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

She spoke as Icelanders went on strike last week to mark the 50th anniversary of the “Kvennafrí” (“women’s day off”), which ...

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 ...

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

New Zealand and Iceland are deepening co-operation in the areas of working holidays, taxation and geothermal energy, Foreign ...

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

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

Iceland is marking the 50th anniversary of the landmark "Women's Day Off" strike, a protest that helped launch a global movement for gender equality, with another women's strike. On October 24, 1975, ...