Presidential candidate Arnar Þór Jónsson has appealed to the Icelandic Journalists’ Union ethics committee for the cartoonist Hallur Baldursson’s caricature that was published in visir.is. This is because the cartoonist puts Arnar in an out...

Prime Minister of Iceland, Bjarni Benediktsson, said that there have been many meetings with the Grindavík companies involved in the preparation of the state support measures that were announced yesterday.

Around 70 earthquakes have been detected in the magma channel at Svartsengi in the last day. The largest earthquake last night measured 1.5 magnitude southwest of Grindavík offshore.

Captain and two pilots of the cargo ship Longdawn have been arrested on suspicion of abandoning a man in a shipwreck.

The employees of the Húsatóftir golf course in Grindavík were fully preparing for the opening of the golf course, which will take place on Saturday when a photographer and a journalist from mbl.is took a look at the course yesterday.

Arnar Magnússon, engineer and coastal boat fisherman, was the first to arrive at the scene of the accident that happened northwest of Garðskagi at three o'clock last night when the shore fishing boat Hadda overturned. He says that at first, ...

The Icelandic Met Office has updated its hazard assessment because it is increasingly likely that a new magma run and another eruption will occur in the coming days. The magma accumulation has reached 16 million cubic meters compared to 8-13 milli...

A man was saved when a coastal fishing boat sank northwest of Garðskagi at 3 am last night. The Coast Guard’s command center received an emergency call from the captain of another coastal fishing boat at 2.42 am, saying that a boat nearby was s...

Magnús Scheving, the actor and author of LazyTown, has bought all of LazyTown’s properties.

About 60 earthquakes have occurred in the last 24 hours in the magma chamber at Svartsengi, which is similar to the day before.

Plans for the new development of the Kringla area were introduced in the Ásberg hall at Kringlubíó cinema yesterday.

The British action star Jason Statham will play the lead in a new action thriller directed by the Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur. No name has been given for the movie yet, but it is produced by Black Bear.

A call was received by the helicopter team of the Icelandic Coast Guard early this morning due to the acute illness of a passenger of a cruise ship.

New eruption fissures could open up between Stóra-Skógafell and Hagafell and lava flow could be similar to that at the beginning of the last eruption. This could happen very fast, even without notice.

The novel ‘The Prey’ by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir is on the UK’s Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger shortlist as the best translated crime novel of 2024. The award, which has been granted since 1955, is considered the most prestigious in t...

Parents and guardians increasingly attend their children's assessments in high schools, trying to influence grading decisions, even with lawyers demanding better grades for their offspring.

Inflation is still increasing in Svartsengi, but due to the ongoing geomagnetic storm, GPS measurements are less accurate than usual.

“This is the best location in Iceland. You can stay here for 5-6 nights and do something new and exciting every day. We see huge growth opportunities here,” says Sigurður Sindri Magnússon, CEO and owner of the tourism service Deluxe Iceland....

Icelanders might be able to see the Northern Lights that were shining across Europe last night. This is still unlikely, considering the summer brightness and the large cloud cover that is forecast for the country.

The Icelandic men’s national team in handball will be among the participants at the World Cup in Croatia, Denmark and Norway at the beginning of next year.