Business (Iceland)

10% of Iceland’s workforce employed in tourism

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 15:21 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 15:22
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Tourism to Iceland has skyrocketed during the last years, and is now a major source of employment in the country.

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, November 16, 2015 at 16:49 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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The Arctic Circle Singapore Forum convened last week in the hot and hazy tropical megalopolis. The forum is an offshoot of the

Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 19, 2015 at 13:21 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 19:02
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The German company Bremenports has concluded an agreement with Icelandic authorities and the Icelandic engineering company Elfa on a

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 14:14 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 21:54
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A new report says that as Artic ship traffic has increased, so has the number of Arctic ship mishaps. The

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 17:23 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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Iceland’s temperamental geography has gone haywire again with Bárðarbunga, the latest volcano to erupt under the Vatnajökull ice cap. It’s

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, March 7, 2014 at 18:03 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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Back in January, China’s state-owned oil company CNOOC obtained an Arctic exploration licence for the remote Dreki area, 125 miles

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, February 24, 2014 at 15:54 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:50
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Environmentalists are pushing for stricter trade laws in Canada involving at-risk species after the recent shipment of fin whale meat

CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 9, 2013 at 15:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:50
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Flights to Iceland will start departing from Edmonton International Airport next March, city and airport officials announced on Tuesday.

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 15:24 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:50
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Porter Airlines has signed an interline agreement with Icelandair that gives passengers on its flights access to Europe on a single combined

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 14:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:50
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REYKJAVIK – The names of the world’s greatest golf venues roll off the tongue like a putt rolling toward the

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 17:05 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:52
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Iceland’s Minister of the Interior, Ögmundur Jónasson, rejected Chinese businessman Huang Nubo’s bid to purchase a large tract of territory