Iceland

A Jewish advocacy group is calling on Iceland’s government to take action against a pro-Palestine website seeking to “dismantle” various Boston-area Jewish institutions that’s being hosted by an Icelandic internet company. The website is hosted by Reykjavík-based 1984 Hosting Co. The Anti-Defamation League, in a letter Wednesday to Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, said it has already voiced its concerns about...

Luxembourg, one of the smallest countries in Europe, tops a new passport index that analyzes factors that affect global citizens.

Finland has been named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year in a row, according to an annual report.

Citing high vaccination rates and the mildness of most omicron infections, Europeans nations are dropping rules deemed no longer effective against Covid-19.  

Startup low-cost airline Play takes off from three U.S. airports for Iceland and onward to Europe this spring. CNBC chats with Play CEO Birgir Jonsson.

Josh Neuman, a skateboarder and social media influencer, was killed when the plane he was in crashed into a lake in Iceland.

Scott’s Cheap Flights analyzed round-trip airfares from the U.S. to locations all over the world to find 22 spots where historically good fares are on offer.

Lucid has announced that it plans to start expanding into European markets this year as demand for electric vehicles soars.

A Michigan schoolteacher who tested positive for COVID-19 in the middle of a flight to Iceland a few days before Christmas says she ended up voluntarily isolated in the plane’s cramped bathroom for the last five hours of the trip to Reykjavik.

Americans are planning to travel overseas next year as Covid vaccines and easing restrictions lend to a sense of normalcy.

If the goal was to get people talking about Iceland, a new tourism video is more than succeeding.

Many destinations don’t live up to the expectations created by manipulated photos. But other places exceed expectations, say CNBC’s travel contributors.

Around 85% of workers in Iceland have the option of working just four days a week. Jack Kellam, who’s researched the system, talks about how it’s going.

A long-running trial of a shorter working week in Iceland has been hailed an “overwhelming success.”

The “proof of concept” project is located on a site near the Cornish town of Redruth.

More places are easing travel restrictions for vaccinated travelers, with some set to require inoculations from all travelers by the summer.

A new fissure has been spotted by a sightseeing helicopter on a long-dormant volcano that erupted last month on the Reykjanes Peninsula, following a series of earthquakes in the area.

A drone pilot captured dramatic footage of Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano erupting.

Meteorologists in Iceland say the eruption of a long-dormant volcano is easing and shouldn’t interfere with air travel

A long dormant volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland has flared to life, spilling lava down two sides in that area’s first volcanic eruption in nearly 800 years