Ancient DNA from Iceland’s first centuries of habitation is forcing historians and geneticists to redraw the map of who ...

If you have ever wondered why Iceland and Greenland got their names despite their opposing characteristics, here's a little history lesson for you explorers.

New evidence has been discovered that Norse people may have lived in Iceland almost 70 years after the widely accepted date. In addition, it seems their move to the country may not have had the ...

Iceland and France battle it out this evening to see which team will qualify for the Euro Cup 2016 semi-finals. If Iceland upsets the heavily favored host team it would become the smallest country to ...

The Vatican announced Friday that Pope Francis has appointed Fr. David Tencer, O.F.M. Cap., as bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland. Born in Nova Bana, Slovakia in 1963, Bishop-elect Fr. Tencer was ordained a ...

Whenever the media mention Iceland in the context of Israel, it is usually to report negative news. One recent development is a petition going around the country not to participate in the Eurovision ...

Iceland has completed its largest ever initial public offering as the state has sold off more than a third of its stake in the bank Islandsbanki in an oversubscribed offering that will value the ...

After 15 months of increasingly intense and disruptive earthquakes on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, the region finally let off some pressure. On March 19, lava roared out of the ground in the ...

The nation’s seasonal publishing and gifting tradition nourishes its unique literary culture Lauren Oster Signed copies of the thriller Reykjavik, co-written by Iceland's Prime Minister Katrín ...