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To celebrate UNESCO’s World Day of Romani Language, distinguished guests with decades of experience in support of Romani language, culture, and human rights, were invited by the Vigdís [...]

Indigenous languages of the Arctic were discussed yesterday at a seminar organized by Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding at the Arctic Circle Assembly [...]

The Minister of Culture and Business Affairs, Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir, visited the Vigdís Institute and International Centre in Veröld – House of Vigdís today.   Among the many projects [...]

  Mr. Juergen Boos, the President and CEO of the Frankfurt Book Fair, is the 2022 winner of the international Vigdís Prize, an award conferred for outstanding contributions to world languages and [...]

Over two hundred experts in the languages and cultures of the Middle East participated in the international conference  The Middle East in Myth and Reality, in Veröld – House of Vigdís [...]

Art and clothes, letters and documents, gifts from foreign heads of state. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former President of Iceland, has donated all these items and more to the University of Iceland [...]

The 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 aims to raise awareness of the importance of professional translation as it brings nations together, facilitates dialogue, understanding and cooperation, [...]

The Vigdís International Centre, STÍL – The Association of Language Teachers in Iceland and the Language Centre of the University of Iceland join forces every year to celebrate the European Day [...]

The international conference Generation Asia 2022 was held in Veröld – House of Vigdís 22-26 Augst 2022. The event was organized by the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute for Foreign Languages at [...]

The EUROCALL 2022 Conference was held online on 16-19 August 2022. The European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning, EUROCALL, promotes the creation and sharing of knowledge in [...]