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Money can't buy you happiness in Iceland News
| Welfare distribution, GHS

Money can't buy you happiness in Iceland

Oct 18, 2019 Families need decent wages in order to afford all the essentials. But high wages do not necessarily make families happy. There is no direct correlation between money and happiness, unless the family has real economic problems. The key to happiness is mainly spending time with family and friends.
Iceland’s tourism becomes a hot environmental topic tema
| TOURISM, GHS

Iceland’s tourism becomes a hot environmental topic

Jun 27, 2019 Tourists drowning at sea. Tourists dying in bus accidents. Tourists driving illegally off road and getting stuck in the middle of an active geothermal area. They do serious damage to nature just to post pictures of themselves and their tyre tracks on social media.
Parental leave in Iceland gives dad a strong position tema
| Paternal leave, GHS

Parental leave in Iceland gives dad a strong position

Apr 12, 2019 Since Iceland introduced nine months parental leave with three months earmarked fathers, their participation in childcare has changed radically – in a good way. Mothers return to work earlier, and get back to working ordinary hours faster. Daddy leave has been the main driver in this development.
Young workers at greater risk of psychological ill health tema
| May 2016, GHS

Young workers at greater risk of psychological ill health

May 20, 2016 Many young workers in the Nordic countries live dangerously in the workplace, according to a new Nordic report. The risk for physical injury as well as psychological ill health is considerably higher among young workers compared to older ones.
Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir: The Bishop who is spring cleaning the church Portrait
| GHS

Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir: The Bishop who is spring cleaning the church

Mar 06, 2015 Bishop Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir has been sitting in her office in Laugavegur in Reykjavik city centre preparing the Sunday’s sermon in peace and quiet. Now she is sat facing me, answering my questions quietly and to the point. The first question goes straight to the point; what is it like being a bishop?
Katrín Jakobsdóttir - party leader during times of change Portrait
| GHS

Katrín Jakobsdóttir - party leader during times of change

Mar 08, 2013 She is young, skilled and popular and has just been elected party leader for Iceland’s Left-Green Movement (VG). She will lead her party into parliamentary elections at the end of April, under what for Iceland are unusual circumstances were the former party leader is one of the party’s strongest candidates in the election.
One in four Icelanders in creative jobs tema
| GHS

One in four Icelanders in creative jobs

Oct 14, 2012 The culture, entertainment and experience industry is increasingly important in Iceland. The country’s single most important cultural industry is music.
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir: The gender pay gap is now the most important equality issue Portrait
| GHS

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir: The gender pay gap is now the most important equality issue

Mar 08, 2012 Iceland’s Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir has managed what many thought near impossible. She has cut public spending in the wake of the market crash without negatively impacting Iceland’s social security system.
Iceland’s road to recovery News
| GHS

Iceland’s road to recovery

Nov 10, 2011 Iceland has managed surprisingly well after the economic collapse of autumn 2008. Iceland’s government and the International Monetary Fund has staged a conference on Iceland’s road to recovery in Reykjavik.
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