Readers were duly exercised about a paper published by Greg Mankiw which had to go through so many hoops to promote the idea that inequality was the result of merit as to be worthy of our Frederic Mishkin Iceland Prize for Intellectual Integrity....

Iceland has received an informal approach from an intermediary who says Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who exposed the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs, wants to seek asylum there. Snowden, the former...

EUObserver reports: BRUSSELS - Iceland's bid to join the EU is over, the country's foreign minister told the European Commission on Thursday (13 June). "This is how democracy works," said Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, on his first overseas trip,...

In Praise of Darkness (and Light) Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com One summer some years ago, on a peninsula jutting off another peninsula off the west coast of Iceland, I lived among strangers and birds. The birds were mostly new species I got...

The emergence of Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and now Edward Snowden represents just the tip of the iceberg of a popular resistance that is challenging the U.S. government’s excesses in secrecy and surveillance, a movement that Iceland MP...

On Jun. 10, six Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets of the Italian Air Force deployed to Iceland to provide air policing of the airspace around the northern European island. Supported by two KC-767A aerial refuelers and a C-130J...

Watch our interviews with international criminal defense lawyer Douglas McNabb and member of the Icelandic parliament, Birgitta Jonsdottir, from last night’s ON THE RECORD and sound off. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com

When Edward Snowden told the Washington Post he plans to seek “asylum from any countries that believe in free speech and oppose the victimization of global privacy,” he apparently meant Iceland. He told the Guardian that, when it comes to...

The leaker who revealed top secret U.S. surveillance programs says he hopes to find shelter in Iceland, but he may be disappointed by the reception from a new government seen as less keen than predecessors to attract exiles and Internet...

The options aren't great. But those seeking to avoid prosecution have often claimed political asylum or fled to countries at odds with the U.S. Then there's Iceland.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

Cnooc Ltd. (NYSE: CEO), the Hong Kong and U.S. listed arm of China National Offshore Oil Corp., has reached an agreement to partner with Iceland’s Eykon Energy to explore for oil off the northeast...

Hotel reservations may be down after a week of violent mass protests in Turkey, but plucky tourists on the ground have taken the unrest in their stride. “There was tear gas everywhere. It was quite an adventure,” said one visitor from...

The word "thing" has its roots from the Viking days of yore. In Iceland, the Althing was founded in 930 AD at Thingvellir--the "assembly fields"--the world's oldest parliament. Thingvellir sits at the seismic fault where the Atlantic and European...

I picked up this OECD chart from Sigrun Davidsdottir on twitter: Although many in #Iceland worry/feel that a bubble is forming inside capital controls, property prices seem balanced: oecd.org/eco/outlook/fo… — Sigrun Davidsdottir...

As the world’s top performer on gender equality, Iceland needs to sustain its achievements and bridge remaining gaps on employment and gender based violence, a group of independent United Nations experts today urged as the country’s newly formed...

BBC: The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) is beginning the installation of an expanded network of monitors and sensors as part of the FutureVolc project. Funded in part by the European Union, the project is a response to the 2010 eruptions of...

Apple Bonds Stick Buyers With $280.6 Million Loss as Rates Climb (BBG) Iceland Freezes EU Plans as New Government Shuns Euro Crisis (BBG) "Transparent Fed" - Ben Bernanke meets privately with Darrell Issa (Politico) Bank of Japan vows market steps...

Jon Danielsson, Director of the ESRC funded Systemic Risk Centre, London School of Economics. When the Global Crisis struck in September 2008, all eyes were on the US (Eichengreen and Baldwin 2008). Iceland, however, was the first country to really...

Today, the President signed the National Strategy for the Arctic Region.  The United States is pleased to join our Arctic Council colleagues Canada, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Russia, and Sweden in articulating our strategic priorities...

Randa Bishop / DanitaDelimont.com “Danita Delimont Photography”/Newscom Results from Parliamentary elections in Iceland last week reflect public concern over the nation’s application to join the European Union (EU). The parties that...