Europe Iceland Icelandic Education Minister has asked Apple for help in preserving the Icelandic language by adding it to the collection of voices, texts and languages in its operating systems
Europe Iceland Icelandic teachers voted to approve a new four-year salary agreement, with 93% of votes in favour of the agreement that includes a 24,5% salary increase
Europe Iceland The Kindergarten Teachers' Association has announced an indefinite strike in all 22 kindergartens in Kópavogur starting 3 March
Europe Iceland Iceland Foods is reintroducing plastic trays in response to consumer dissatisfaction with vacuum-packed minced meat; vacuum-sealed packages were designed to contain 50% less plastic and reduce the retailer's annual consumption by 35 tonnes
Europe Iceland The use of tanning beds has steadily decreased: only 5% of people said they had used them in the past 12 months, compared to over 30% in 2004; the number of tanning beds has also decreased, with 86 beds in 2023, compared to 97 in 2020