Reykjavik, Iceland News

A paralyzed Icelander with a love for the outdoors plans to cross his country's rugged interior on a specially designed all-terrain vehicle.

THE Ministry of Defence has confirmed that Perham Down based Captain Ben Babington-Browne from 22 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Monday.

Angry protesters stepped up calls for a new Icelandic government on Wednesday and the country's prime minister said he had the support of his coalition partner.

The New Saints' young guns will be looking to make their presence felt on the European stage when they open their campaign against Icelandic side Fram Reykjavik tonight .

One of the truly great factors about travelling overseas is that it provides ample scope for seeking out the bizarre and unconventional, and I maintain to this very day that there are two places visited to date which I classify as being strangely singular, one of the them being the Japanese island of Okinawa , the other being Iceland.

Icelanda s central bank should focus on supporting the krona when deciding monetary policy, an International Monetary Fund spokesman said, signaling the fund wants policy makers to keep interest rates on hold today.

British rock legends Jethro Tull will play in concert in the University of Iceland Cinema in Reykjavik on September 11 this year.

The Icelandic goverment is planning to raise taxes more in the months to come . Gas ,tobacco,VAT and more taxes are to be raised.

A cruise ship carrying 848 passengers from Iceland is being detained in New York Harbor after a routine safety inspection detected a small hole in its hull.

Washington, June 24 : Women who experience migraines with aura during midlife are at increased risk of developing brain lesions in later life, says a new study.

Middle-aged women who had migraine headaches with aura had a higher prevalence of brain lesions when they were older, compared to individuals without similar types of headaches, according to a study in the June 24 issue of JAMA.

I recently visited Iceland with a group of 25 folks and, near the end of the tour, our guide asked each of us to list five favorite things about the trip.

Whale hunters in Iceland have brought in their first big catches of the season -- two 35-ton, 65-ft.-long fin whales, the AFP news agency said on Friday.

The Landsbanki board of directors met on Thursday to discuss high loans granted to the bank's former CEO Sigurjon Th.

GETTING THERE Icelandair flies direct from New York, Boston, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Seattle to Keflavik International Airport, about an hour's bus ride from Reykjavik, Iceland's capital.

In better times, Nina Bjork, one of Iceland's fashion glitterati, would be busy styling photo shoots for the island's top design houses.

A gray area between the state of war and peace has emerged over the past few years.

The Netherlands has qualified for the 2010 World Cup next year in Johannesburg South Africa by defeating Iceland 2-1 in Reykjavik.

The Washington Post described her music as possessing "such timeless virtues as lyricism and grace elegantly bridges soul-searching passages with uncluttered swing." On her latest CD, "Songs from Iceland" she confirms that assessment by re-imagining 5 Icelandic folk-songs for jazz quartet, adding new perspective to Time Out New York's statement ...

Visiting Iceland Icecaps and glaciers, spouting geysers and steaming solfataras, volcanoes, raging rivers and magnificent waterfalls, a bevy of birds, cavorting whales offshore and much more are on your Iceland itinerary.