The decline of democracy is increasingly visible around the world — and experts warn that Iceland may not be immune to that trend in the coming years.

Civil protection response plans for South Iceland have been updated in preparation for potential volcanic eruptions and glacial floods. Meetings have also been held with residents in the Rangárvallasýsla and West Skaftafellssýsla regions.

The light of the Imagine Peace Tower on Viðey Island was illuminated at 8 p.m. yesterday evening, on the birthday of John Lennon, the husband of Yoko Ono.

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Seventy years after Halldór Laxness received the Nobel Prize in Literature and ninety years after the publication of Independent People, the Icelandic author’s works appear to be rapidly vanishing from high school reading lists.

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On October 24, 1975, 90 percent of women all around Iceland went on strike. Twenty-five thousand of them gathered on... The post Fifty Years Later, Push For Equality Continues: Remembering The Strike That Stopped The Nation appeared first on The Reyk...