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One person is killed, one is injured, two are missing and 21 are rescued unharmed after the collapse of an ice cave in the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, in southern Iceland.
2024-08-25

Citizens of Iceland cast their vote in the latest presidential elections. Incumbent president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson is expected to be the clear winner of the election.
2020-06-27

A new Icelandic law goes into effect which requires government agencies and companies with more than 24 full-time employees to prove they are paying men and women equally, as required by existing legislation.
2018-01-3

Voters in Iceland head to the polls to elect a new president with a historic low voter turnout expected. Independent candidate Guðni Th. Jóhannesson claims victory.
2016-06-25

Researchers in Iceland report on CarbFix, in the journal "Science", that carbon dioxide emissions can be pumped into the earth and changed chemically to stone  — significantly faster than expected.
2016-06-9

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, who has been the President of Iceland for 20 years, announces in his new-year speech that he will not seek reelection for a sixth term when presidential elections will be held in June.
2016-01-1

Iceland's parliament, the Althing, refers charges of misconduct in office related to the 2008–2012 Icelandic financial crisis against former Prime Minister of Iceland Geir Haarde to the Landsdómur, a special court for such cases.
2010-09-28

Former chief executive of collapsed Kaupthing Bank, Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson, is arrested on suspicion of embezzlement, Iceland's first high-profile arrest since the 2008 financial collapse.
2010-05-6

A quarter of voters in Iceland sign a petition asking President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson to veto a bill on repaying US$5 billion to foreign savers who lost their money when Icelandic banks collapsed.
2010-01-2