Icelandic-language conversations are often impossible in shops, restaurants, and elsewhere.
‘More than 4,000 claims per year’
“a good meeting”
‘Out of control’
Scandinavian sketches – signs of life among the Nordics
Slight increased incidence of myocarditis and pericarditis
A district court in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik has ruled in seven separate cases last week that forcing people to stay in hotel quarantine is illegal. According to a statement on the government website, the court ruled that forcing passengers coming from other countries to stay in quarantine hotels “lacks legal basis.” The government […]
Almost all babies diagnosed with Down Syndrome in Denmark are now being aborted, the latest published numbers suggest, as the lowest number of babies born with the condition was recorded in 2019. Just 18 children with Down Syndrome were born in the country last year according to a new report from the Danish Central Cytogenetic Registry (DCCR), a national […]
The faith is booming as fast as the domestic economy, and the young outnumber older people in the pews. On a dark, bitterly cold night in Reykjavik this winter, worshippers were scattered in pews for evening Mass at the Catholic Cathedral of Christ the King, an eye-catching local landmark in the western section of Iceland’s […]