While Beijing and Moscow have been working to establish a strategic foothold in the region for more than a decade, Washington and Brussels are just now waking up to the danger.
Keir Starmer travels to Brussels with the prospect of a new youth mobility scheme high on the agenda.
Southeastern Europe dealt with strong heat stress for most of the season, scientists said.
The actions follow a series of Russian air operations that skirted Alaskan airspace and as Russian and Chinese warships conducted joint exercises across the Pacific.
Environment agency advised that the animal posed a danger to elderly woman in remote summer house in WestfjordsA rare polar bear that was spotted in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities have said.T…
“The Arctic is not the territory of the North Atlantic alliance,โ Kremlin Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warns.
International bust is the latest win for law enforcement over criminals seeking to hide their tracks.
Kyiv’s allies said the trip would have been a “propaganda win” for Vladimir Putin.
High court told โculture-jammedโ apology for high-profile corruption scandal โdid not qualify as parodyโIcelandโs biggest fishing company is suing an art student at Londonโs high court for spoofing its website and issuing a fake public apology over a h…
Visit will “create substantial reputational risks,” countries say.
EU officials and diplomats say when push comes to shove, the new PMโs position is so far so similar to his Tory predecessorโs.
Halla Tomasdottir, the second woman to hold her position, was elected on June 2 with 34.1% of the vote. She advocates for diversity in companies’ leadership and long-term thinking about the country’s economic model.
The eruption, which began on 22 August following a series of earthquakes, continues to pull in the crowds with people coming to Iceland from abroad in the hope of snapping the perfect Instagram picture.
After 500 years of non-alliance, a bombshell report recommends closer cooperation with the EU and NATO.
As Iceland melts, visiting eco-tourists face a wake-up call.
As Iceland melts, visiting eco-tourists face a wake-up call.
As Iceland melts, visiting eco-tourists face a wake-up call.
Baltasar Kormรกkurโs beautifully shot romance sees Kristรณfer try to track down Miko, a lifetime after their youthful love affair is unexpectedly cut shortNotes tucked between the leaves of a book; plastic cherry blossoms; a verse or two of an old poem โฆ…
Rescuers say conditions on Breiรฐamerkurjรถkull glacier difficult after collapse that killed one personRescue operations have resumed in southern Iceland as dozens of members of the emergency services scramble to locate two people who remain missing afte…
One person has died and two are missing after an ice cave collapsed on tourists at the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in Iceland.
A group of tourists were visiting the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in Iceland when an ice cave partially collapsed. Two people are still missing and rescue operations are ongoing.
A group of tourists were visiting the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in Iceland when an ice cave partially collapsed. Two people are still missing and rescue operations are ongoing.
Incident happened as tour group of 25 was visiting Breiรฐamerkurjรถkull glacier in south-east of countryTwo people are missing and two others were seriously injured when an ice cave collapsed in south-east Iceland while a tour group was visiting the area…
One supermarket says demand has more than doubled, as farmers struggle to meet demand.
One supermarket says demand has more than doubled, after viral videos promote unique recipes.
A volcano in south-west Iceland has erupted for the sixth time since December, spraying red-hot lava and smoke. The eruptions show the challenge faced by the island country of nearly 400,000 people, as scientists warn that the Reykjanes peninsula could…
Timelapse footage shows lava and smoke spewing into the air in the region south of the country’s capital – Reykjavik.
Aerial footage shows lava spewing into the air in the region south of the country’s capital – Reykjavik.
Aerial footage shows lava spewing into the air in the region south of the country’s capital – Reykjavik.
This plucky documentary tells of the small town whose residents created its first football pitch, and the years that followed chasing their goalSet in Hellissandur, Iceland, population 369, this modest documentary tells the story of how the village got…
Halla Tรณmasdรณttir, the second woman to be Icelandโs head of state, says her inauguration was โtruly magicalโHalla Tรณmasdรณttir was just 11 years old when Vigdรญs Finnbogadรณttir became Icelandโs head of state โ and in the process the worldโs first democra…
Sex is no big deal in a country that has a penis museum. But would this approach work for other, shyer, nations?โSex before coffeeโ is the go-to cliche of Scandinavian romantic habits, but in each country it means something different. In Sweden, itโs s…
Finance entrepreneur becomes second woman to be elected head of state since independence in 1944A feminist entrepreneur who started an investment fund with the musician Bjรถrk at the height of Icelandโs 2008 financial crisis and gave a TED talk on apply…
Mar Gunnarsson, swimmer and Manchester student who is due to compete at the Paris Games, says his career is at riskA Paralympic swimmer due to compete in this summerโs Games has said his career is at risk after a post-Brexit policy change barred him fr…
State department says Nordic Resistance Movement, known as Swedish acronym NMR, poses threat to AmericansThe United States on Friday designated a Scandinavian neo-Nazi group and three of its leaders as terrorists, saying the Nordic Resistance Movement …
Conservationists criticise โdisappointingโ and โdangerousโ move to allow harpooning of fin whales after curbs last year Iceland has granted a licence to Europeโs last whaling company to kill more than 100 animals this year, despite hopes the practice m…
The government grants a licence to Iceland’s sole whaling firm – a move condemned by animal welfare groups.
The government grants a licence to Iceland’s sole whaling firm – a move condemned by animal welfare groups.
Molten rock has been edging towards the coastal town of Grindavik after a volcanic eruption last month.
Molten rock has been edging towards the coastal town of Grindavik after a volcanic eruption last month.
Molten rock has been edging towards the coastal town of Grindavik after a volcanic eruption last month.
Businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir was on Sunday declared the winner of Iceland’s presidential election, final results showed, beating former prime minister Katrin Jakobsdottir whom critics said was too political for the post.ย
Tรณmasdรณttir was elected to the largely ceremonial post with 34.3%, defeating a former prime minister, Katrin Jakobsdottir, who gained 25.2%.
A popular tourist resort was evacuated after a 2.5km-long fissure opened up, which may be โgrowingโ.
A popular tourist resort was evacuated after a 2.5km-long fissure opened up, which may be โgrowingโ.
A volcanic eruption has begun on the Reykjanes peninsula in south-western Iceland sending plumes of lava 50 metres into the air. The eruptions occurred near Grindavรญk, the fishing town near the famous Blue Lagoon. The eruption was the fifth to occur on…
Grindavik’s mayor says larger lava flows than usual are heading towards the largely abandoned area.
A new volcano erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Wednesday, spewing fountains of red-hot lava into the air shortly after authorities evacuated the nearby town of Grindavik.
Plumes of lava reach 50 metres into air as people are moved away from Grindavรญk near Blue Lagoon spaA volcanic eruption has begun on the Reykjanes peninsula in south-western Iceland, according to the countryโs meteorological office, shortly after autho…
Grindavik’s mayor says larger lava flows than usual are heading towards the largely abandoned area.
While Washington warns of sanctions amid a heavy-handed crackdown on protesters, the EU is struggling to even get its own story straight.
Salome Zurabishvili says protests in Tbilisi prove Georgians โwill never return to Russian pressureโEurope live โ latest updatesGeorgia is โreturning to the pastโ through the new foreign agents law, the president of the former Soviet state has said, as…
Georgia’s President Salome Zourabishvili assured foreign affairs ministers of the Baltic countries and Iceland on Wednesday (15 May) that she would veto the controversial ‘foreign influence’ law, though the step is unlikely to stop it…
Deal is “one of the most far-reaching” says EU Commission, but fears over lax regulation mean it isn’t as comprehensive as once hoped.
Play Airlinesโ new CEO is determined to see the low-cost Icelandic carrier grow while maintaining its no-frills – but great service – ethos.
Professor Colin Murray,
University of Newcastle, and Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway
University of London Photo credit: Zairon, via Wikimedia CommonsIntroduction
The latest spat between the UK
and Ireland over the knock-on conse…
Professor Steve Peers,
Royal Holloway, University of London
Photo credit: Ggia, via Wikimedia Commons(last updated 10 June 2024: changed text marked by an asterisk)Just before Christmas, the
European Parliament and the Council (the EU body consi…
Professor Steve
Peers, Royal Holloway University of London
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Commons(Amended on 14 May and 10 and 18 June 2024 – changed sentences marked with an asterisk)
Just before Christmas, the European
Parliament and…
Idea Angela Rawlings had a decade ago for Snรฆfellsjรถkull has snowballed into a full blown campaign with a team of 50 peopleStanding in the shadow of Icelandโs Snรฆfellsjรถkull, โ a 700,000-year-old glacier perched on a volcano and visible to half the cou…
Seven years after a terrible fall, I teamed up with two other disabled sportsmen to scale Icelandโs highest peak. With each drive of my poles into the snow, I came closer to the man Iโd once beenThe view from the top was breathtaking. It was 2023 and I…
There is no evidence to suggest a link between the use of weight loss drugs like Ozempic and suicidal thoughts, the EUโs drugs regulator has found. The European Medicines Agency (EMA)โs drug safety committee, PRAC, evaluated the risk of possible side effects in people who have used a class of drugs known as GLP-1, after [โฆ]
Benediktsson takes over as Jakobsdรณttir steps down after six years as PM to run in presidential electionsIceland has appointed Bjarni Benediktsson to replace Katrรญn Jakobsdรณttir as prime minister after she resigned to run in the countryโs upcoming pres…
New-old leader promises political stability and a focus on energy, immigration and inflation.
EU says 500,000 shells delivered, the rest by end of year; โbillionsโ to fix energy systems damaged by Russian attacks. What we know on day 762See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageThe Russian ambassador ignored a summons to appear at Polandโs foreign…
The European Economic Area, extending the single market and its four freedoms to Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, has been a remarkable success story since its inception in 1994. Katrรญn Jakobsdรณttir, Daniel Risch, and Jonas Gahr Stรธre explain how to…
Ukraine will play Iceland in Wroclaw, Georgia will host Greece, and Poland will visit Wales in Tuesday’s three Euro 2024 play-off finals.
Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of LondonPhoto credit: Rachmaninoff, via Wikimedia CommonsAmendments to this blog post since its original publication are marked by asterisks.* Most recent amendment: June 18 2024. Just before…
The new happiness report gives high marks for Scandanavia but notes downward trends in Germany and the U.S.
Photographer Jakob Vegerfors captures Saturday’s eruption and the steady progress of the lava flow.
Defences redirect flows away from key infrastructure in Grindavik but threat to nearby sites remainsDefensive barriers that were bolstered overnight around the fishing town of Grindavik appeared to have held, but a steadily slowing lava flow from the f…
Icelandic police have declared a state of emergency as lava spewed from a new volcanic fissure on the Reykjanes peninsula, the fourth eruption to hit the area since December. A video shot from a helicopter and published by Iceland’s department of civil…
A state of emergency has been declared in southern Iceland because of another volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula.
Icelandic police declared a state of emergency Saturday as lava spewed from a new volcanic fissure on the Reykjanes peninsula, the fourth eruption to hit the area since December.
Police declare state of emergency and evacuate local town of Grindavik following volcanic activityIcelandic police have declared a state of emergency as lava spewed from a new volcanic fissure on the Reykjanes peninsula, the fourth eruption to hit the …
Footage from the Reykjanes Peninsula shows bright orange lava erupting into the air.
31 nations have joined before. But when?
This quirky story of a lonely farmer and his deceased mother celebrates the Nordic countryโs breathtaking landscapeThis film hits just about every sweet spot possible: it is Icelandic and shot on black and white stock; it is a quirky road movie set in …
The only question is whether Berlin will step up, leading others in Europe and beyond to begin filling the void a retreating America threatens to leave behind.
The eruption on Thursday disrupted the heat and hot water supplies for thousands of residents in the town of Grindavik. It was the third in the region since December.
Thirty years after the film highlighted their plight, thousands of whales and dolphins remain performing in entertainment parksAnyone who grew up in the 1990s may well remember this movie scene: a 3.6-tonne orca leaping to freedom over a harbour wall a…
Grindavรญkโs residents wrestle with uncertain future as they fear for the fate of homes, jobs and businesses left behindAs lava sprayed out of a volcano on Icelandโs Reykjanes peninsula for the third time in as many months on Thursday, Sigurdur Enoksson…
Scientists think eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula could continue for decades or even centuries.
Temperatures in Iceland are currently subzero.
A key water pipe has been burst by the stream of lava, leaving 28,000 people without hot water.
Lava flowed across a road near the Blue Lagoon, a luxury geothermal spa, which closed on Thursday after a volcano erupted for the second time this year and the third time since December. It pumped lava up to 80 metres (260ft) into the air, disrupting l…
Eruption in Reykjanes peninsula disrupts hot water supply for 20,000 people as lava edges closer to Svartsengi power plantA volcano in Iceland has erupted for the second time this year and the third time since December, pumping lava up to 80 metres (26…
For the third time in recent weeks, Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula witnesses a spectacular eruption.
Lava and smoke is spewing from a new eruption in the Reykjanes peninsula.
Mail-in ballots anger opposition leader Andrej Babiลก.
For a long time, eruptions were a spectacle that drew tourists but caused little damage. But itโs clear we havenโt tamed natureIn July 2023, I followed a parade of people to what felt like a carnival on the Reykjanes peninsula, where three eruptions ha…
Last time these volcanic systems came to life โ in the Viking age โ they erupted on and off for about 300 yearsFor 800 years the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland has been a relatively peaceful place. But in recent months fiery volcanic fissures have been…
More than 200 animals abandoned by farmers after the eruption have not been fed or watered for daysA daring operation is being launched to rescue more than 200 sheep left to their fate by farmers after a volcanic eruption near the evacuated Icelandic …
The 3,800 inhabitants of south-western Icelandic town fear they may never be able to return homeResidents of the Icelandic town of Grindavรญk fear they may not be able to return to their homes after volcanic lava destroyed several houses and damaged wat…
Two volcanic fissures opened in the ground near Grindavik, sending lava spilling into the town.
Houses caught fire in the fishing town of Grindavรญk in south-west Iceland after a volcano erupted for the second time in less than a month. Authorities evacuated the area after two cracks appeared on the edge of the town. Drone footage from the town sh…
Icelandโs president said the country is battling โtremendous forces of natureโ, after molten lava from a volcano in the islandโs southwest consumed several houses in the evacuated town of Grindavik.
Finance minister Christian Lindner met with jeers as he says he cannot promise more money at demonstration in BerlinGermany on track for two-year recession as economy shrinks in 2023How have you been affected?If youโve been affected by the eruption in …
Buildings were seen on fire in Fagradalsfjall, near Grindavik in south-west Iceland, after a volcano erupted for the second time in less than a month. Two fissures formed near the town of Grindavรญk on Sunday after an increase in seismic activity that p…
Flows of molten rock have set homes on fire in the fishing town of Grindavik in south-west Iceland.
A new volcanic eruption sent flames, smoke and lava spewing out near the Icelandic fishing port of Grindavik on Sunday, only hours after villagers were evacuated to safety, authorities said.
