Iceland 22/06/2018 Iceland fans drive all the way to Russia - in a Lada Two Iceland football fans have paid homage to the spirit of the Vikings by travelling 5,000 kilometres to watch their team play in the World Cup
Iceland 16/05/2018 Over 18,000 people sign petition calling on Iceland to boycott Israel Eurovision "Icelandic people generally feel for the Palestinian people and their plight,” petition founder Árni Steingrímur Sigurðsson told Euronews.
Iceland 10/05/2018 Women at Hard Rock Cafe told to ‘wear skirts, not trousers’ Female employees at a music-themed restaurant in Iceland have been told to wear skirts to work, it has been claimed.
Iceland 19/03/2018 How Bitcoin brought the 'Wild Wild West' to Iceland Why is Iceland such a hotbed for bitcoin mining and what repercussions has the glacial country seen from this activity?
insiders 23/02/2018 What can Iceland teach Europe about gender equality? Recent developments in the news have shown that equal rights and opportunities for women, let alone basic respect for their bodies, is a battle that has yet to be won, even in what we thought were mor
insiders 23/02/2018 Iceland's recipe for gender parity Lauded as the world leader in gender parity, Iceland is reaping the harvest of a decades-long struggle to give women a fairer deal.
insiders 23/02/2018 How equal are Europe's men and women? _Insiders_ talks to Virginija Langbakk, Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality. How is Europe doing on gender parity?
insiders 23/02/2018 Thorgerdur Einarsdóttir: the long fight for women's rights Thorgerdur Einarsdóttir is a professor of gender studies at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik.
insiders 23/02/2018 Fríða Rós Valdimarsdóttir: "we must keep on fighting for equality" Fríða Rós Valdimarsdóttir heads the Icelandic Women's Rights Association. She believes the battle for equal rights is far from won, even in Iceland.
insiders 23/02/2018 Hanna Björg Vilhjálmsdóttir: "the school system must be part of the solution to gender discrimination" Hanna Björg Vilhjálmsdóttir teaches gender studies to high school students. She says sensitization to gender discrimination helps them become happier adults.
insiders 23/02/2018 Margrét Pála Ólafsdóttir: getting girls out of the "Pink haze" Margrét Pála Ólafsdóttir founded a method aiming at empowering girls from playschool age
insiders 23/02/2018 Andrés Ingi Jónsson: fighting gender bias within Parliament Andrés Ingi Jónsson is a MP for the green-left party at the Icelandic Parliament, or Althingi.
Iceland 23/02/2018 Iceland leads the way on gender parity The Scandinavian island ranks first in the World Economic Forum's gender equality report. So what is Iceland doing right?
insiders 23/02/2018 Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir: "We need women in the police because half of our clients are women" Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir, head of the Reykjavík Police Department in Iceland, thinks women are key for the police to better serve the community.
Iceland 14/02/2018 Jewish leaders hit out over Iceland’s plans to ban boys’ circumcision A controversial proposal to outlaw boys being circumcised in Iceland has been slammed by religious leaders across Europe.
Iceland 31/01/2018 Tackling the impact of porn on Iceland's youths Some of Iceland's young claim attitudes to sex are being shaped by pornographic material.
Iceland 16/01/2018 Female priests join #MeToo movement in Iceland A statement, signed by 65 clergywomen, also described 64 accounts of gender-based discrimination and violence from women priests working in the national church
Iceland 03/01/2018 Iceland tells companies: Close gender pay gap—or pay up Iceland’s new law requires companies to prove they’ve closed the gender pay gap.
Iceland 13/12/2017 #MeToo movement jolts Iceland as women speak out Progressive Iceland is not immune to sexual predators or misconduct, and spurred by the #MeToo campaign, women, (and some men), are taking action for change.
Iceland 30/11/2017 Iceland's Left-Green opposition leader becomes next PM Katrin Jakobsdottir has become Iceland's new prime minister after her Left-Green Movement reached a coalition deal
