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Air Iceland is one the airlines operating domestic flights from Reykjavik City Airport.

Linking Iceland’s domestic and overseas flights “good for all”

12 Sep 2016 Transferring domestic flights from Reykjavik City Airport to Keflavík International Airport could be beneficial to both tourists and locals, say Nordic tourism leaders.

Iceland’s elderly protest at “shortages and cutbacks”

9 Sep 2016 A large group of elderly citizens gathered outside the Icelandic parliament (‘Alþingi’) yesterday to express their concern at what they see as a lack of interest among the political class in issues concerning them.

63 seats are up for grabs in Iceland's parliament, Alþingi.

Is Iceland heading for a Pirate government?

8 Sep 2016 With just over seven weeks to go until general elections in Iceland, the Pirate Party has pulled into the lead in the very latest opinion poll.

WOW air to fly Iceland-Miami from April 2017

8 Sep 2016 Miami is the latest destination to be offered to passengers from Iceland by Icelandic low-cost airline WOW air.

Forget mini golf – Iceland has midnight golf!

7 Sep 2016 The number of foreign players enjoying Icelandic golf courses is rising fast – bringing valuable revenue to Iceland’s golf clubs and bringing business at times when locals tend not to play.

"Skyr has been a part of our culture since the time of settlement," says author Þorgerður Ragnarsdóttir.

A new book about the history of skyr

5 Sep 2016 Þorgerður Ragnarsdóttir who is a nurse at the National University Hospital of Iceland has published a book about skyr, Iceland's unique dairy product. The book is available in four languages.

A photograph taken inside Raufarhólshellir cave.

Tourist found unconscious in Iceland cave

4 Sep 2016 A man was found half conscious and disorientated in Raufarhóllshellir cave in South Iceland today by SAR teams.

Day tours in Iceland: journeys of discovery

2 Sep 2016 Day tours are a convenient and fun way of see the best that Iceland has to offer from your accommodation base.

Kristófer Acox during last night's game.

President sorry for Iceland basketball player ‘Good Luck’ gaffe

1 Sep 2016 Iceland’s new President caused a minor stir at last night’s basketball international against Switzerland by address a member of the Icelandic national team in English.

Full Iceland Airwaves 2016 line-up announced

1 Sep 2016 The announced line-up for this year’s Iceland Airwaves music festival is now complete – some 220 acts have been booked, of which seventy are from abroad.

Iceland petition: “Whales should be seen and not hurt”

31 Aug 2016 A petition calling upon the Icelandic government to ban whaling has now been signed by over 100,000 Icelanders and visitors to the country.

Anna Lára Orlowska s the newly crowned Miss Iceland.

Miss Iceland: "I wanted to be famous"

31 Aug 2016 The newly crowned Miss Iceland, Anna Lára Orlowska didn't expect to win, but took part in the contest so that people would know who she was.

The rock was unearthed from layers of mud after it disappeared from view one year ago.

Elf rock restored after its removal wreaks havoc on Icelandic town

30 Aug 2016 A rock in Siglufjörður, Iceland, reputed to be the home of elves, was covered in metres of soil last year by roadworkers. A series of mishaps later, allegedly caused by the elves, the rock has now been dug up and restored.