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Work is under way to improve monitoring of Iceland's volcanoes and give earlier warning of possible eruptions. The FutureVolc project is funded by the European Union and involves more monitors as well as better real-time data analysis. It is a ...

Landsvirkjun is an energy utility of the Republic of Iceland. It is a leader in the production of electricity from emission free renewable in Iceland. It is active in the production, distribution, and sale of wholesale electricity to local ...

Dr Freysteinn Sigmundsson, a geophysicist at the University of Iceland and a co-leader of the FutureVolc project shows the BBC's Neil Bowdler around the Thrihnukagigur volcano in Iceland. They head down into the volcano on a cradle and see the ...

The single word that comes up most often when talking to Brynjar Leifsson, lead guitarist of the strange, sonorous Icelandic six-piece Of Monsters And Men, is "overwhelming." Leifsson, who also provides backing vocals and baritone guitar for the ...

Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson (L), leader of Iceland's centre-right Progressive party, listens to Iceland's President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson during their meeting in Reykjavik May 22, 2013. Gunnlaugsson will be prime minister in the new government, becoming ...

As part of the popular folk-rock revival finding a home on indie, modern rock and Top 40 radio alike, Icelandic outfit Of Monsters and Men is thriving among the frenzy. With just one album and two radio singles to its credit, the band sold out an ...

Four US tourists had to be rescued after they decided to set up a picnic on a floating piece of ice in Iceland on Sunday. The group had set up a table and chairs for dinner on an ice floe in Fjallsarlon glacial lagoon when the wind changed direction ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, May 23 (UPI) -- The FutureVolc project, funded by the European Union, uses more sensors as well as better real-time data analysis. The project is in direct response to the 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which ...

The newly formed Icelandic government lead by the new Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, chairman of the Progressive Party, has taken power on Thursday, according to Iceland government press release. Four members, with one female, from the ...