Iceland

For thousands of years, wooden sailboats allowed the peoples of Northern Europe to spread trade.

New research has found that the hotspots that create volcanic islands like those of Hawaii, Iceland, or the Galapagos are surprisingly cool.

Pandemic or no pandemic, the world will never stand still. That’s perhaps no clearer than in Iceland, where a volcano has awoken from a slumber that has lasted 6,000 years, give or take a year or two.

Greece on Monday lifted quarantine restrictions for travellers from most European countries, as well as Israel and the United States as it prepares to reopen tourism services next month.

A player on Germany's national soccer team tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of Thursday's World Cup qualifying match

The eruption of a long-dormant volcano that sent streams of lava flowing across a small valley in southwestern Iceland is easing and shouldn’t interfere with air travel, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said Saturday.