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A particularly impressive photo from Iceland also surprised NASA. On the image it looks as if a dragon is spreading its majestic wings over Iceland.

The Icelandic journalist Kristinn Hrafnsson is the new editor-in-chief of the famous whistleblower website WikiLeaks. The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange who sought refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London, has had virtually no contact with the outside world for six months. WikiLeaks reported that Assange therefore appointed ex-spokesman Hrafnsson as new chief editor.

The Icelandic volcano Katla spits out large amounts of carbon dioxide. According to volcanologists, that indicates that the Katla can quickly reach a large eruption.

It took him about 700 hours spread over eleven months, but he succeeded. This Icelandic autistic boy has made the world's largest replica of the Titanic. He needed 56,000 Lego stones to build the colossus.

Iceland also takes action against Russia because of the Skripal affair. Icelandic leaders are boycotting the World Cup in Russia this summer, for which the national team has been able to qualify for the first time.

In Iceland around 600 computers have been stolen, which are used to extract Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies- the so-called 'mines'. The computers were stolen in a series of thefts from data centers in Iceland. According to the police, this is the biggest robbery ever on the North Atlantic island.

A 15-year-old student discovered an error in a textbook on quantum mechanics. The writers of the book have confused two models.

A new poll shows that young Icelanders are less and less religious. In fact, the poll shows that zero percent! of the Icelanders under the age of 25 believe in the biblical story of creation.

The Icelandic police have shared her drugs capture report of 2017. The most important catch was made from the stomach of a Belgian smuggler: one kilo of coke was hidden in his stomach.

In a bus accident in Iceland, a Chinese tourist died, and twelve other tourists were injured.

An Air Berlin Airbus A320 must remain at Reykjavik Airport for the sake of unpaid costs. The device arrived in Reykjavik from Düsseldorf on Tuesday, but the return flight was canceled this morning.

Bjarni Benediktsson, Iceland's Deputy Prime Minister, took a few hours before the state took over the Glitnir Investment Fund in 2008, renouncing its interests in the fund.

British taxpayers have said recently a cargo of valuable material- including perhaps even gold- discovered in a German shipwreck in Iceland. The spoil found in the sunken Nazi ship SS Minden could be worth as much as 100 million euros.

It is exactly nine months since Iceland in the eighth finals of the European Championships for a stunt caused by the star England team to marbles out of the tournament. Which was celebrated well on the island, as it turns out.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet a good idea his US counterpart Donald Trump in the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana. Slovenia, where Trump's wife Melania comes from, has offered to host for the summit, reported Russian media.

After days and for the country unprecedented search by police and volunteers in Iceland found the corpse of the twenty Birna Brjánsdóttir. The young woman was missing for eight days. The police is a crime, and last week two sailors from Greenland in connection with the case arrested, local media reported Monday.

Consultants Donald Trump have British government officials briefed on the first foreign trip of the new president of the United States. According to The Sunday Times, Trump wants a few weeks after the inauguration in Iceland hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson presented Wednesday the new Icelandic government. The leader of the Independence Party finally managed to form a center-right coalition after three months with the Reform Party and the Party Radiant Future. The Pirate Party, which achieved significant gains in the elections, received no government responsibility.

More than two months after the elections Iceland gets new government. The center-right Independence Party, which won the most votes, and the relatively new parties Bright Future and Vidreisn (Reform) approved Monday a coalition agreement well.

The Icelandic government looks at whether they do the British supermarket chain Iceland may sue in an attempt to address the name of the company. A tricky point is that the British company for 46 years exists under that name.

In Iceland, all alarm bells From now on the largest volcano in the country heavy vibrations are felt.