Iceland

Eurovision host says it won't ban Palestinian flags, drown out boos during Israel's performance

The 70th edition of the contest in May will have just 35 entries, the fewest since 2003, after five national broadcasters said they would boycott the show in protest against Israel's participation.

Pro-Palestinian protestors hold a flag and a banner outside the RTE (Radio Telefis Eireann) Irish public service broadcaster television studios as demonstrators call for an Irish boycott of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if there is Israeli participation, in Dublin, Ireland, November 1, 2025.
ISRAEL HAS been singled out as no country ever has been before at Eurovision. Here, viewers cheer as they watch this year’s Eurovision Song Contest finals being screened at a community center in Tel Aviv, in May.

Eurovision rule changes threaten Israel's chances at success amid boycotts

VÆB, representing Iceland, perform "ROA", during the Grand Final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, May 17, 2025.

Iceland to boycott 2026 Eurovision in protest of go-ahead for Israel

Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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COVID-19: Woman tests positive mid-flight, quarantines in airplane bathroom

Michigan schoolteacher Marisa Fotieo isolated herself in an airplane's bathroom after testing positive with an at-home rapid COVID-19 test on her flight to Iceland.

 A Boeing 737 MAX airplane lands after a test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, US June 29, 2020.

Iceland elects Europe's first women-majority parliament

Iceland has voted more women than men into its parliament, a first in Europe, in a national election that saw the ruling left-right coalition strengthen its majority.

  Iceland's Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir attends a press conference in Oslo, Norway February 3, 2020.

3 Israeli COVID patients arrive in Israel on rescue flight from Iceland

The three patients were on a group trip to Iceland when about 30 people in their group became infected with the coronavirus.

 Harel rescue flight brings Israeli coronavirus patients back from Iceland.

Israelis flew to Iceland, 30 contracted COVID

One of the Israelis in Iceland may have contracted COVID on the flight and spread it to the rest.

Reykjavik, Iceland

AirBnB host kicks out renter because of association with Israel

There has been a dramatic uptick of Jews being physically attacked around the world in the wake of operation Guardian of the Walls.

Airbnb apartment (Illustrative)

Archaeologists discover remains of Viking rituals in Iceland

A boat-shaped structure was discovered, as well as dozens of beads, some of them having their origin directly traced to Iraq.

Volcano has erupted in Iceland near Reykjavik

Volcano has erupted in Iceland near Reykjavik - In pictures

"I can see the glowing red sky from my window," said Rannveig Gudmundsdottir, resident in the town of Grindavik, only 8 km (5 miles) from the eruption.

Volcano has erupted in Iceland near Reykjavik

Volcano erupts in Iceland near Reykjavik

A helicopter with scientific personnel had been scrambled to assess the extent of the eruption.

Iceland volcano smoke 521

Iceland recognizes Judaism as an official state religion

The country has only one rabbi, Avi Feldman, who initiated the Chabad Lubavitch of Iceland in 2018. Feldman and the community have worked hard to gain Iceland's formal approval.

A general view of Reykjavik, Iceland

Israeli researchers say spirulina algae could reduce COVID mortality rate

The algae has been shown to reduce inflammation.

VAXA facilities in Iceland, where the algae are cultivated in order to change their metabolomic profile and bioactive molecules.