Thousands of women in Iceland, including the president, will not be working today to mark 50 years since the first Women's ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- Iceland's President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, who wielded the political power of his traditionally ceremonial office and rejected a deal that would have put taxpayers on the ...

President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson visited Cornell on Thursday and gave a talk titled “Can Small States Make a Difference? The Case of Iceland on the International Scene” to the University ...

Iceland was the first European country to sign free trade and currency swap agreements with China that have been effective ...

Women in Iceland could vote, get an education and run for public office by the 1970s. But they were still hugely underrepresented in the Parliament, only making up 0-5% of politicians. As a result, a ...

The Government of Iceland has formed an expert working group to craft policy recommendations to maintain the competitiveness of Iceland as a geothermal country.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to appoint a diverse cabinet that "looks like America," promising to bring more women into the top echelons of government.

On October 24, 1975, 90% of women in Iceland went on strike. They stopped working, in their jobs and at home, to demonstrate ...

Iceland is 'light years' ahead of Britain for gender equality, according to Icelandic women - but they warn that it's no paradise ...

On Friday 21 March 2025, the President of the European Council, António Costa and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, together with High Representative Kaja Kallas, had a ...