19 May 2016Ástríkur (Asterix) is a very small dog owned by a very large man. In fact, he's probably one of the largest men in the world, strongman Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson also known as The Mountain in the Game of Thrones series.
13 May 2016AFP have just run a story investigating the Icelandic belief in elves. Anthropologist Magnús Skarphéðinsson, who has spent decades collecting witness accounts is interviewed by AFP on the existance of elves in Iceland.
12 May 2016“I see no reason why Iceland cannot be European champions this year,” England footballing legend Kevin Keegan told listeners at a football and business conference in Reykjavik yesterday.
11 May 2016The heaviest band in Iceland, Muck, are playing a concert tonight in Reykjavik. We got hold of lead guitarist Indriði Arnar Ingólfsson and put him through the Third Degree where he reveals bizarre concert experiences and how his addiction to Seinfeld keeps him awake at night.
9 May 2016Icelandic mother Manuela Magnúsdóttir was 41 weeks into her second pregnancy and was enjoying a relaxing evening with her husband, Guðlaugur Ingi Guðlaugsson when her baby girl decided to arrive at the speed of lightning, too fast to make it into the maternity ward.
9 May 2016Almost 27,000 Icelanders – 8.15% of the population – applied for tickets to Euro 2016 Iceland games, so there will clearly be a large Icelandic contingent in France.
6 May 2016RÚV national television news last night aired a video which has been circulating on social media in Iceland of an attack on a 15-year-old girl last Tuesday. The victim had been bullied for months on end and her father gave RÚV permission to show the video footage.
28 Apr 2016The Secret Solstice festival which takes place in Reykjavik, Iceland this June has been certified as an international CarbonNeutral event for 2016.
28 Apr 2016If results go according to bookies’ predictions, Iceland can expect to qualify for the final of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest by the skin of its teeth.
25 Apr 2016Heiðar Logi Elíasson was diagnosed with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) when he was 5 years old. He spent the next ten years medicated on ritalin and in constant trouble. Today, however, he's become Iceland's first pro-surfer, a yoga-teacher and tells Iceland Monitor how sports and clean, healthy food changed his life.
25 Apr 2016“I am here [in Iceland] enjoying retired life at the moment, I’m on holiday,” said UFC fighter Conor McGregor last night. He was supposed to be in Las Vegas last week promoting a fight that should take place in July, but decided to go to Iceland instead after a feud with the UFC. After enjoying retirement though the Fighter has announced that he will fight next July.
19 Apr 2016A new proposal from Iceland’s Finance Minister could make it possible to buy considerably more duty-free beer and wine when arriving in Iceland.
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