31 May 2018On Tuesday 29 May, Icelandic dairy company MS signed a production and branding agreement for Ísey Skyr with Nippon Luna, a dairy company owned by Nippon Ham, which is one of Japan’s largest fresh and frozen food companies and the world’s fourth largest meat producer. Nippon Ham, which has an annual turnover of ISK 1300 billion, expects Ísey Skyr to strengthen the company’s standing in the Japanese dairy market.
28 Mar 2017Skyr is becoming very popular in the US. Icelander Smári Ásmundsson is the founder of Smári Organics which produces the only organic skyr on the US market.
28 Feb 2017A new flavour has been produced for skyr by Icelandic dairy company KEA. It's licorice flavour, a taste that has never been more popular in Iceland.
1 Jan 2017As the new year begins, Iceland Monitor takes a look back over 2016 and some of its most popular news stories for each month. Which is your favourite?
3 Dec 2016Once you finished browsing Iceland Monitor’s wide selection of news, events and features, you might like to have a look at some other Iceland-related material from around the world that we shall be collecting for you weekly.
21 Oct 2016Enjoying the famous hot dog with all the relish included at Bæjarins beztu hot dog stand in the city centre seems to be a total "must" for tourists visiting the country.
14 Sep 2016“Iceland is known for its breathtaking landscape, hot volcanic pools and, in 2016 at least, for trouncing the English at soccer,” writes Marcel Krueger in a new article on CNN.
5 Sep 2016Þorgerður 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.
25 Apr 2016Icelandic sandwich and juice chain Lemon is quickly gaining a French fan base, with Elle Magazine singing its praises just seven weeks after the first Paris outlet opened.
4 Apr 2016The first punch has been thrown in today’s anti-government protest – in the form of three tubs of Icelandic cultured yoghurt thrown against the parliament building.
7 Mar 2016Icelandic dairy producer MS launched its famous skyr on the British market almost exactly one month ago, selling the low-fat dairy product in 200 Waitrose supermarkets.
3 Feb 2016At first glance beer and the Icelandic dairy product skyr don’t have much in common. And they didn't, until just recently when three breweries from America, Denmark and Iceland correlated on Skyrgosi, a gose beer soured with skyr. Though quite sour the beer was an instant hit winning the first prize at last year's Hólar Beer Festival.
