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Iceland Marks 50 Years Since Landmark Women's Strike

'How is it that we still have to show up after 50 years of struggle?'

(Newser) - 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, 90% of Icelandic women stopped work, both paid and unpaid, drawing 25,000 to Reykjavik'...

2 Places on Earth Had No Skeeters. Now, Just One

Scientists confirm cold-resistant species in Iceland for the first time

(Newser) - Iceland, one of the world's last mosquito-free zones, has finally been breached by the insect. The discovery, confirmed by entomologist Matthias Alfredsson at the Natural Science Institute of Iceland, marks a significant shift for a nation long shielded by its cold climate. Citizen scientist Bjorn Hjaltason first spotted the...

Another Nation Balks at Eurovision Over Israel's Inclusion

Spain says it won't participate in musical competition if Israel does, citing war in Gaza

(Newser) - On Tuesday, a new entry joined Ireland and other nations that have said they won't compete in next year's Eurovision if Israel does. Spain is now balking and warning it won't take part if Israel participates, citing the war in Gaza. The country joins Ireland, Slovenia, and...

The Most Peaceful Countries in the World

Iceland is doing it right

(Newser) - The Global Peace Index is out with its 2025 report on planet Earth's most peaceful countries, and it has a repeat winner, reports CNN : Iceland, which also grabbed the No. 3 spot on the World Happiness Report. "The key to building peacefulness in times of conflict and uncertainty...

Expect More—and More Powerful—Eruptions
Expect More—and More
Powerful—Eruptions
NEW STUDY
Jul 8, 2025 7:27 AM CDT

Expect More—and More Powerful—Eruptions

Study links rapid ice loss to increased volcanic activity worldwide

(Newser) - The ongoing melting of glaciers and ice caps due to global warming could set off a new wave of volcanic eruptions, potentially reshaping land and amplifying the climate crisis, according to new research. The process works like this: as ice thins out, pressure is lifted from underground magma chambers,...

Iceland's Children's Minister: Yes, I Had a Baby With Teen

Minister was 23 when she had 16-year-old's baby, decades ago

(Newser) - Iceland's children's minister resigned Sunday after it was revealed she had a child with a teenager 35 years ago. At the time, Ásthildur Lóa Thórsdóttir was 23 and the father was 16; the two met at a church youth group when the boy was...

This Is the Happiest Nation on Earth
This Is the Happiest
Nation on Earth
Mar 20, 2025 12:50 PM CDT

This Is the Happiest Nation on Earth

Finland tops World Happiness Report for 8th straight year; US comes in at No. 24

(Newser) - Feeling down in the dumps? Maybe it's your country. Unless you're in Finland, which just took the top spot on this year's World Happiness Report for the eighth year straight, reports CNN . The annual ranking used Gallup World Poll data from more than 140 countries around the...

Missing Ohio Siblings Found in Iceland

Unnamed children, ages 8 and 9, in the care of relatives

(Newser) - A pair of siblings, ages 8 and 9, were found in Iceland on January 10, two and a half months after they were reported missing in Ohio. The unnamed siblings' mother went off her mental health medication and the kids stopped attending school in October; their apartment was also abandoned,...

In Iceland, Voters Turn to Center-Left Social Democrats
Iceland Turns From Incumbents
Dec 1, 2024 10:54 AM CST

Iceland Turns From Incumbents

Election puts center-left party in position to form a governing coalition

(Newser) - Voters in Iceland joined a global trend of punishing incumbents in a parliamentary election, with a center-left party winning the largest share of votes in the North Atlantic island nation. With all the votes tallied on Sunday, the Social Democratic Alliance had won 15 seats in the 63-seat parliament, the...

Tourist Killed in Ice Wall Collapse Was an American

Unidentified man is dead in Iceland and a US woman is injured; all others are accounted for

(Newser) - The collapse of an ice wall at a tourist destination in Iceland on Sunday killed an American man and injured an American woman, reports the Washington Post . Neither has been further identified following the collapse of an ice cave that is part of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier. On Monday,...

Ice Cave Collapse Kills Tourist in Iceland

2 others are missing

(Newser) - At least one person has died and two others are still missing after an ice cave partially collapsed as a group of tourists was visiting the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in southern Iceland, the AP reports. In a statement posted on social media, local police say first responders received a call shortly...

Iceland Issues a Volcano Warning
Iceland Issues a
Volcano Warning
Jul 31, 2024 3:36 PM CDT

Iceland Issues a Volcano Warning

Says a new eruption could be coming

(Newser) - The managing director of the Icelandic Meteorological Office didn't mince words: "We're going through a volcanic crisis." Matthew Roberts' comments to the New York Times come as his agency on Tuesday warned of an eruption within the next seven to 10 days. Should that come to...

Iceland Volcano Spews Lava From 2-Mile Fissure

Blue Lagoon spa was evacuated once again

(Newser) - Iceland's famous Blue Lagoon spa was evacuated once again Wednesday as a volcano erupted, spewing a wall of lava 165 feet upward from a long fissure. Deutsche Welle reports that around 750 visitors were at the geothermal spa when a state of emergency was declared. The few residents that...

Volcano Triggers Evacuation of Iceland Tourist Attraction

Volcano erupted for the 3rd time since December

(Newser) - A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted for the third time since December on Thursday, sending jets of lava into the sky and triggering the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the island nation's biggest tourist attractions. The eruption began at about 1am Eastern along a nearly two-mile...

Iceland Volcano Erupts Again, Lava Heads Toward Town

At least one home has been set on fire so far

(Newser) - A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted for the second time in less than a month on Sunday, sending lava snaking toward a nearby community and setting at least one home on fire, the AP reports. The eruption, which began just before 8am local time, came after authorities evacuated the town...

Iceland's Feared Eruption Begins
Iceland Volcano Puts
on Spectacular Show
UPDATED
Dec 19, 2023 7:08 AM CST

Iceland Volcano Puts on Spectacular Show

Eruption near Grindavik comes weeks after town was evacuated

(Newser) - The summary has been updated with new details. A volcano has erupted in southwestern Iceland, sending a flash of light into the evening sky and spewing semi-molten rock into the air in a spectacular show of Earth's power in the land known for fire and ice. The eruption Monday...

Iceland Hit by Another 800 Quakes Overnight

Scientists detect sulfur dioxide, which indicates magma is near the surface

(Newser) - Iceland has been getting rattled with hundreds of minor earthquakes per day in what meteorologists think portends a coming volcanic eruption, and they don't appear to be slowing down. As CBS News reports, the island nation weathered 700 temblors on Tuesday, then another 800 between midnight and dawn Wednesday....

Iceland's 'Intense Wave' of Quakes Could Mean Something More

Island nation declares state of emergency, shutters Blue Lagoon, warning of possible volcanic eruption

(Newser) - Officials have declared a state of emergency in Iceland and are scrambling to evacuate a southwestern coastal town after what CNN describes as an "intense wave of earthquakes"—and they fear it all portends yet another hit from Mother Nature. According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, there were...

Bjork's New Single Is Part of Her Larger Mission
Bjork Releases
Single to Fight
'Frankenstein
Mutants'
CELEBRITY INTERVIEW
Nov 10, 2023 3:50 PM CST

Bjork Releases Single to Fight 'Frankenstein Mutants'

Iceland's most famous star has put out 'Oral' to help raise funds to fight salmon farming in her home country

(Newser) - Bjork is putting out a new single—but she didn't make it solely to indulge her creative and musical sensibilities. The 57-year-old Icelandic singer is using "Oral," put together with Spanish singer Rosalia and released Thursday, to raise funds to "help fight fish farming in Iceland,...

Icelandic Women Are Going on Strike Tomorrow

The country's prime minister is joining them

(Newser) - Icelandic women are going on strike Tuesday, and Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir doesn't plan to be an exception. "I will not work this day," she told mbl.is , adding that she doesn't expect female cabinet members to work either. This will be the first full-day women'...

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