Vast sunken continent “Icelandia” may exist under the North Atlantic – if proven it could upend long-standing assumptions about region's geological history
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I tried to film a volcano and it was a complete disaster
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Hungary formally lost access this week to over €200 million in grants from Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein amid growing concerns about the country's democratic backsliding
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The success of Iceland's 'four-day week' trial has been greatly overstated
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A volcanic eruption came at just the right time for Iceland's stricken tourism industry
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From 2015 to 2019, Iceland ran the world's largest trial of a shorter working week – productivity either remained the same or increased, and wellbeing was considerably improved
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'Katla' is a new Netflix original series from Iceland – a cross between Stanisław Lem's 'Solaris' and the French series 'The Returned'
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Silent whale watching on Iceland's first electric boat tour – a carbon-neutral tour off Húsavík makes for a greener, more peaceful experience for visitors and sea creatures
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How do you film on an erupting volcano? A live music performance by Kaleo and at least one couple have been filmed getting married at Fagradalsfjall
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Why does Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano look like a school science project – spatter cone and runny lava give this eruption its classic look
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Iceland volcanic eruption under way in Fagradalsfjall near Reykjavik – no-fly zone established and public advised to stay away from area as red cloud lights up night sky
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Southwestern Iceland was rocked by a series of earthquakes Wednesday, which have caused increased volcanic activity
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Quiz show contestant trashes the set after losing – Gettu Betur sees teams from Iceland's high schools or colleges go head-to-head
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Disney brought its streaming service to Iceland last year – the country's education minister has sent a letter of complaint over the lack of Icelandic dubbing and subtitling
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Icelandic man receives world's first double-arm-and-shoulder transplant – four surgical teams were involved to minimise the transition time between donor and recipient
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How Iceland is closing the gender wage gap
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Iceland's innovations to reach net-zero – in pictures
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Brexit fishing row evokes memories of 'cod wars' with Iceland – four Royal Navy patrol ships will be ready from 1st January to help protect UK fishing waters
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Ari Eldjárn: Pardon My Icelandic review – footie, Thor and Scandi noir
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How Iceland hammered COVID with science – the tiny island nation brought huge scientific heft to its attempts to contain and study the coronavirus
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Why you should watch... ‘And Breathe Normally’ – Ísold Uggadóttir’s little-seen but stunning debut feature film from 2018
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Mystery of glacial lake floods solved
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Icelandic prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir kept calm under pressure as a 5.5 magnitude earthquake interrupted her live interview with the Washington Post
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Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós have claimed they face financial ruin or even jail following an 'unjust and draconian' second prosecution for tax evasion
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Clear signs that the Grímsvötn volcano on Iceland is getting ready to erupt again – authorities have recently raised the threat level for the volcano
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A beginners' course in modern Icelandic
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Inside the Icelandic facility where Bitcoin is mined—cryptocurrency mining now uses more of the Nordic island nation's electricity than its homes
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How Reykjavik's sheet-metal homes beat the Icelandic winter – they may be unorthodox, but the innovative buildings have kept residents warm and dry for more than a century
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Arsenal sign goalkeeper Alex Rúnarsson from Dijon on four-year deal – Iceland international expected to deputise for first-choice goalkeeper Bernd Leno
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CBS Studios has struck a global first-look deal for an adaptation of Ragnar Jónasson's best-selling nordic-noir book The Darkness
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Euronews travelled to Iceland to see how researchers are hunting down viruses – and exploring their potential uses as part of a project called Virus-X
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At Iceland's Blue Lagoon you can swim in power plant wastewater – here's a story about geothermal energy, cheap heat, and how to keep some ducks warm
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Silfra, in Þingvellir National Park in Iceland, is a crack in the earth where you can snorkel or dive between the continents – well, sort of
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Is the most northern part of Iceland still there?
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An Icelandic ritual for wellbeing – when Iceland reopened its public swimming pools, the nation was so delighted that queues formed outside pools at midnight
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Iceland floats idea of LGBTQ business certificate – guidelines for companies on how to foster diversity and make the labor market welcoming for all kinds of people
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An app lets you de-stress by screaming at the Icelandic wilderness from afar
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You've been through a lot this year and it looks like you need the perfect place to let your frustrations out – record your scream and we'll release it in Iceland
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The Football Association of Iceland released its new crest – to describe it as the most metal thing you've ever seen does it an injustice
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Iceland heads to polls to elect next president – while the post is largely symbolic, the president has the power to appoint governments and veto laws
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Iceland hit by thousands of quakes and threat of volcanic eruption – the island nation has experienced increased seismic activity in the past month
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Welcome to Laufskálarétt – The autumn ritual of wild horse herding in Iceland's Kolbeinsdalur Valley
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Iceland topped the annual Global Peace Index, which found the world to be less peaceful than it was in 2019
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Independent people - Iceland's approach to the coronavirus
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The nine-woman feminist rap group Daughters of Reykjavik was mocked online and in Iceland's news media – so they're taking their message elsewhere
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Nearly 40% of Icelanders are using a covid contact-tracing app—and it hasn’t helped much
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Iceland has a record of its people's ancestry going back 1,000 years – it's given the country an advantage into understanding the genetic makeup of coronavirus
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Commercial whaling may be over in Iceland – citing the pandemic, whale watching, and a lack of exports, one of the three largest whaling countries may be calling it quits
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Iceland wins EU trademark battle against United Kingdom-based supermarket chain
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Iceland's forestry service has come up with a novel way to overcome the sense of isolation many people suffer because of Covid-19 – hug the trees
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