Iceland 

Since 27 September, almost 10.000 tremors have been recorded near Mount Keilir in south-west Iceland, almost all beneath the threshold of magnitude 3.0

With the official results of the recent elections, the country has become the first EU member in which women hold more than half of the seats in parliament

A sculpture with a word that means both 'language of the sea' and 'sea level' - Sjávarmál - has been installed near the ocean and has been selected from 70 entries in a competition for a new outdoor artwork in western Reykjavík

Reykjavík's centre is undergoing the restyling designed by the city's Planning and Transport Board, with positive effects on both the cultural life and the shops in the area; in particular, Skólavörðustígur will be transformed into a street park

Although oil exploration in the Dreki region did not lead to oil extraction, research data obtained are worth billions of ISK and are sure to prove useful to the nation, as scientists at ÍSOR, Iceland GeoSurvey, state

A recent poll by Þjóðarpúls Gallup shed light on the impact of Covid-19 on anxiety, showing that 25% of the population surveyed felt very anxious at the end of July, compared to 11% at the beginning of last month

According to new theory, the country may be the last bare remnant of a Texas-sized continent known as Icelandia - it was submerged under the North Atlantic Ocean around 10 million years ago

Iceland's Reynisfjara is in 6th place in the Best Beaches World Ranking by Big 7 Travel website

Results of the trials conducted between 2015 and 2019 on the four-day working week show an "overwhelming success" of the initiative: productivity remained the same or improved in most workplaces

First country in Europe to drop all domestic restrictions on Covid-19

Drop-in weddings offered by the Grafarvogskirkja church seem to be a success: there were 18 weddings this weekend

A man who has struck the Vikinglotto, winning the largest lottery payout in Icelandic history of ISK 1,270,806,970 -just under $10 million - is the new billionaire of the country