The proposed two-day strikes of labor unions Efling and VR could cost tourism companies in Iceland up to half a billion króna, according to Jóhannes Þór Skúlason, director of the Icelandic …
The next two-day strike could cost tourism companies half a billion króna Read More
Shares in Icelandair Group rose by 5,8 percent yesterday, after the company announced that it had again started negotiations to acquire the Iceladic budget airline WOW air. The American private …
Icelandair stock up 6% after Indigo Partners cancel WOW air negotiations Read More
The proposed investment of Indigo Partners in Icelandic budget airline WOW air has been cancelled. The talks started after WOW air ran into financial difficulties last year. All negotiations between …
Indigo Partners cancel negotiations with WOW air Read More
Statistics Iceland has published the annual population number updates for January 1 of 2019. According to SI, the population of the northeastern region Þingeyjarsýsla has fallen from 5320 in 2018 …
Population of Northeastern Region goes down by 4.3 percent since last year Read More
Jökull Gunnarsson, who took over as CEO of the Bakki plant last fall, has announced that he will step down for personal reasons as CEO of PCC BakkiSilicon next month. …
Rúnar Sigurpálsson appointed CEO of PCC as Jökull Gunnarsson leaves the company Read More
Taking place over the course of one evening in a typical English pub, Jim Cartwright’s play Two features fourteen diverse characters played by seven local actors, as various members of …
Húsavík Theater Company premieres Two by Jim Cartwright Read More
Plans to build a new 60-room nursing home in Húsavík have been announced. The project is a joint effort of the Icelandic government and four municipalities in the Northeastern region …
60-room nursing home to be built in Húsavík Read More
Landsvirkjun, the national power company of Iceland, has announced that it will finish the construction of Þeistareykir road, connecting Húsavík and Lake Mývatn. The power company started the building of …
Landsvirkjun to finish construction of Þeistareykir road Read More
Workers have been busy for the last 24 hours to finish work on the new tunnel connecting Húsavík and Akureyr, that are now open to traffic. The tunnel is open …
New Vaðlaheiði tunnel opened for traffic from today Read More
Mexican photographer and biologist Cristina Mittermeier, who was to accept the Leif Erikson Exploration History Award from The Exploration Museum at the Explorers Festival last month, has issued a press …
Mittermeier boycotts award ceremony in Húsavík to protest hunting of endangered whales Read More