Settled near Mount Hengill in Iceland, the Hellisheidi geothermic power plant is recognized as one of the globe’s biggest geothermic sites. With a shared capacity of 303 MW of electricity as well as ...

Institute have unlocked the secrets of signals from "cosmic lighthouses" powered by dead stars. The researchers investigated 23 pulsars, including 6 which had not been studied before. This data ...

Iceland has authorised whale hunting for the next five years, despite welfare concerns. Under the new permits, 209 fin whales and 217 minke whales can be caught during each year's whaling season ...

The lava pouring from the ongoing volcanic eruption at the Sundhnúkur crater series on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula may be about to change direction. Since the eruption began on November 20 ...

Institute have unlocked the secrets of signals from "cosmic lighthouses" powered by dead stars. In particular, the team led by Sofia Sheikh from the SETI Institute was interested in how the ...

Since the 2008 financial crisis devastated the economy and ushered in a new era of political instability, Iceland has been governed by multi-party coalitions of various hues. Like many Western ...

at the celebration party following the closure of the polling stations. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco) Iceland’s current prime minister Bjarni Benediktsson arrives to cast his ballot in the Iceland ...

It’s Iceland’s sixth general election since the 2008 financial crisis devastated its economy and ushered in a new era of political instability. Kristrún Mjöll Frostadóttir, leader of Iceland’s Social ...

Iceland’s opposition Social Democratic Alliance has taken a narrow lead in the country’s parliamentary election, putting it on track to overtake the ruling Independence Party. With the ballots ...

Bright, burning lava surging from a fissure on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula is so voluminous that it's easily visible to orbiting satellites. The image above, which is about three and a half miles ...

Frozen food giant Iceland is introducing an unexpected change at the checkouts for shoppers who are over 60. In a bid to give older shoppers more for their money, Iceland has brought in a new rule ...

"We've had the same coalition for seven years, and there seems to be a desire now for new people in government," Stefania Oskarsdottir, a political scientist at the University of Iceland ...