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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Oh, the places you'll go: Destinations granted to vaccinated travelers

This is only the beginning, and hopefully, more countries will open up their borders as more people around the world get vaccinated.

The Hilton Seychelles Northolme Resort is renowned for its stunning sunset views.

Scared by global warming? In Iceland, one solution is petrifying

Elon Musk, chief of Tesla Inc and a billionaire entrepreneur, said in January he would give a $100 million prize for the best “technology for capturing carbon”.

A facility for capturing CO2 from air of Swiss Climeworks AG is placed on the roof of a waste incinerating plant in Hinwil, Switzerland July 18, 2017.

Book calling Holocausts a hoax to hit Icelandic book stores for Christmas

Denying the Holocaust is not illegal in Iceland, but the Association of Icelandic Book Publishers has the means to intervene to stop the book’s sales

A general view of Reykjavik, Iceland

Neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement targets Jews on Yom Kippur

"This year, the modern-day successors of the Nazis, known as the Nordic Resistance Movement, have mounted a vile and vicious campaign of hate against Jews in Northern Europe."

Members of the Neo-nazi Nordic Resistance Movement march through the town of Ludvika, 2018

Volcanic region active after 800 years, previous eruption lasted 300 years

According to the Guardian, beginning on January 21, the peninsula region has suffered over 8,000 earthquakes due to magma shifting under the ground beneath the volcanic system.

The Northern Lights are seen above the ash plume of a volcano in Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland, April 22, 2010

Iceland to send another anti-Israel representative to Eurovision

Hatari made a guest appearance with the Palestinian flag in the background at a pre-Eurovision competition to choose the country's representative for the 2020 Eurovision in Amsterdam.

Iceland's Hatari unveils "Palestine" banners on camera whilst receiving their score, Eurovision 2019

Iceland welcomes its first permanent Torah scroll

The final letters of the Torah were written at a reception last Thursday at the home of the US ambassador to Iceland, Jeffrey Ross Gunter, who is Jewish.

A geyser in Geysir, Iceland.

Meet Iris, the Jewish Icelandic singer with the voice of an actual angel

Iris has the voice of an angel. Like the voice you wish the cantor at your childhood synagogue had but they truly, unfortunately did not.

A general view of Reykjavik, Iceland

On the 25th anniversary of the Chabad Rebbe's death: Shluchim speak out

Twenty-five years after the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s death, Chabad continues to spread across the world and impact countless Jews.

JOYOUS HANUKKAH: Lighting the menorah at Miami’s Rok Family Shul – Chabad Downtown Jewish Center.

In Iceland, hate has prevailed from the Nazi SS to Eurovision 2019

ICELAND’S HATARI sings ‘Hate Will Prevail’ at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv earlier this month.