Iceland

Iceland: Picnic Tourists Rescued From Iceberg

25 May 2013

A group of American tourists on holiday in Iceland had to be rescued after the ice they decided to picnic on broke off and floated away.

Iceland: “No room for complacency over gender equality

24 May 2013

REYKJAVÍK (24 May 2013) – The United Nations Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice urged the newly formed Government of Iceland to sustain the country’s gender equality achievements and make further progress to close the remaining gaps.

Iceland's new PM rejects EU, but embraces EU economic goals

24 May 2013

By Jon Thor Viglundsson REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland must find stability by aiming for the same economic goals as those set for European Union states, even though it is skeptical about joining the EU and will keep its own currency, the new prime minister said. Iceland is still recovering from the collapse of its top three banks in late 2008 and although growth has returned, many Icelanders are ...