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UPDATE – Women candidates win majority of seats in Icelandic election
COPENHAGEN, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Iceland has voted more women than men into its parliament, a first in Europe, in a national…
Iceland holds general election
Icelanders vote on Saturday in an election that could have a messy outcome with a record nine parties likely to enter parliament,…
Iceland takes first step to reduce bank ownership after 2008 collapse
Iceland intends by next month to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of wholly state-owned Islandsbanki, taking the first step to reduce…
Blinken, Lavrov agree to work together despite differences
Top diplomats from the Biden administration and Russia in their first in-person meeting on Wednesday stressed that the former Cold War foes…
Iceland proposes tighter border controls to ease domestic COVID-19 curbs
Iceland’s government said it would propose tightening some of its border controls in order to ease domestic COVID-19 restrictions. Passengers entering Iceland…
Photo story – Volcano eruption in Iceland
A volcano erupted near Iceland's capital Reykjavik on Friday, shooting lava high into the night sky after thousands of small earthquakes in…
Updated – Volcano erupts near Iceland’s capital
A volcano erupted near Iceland's capital, Reykjavik, on Friday, shooting lava high into the night sky after thousands of small earthquakes in…
Quaking in their beds, sleepless Icelanders await imminent volcanic eruption
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Icelanders are yearning for some undisturbed shut-eye after tremors from tens of thousands of earthquakes have rattled their sleep…
Strong 5.6 quake rattles Iceland
A powerful earthquake struck Iceland on Wednesday morning with the tremors being felt in the country's capital, Rekjavik, with the public warning…
Iceland’s debt to rise as pandemic shaves a fifth off next year’s budget
Iceland will increase its public debt because the effects of the coronavirus pandemic are forecast to cut its fiscal budget by almost…
COVID-19 antibodies present in patients four months after recovery -study
Antibody levels against the novel coronavirus rose and then held steady for up to four months in more than 90% of recovered…
Iceland’s president easily wins re-election
Iceland's President Gudni Johannesson won a landslide election on Sunday, according to partial results, after the European country became the second to…