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Iceland's PM Katrin Jakobsdottir goes on strike over gender pay gap

Tuesday’s protest will involve women and non-binary people stopping paid and unpaid labour

Evening Standard

Iceland’s first full-day women’s strike in 48 years aims to close pay gap – as it happened

Tens of thousands of women and non-binary people across Iceland, including prime minister, stopped work

The Guardian - UK

Women in Iceland including the prime minister go on strike for equal pay and an end to violence

Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence

The Independent UK

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‘Power of the masses’: the day Iceland’s women went on strike and changed history

1975 strike was a pivotal moment for the country – but 48 years later, Icelanders today protest at gender inequality

The Guardian - UK

Iceland PM to take part in first women’s strike in almost 50 years: ‘Women’s Day Off’

‘Workers from all major industries are taking part: healthcare workers, teachers, service workers, finance workers, care workers, energy workers,’ chair of Icelandic Federation for Public Workers says

The Independent UK

Iceland’s first full-day women’s strike in 48 years aims to close pay gap

PM will take part in stoppage by women and non-binary people calling for pay equality and action on gender-based violence

The Guardian - UK

Moments of magic and bliss: Chris Burkard’s ocean photography

Outdoor and surf photographer Chris Burkard has explored the seven seas capturing their diversity and dynamic beauty. His work especially in the colder regions find the dymanic beauty of our ocean and a source of inspiration deserving of our respect and stewardship

The Guardian - UK

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Craig Murray: I was detained under terror laws after Palestine protest

FORMER diplomat Craig Murray has told how he was detained under draconian anti-terror laws after attending a pro-Palestine protest.

The National (Scotland)

Police probe after British schoolgirl assaulted on school trip to Iceland

Exclusive: Viral video shows Black teenager being slapped in the face and chased by a white woman

The Independent UK

London school reports tour guide for slapping Black student on Iceland trip

The tour guide and student had been staying at the same hotel when the incident unfolded

Evening Standard

‘Can we save the wild salmon of Iceland?’: Björk releases ‘lost’ song to fight fish farming

The Icelandic singer discusses her collaboration with Rosalía and how artists pick up on the environmental emergency

The Guardian - UK

Tide turns against whalers in Iceland after video emerges of whale’s tortured death

The company that has a monopoly on commercial whaling in Iceland has come under fire in the wake of two brutal killings captured on camera this summer – the first showing a whale in agony for a full 30 minutes before dying, another showing the slaughter of a pregnant female.…

France 24

Euro 2024 qualifiers | Belgium, France, Portugal become first teams to qualify

France & Portugal qualify for Euro 2021 with perfect records; Mbappé & Ronaldo score twice each; Belgium also clinch berth; Greece, Netherlands, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Bosnia, Iceland, Sweden, Azerbaijan also in contention.

The Hindu

‘We can carry on for ever’: meet Iceland’s last whale hunter

For Kristján Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick’s obsessive hero Ahab are ‘an honour’. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?

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Ward Knútur Townes: Unanswered review – a captivating English-Canadian-Icelandic union

Born out of lockdown, the affinity between singer-songwriters Lucy Ward, Adyn Townes and Svavar Knútur bears fruit on an album of alluring melancholy

The Guardian - UK

Björk and Rosalía team up to campaign against industrial fish farming

The Icelandic and Spanish singers create their first collaboration together as Björk alleges large-scale farming has had a ‘devastating effect on wildlife’ in her country

France 24

Nordic Noir master Ragnar Jónasson on his new thriller 'Reykjavik'

Icelandic author Ragnar Jónasson is one of the masters of Nordic Noir. His best-selling thrillers have sold millions of copies in 36 different territories. His latest novel "Reykjavik" centres around the cold case of a missing teenage girl. It's a unique collaboration with none other than Iceland's sitting Prime Minister…

The Independent UK

6 of the best Northern Lights holidays in Iceland

How to see the atmospheric phenomenon in a land of geographical ones

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In the depths of Hobart's MONA, a volcano is stirring

In the darkness, a rumble. A sonorous boom. Deep within the subterranean caverns of MONA, a volcano stirs. This is Hrafntinna (Obsidian), an immersive installation by Icelandic artist and musician Jónsi.

Bangkok Post

Senator 'sympathises' with Thai chef who chased her out in Iceland

Senator Khunying Porntip Rojanasunan said on Monday she sympathised with the Thai chef who chased her from his restaurant in Iceland, and was not taking legal action against him.

Evening Standard

Iceland boss quits Tories and calls party ‘out of touch’

Iceland boss Richard Walker has quit the Conservatives as he accused the party of “drifting out of touch” during the cost of living crisis and showing an “inability to deliver”.

The Independent UK

Blow for Rishi Sunak as Iceland boss donor quits party over ‘flip-flopping’ on big policies

Conservatives ‘out of touch’ on HS2 and net zero, says Richard Walker – who had hoped to stand as Tory candidate

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish farm. The impact could be deadly

Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations

The Guardian - AU

Tricksters, messengers, fire-bringers: crows and ravens have been woven into human history

Australia has five native corvid species, but their unearned reputation for cruelty and an all-too-human cleverness makes them unlikely to win a popularity contest

The Street

Domino effect: A tourist tax is coming to another country many want to visit

Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir hinted at a tourist tax during a climate conference in New York.

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