erupts, lights up sky near capital

REYKJAVIK—A volcano erupted just 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Iceland’s capital Reykjavik on Friday, with red lava spewing out of the ground and a...

Iceland to open borders to all who have had Covid jab

Iceland is to allow entry to all visitors bearing proof of vaccination against Covid starting Thursday, the health ministry said. The policy, already in place...

Iceland tightens restrictions after coronavirus spike

Iceland, up to now one of the countries to have fared better against the coronavirus, has announced a tightening of restrictions after a spike...

Iceland president wins landslide election: partial results

Iceland's President Gudni Johannesson won a landslide election on Sunday, according to partial results, after the European country became the second to hold polls...

In Nordics, coronavirus may be deadly boring, but not yet deadly

By Johannes Ledel with AFP's Nordic bureaus Holed up in his parents' home since testing positive, Viktor Andersson has been killing time watching movies. For him, like...

In Iceland, Christmas means a ‘flood’ of books under the tree

By Jeremie Richard In the land of the Sagas, it isn't Christmas if there isn't a deluge of books under the tree—literally. The Jolabokaflod, or Christmas...

Denmark and Iceland clash over manuscripts

Copenhagen"•They recount tales of Viking raids, Norse history, kings and gods: a priceless collection of medieval manuscripts, bequeathed by an Icelandic scholar to the...

Students see glacier melting

Vik, Iceland"•Icelandic seventh-grader Lilja Einarsdottir is on an unusual field trip with her class: they’re measuring the Solheimajokull glacier to see how much it...
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