The national police commissioner, in consultation with the East Iceland chief of police, decided yesterday to declare an alert phase in the town Seyðisfjörður, the East Fjords, due to a risk of landslides.

The landslides that occurred over the weekend in the Kinn and Útkinn areas, southwest of Húsavík, North Iceland, left large wounds in mountain slopes.

Saturday, Vanda Sigurgeirsdóttir became the first woman to be elected head of KSÍ, the Football Association of Iceland.

A total of 12 farms in the Kinn and Útkinn areas, southwest of Húsavík, North Iceland, were evacuated yesterday, due to landslides.

Two reindeer calves, found motherless last spring, have in recent weeks delighted children and tourists in East Iceland.

Parts of American actor Will Smith’s visit to Iceland last year can now be viewed in the official trailer of the Disney+ series Welcome to Earth.

Sigurður Örn Óskarsson, resident of Raufarhöfn, detected two large icebergs north of Hraunhafnartangi point on the Melrakkaslétta peninsula, Northeast Iceland, yesterday.

With the help of rescue workers, farmers at Hæli in Húnavatnshreppur district, Northwest Iceland, managed to save all their sheep that got stuck in snow in Tuesday’s blizzard.

Yet another earthquake in excess of magnitude 3 shook Southwest Iceland overnight.

RIFF, the Reykjavík International Film Festival, opens today for the 18th time.

Since midnight, about 400 tremors have registered between the mountains Keilir and Litli-Hrútur, northeast of the Fagradalsfjall eruption area in Southwest Iceland.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 hit Southwest Iceland shortly after 11 am this morning.

October 1, the following changes regarding COVID-19 restrictions at Icelandic borders will take effect:

Rescue workers were called out more than 100 times yesterday in the northern and western parts of Iceland.

Due to a disputed vote recount in the Northwest electoral district, the final result of Saturday’s parliamentary elections in Iceland is not entirely clear.

Due to a severe weather forecast, the national police commissioner has declared a civil protection uncertainty phase in Northeast Iceland, West Iceland and the West Fjords.

Voter turnout in Saturday’s parliamentary elections in Iceland was the second lowest in history.

The Icelandic Met Office has issued weather alerts for a large part of Iceland today.

The three parties that make up the coalition government in Iceland increased their majority in Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament, in Saturday’s elections.

This is the time of year that bird watchers and photographers keep their eyes open for unusual birds that might visit Iceland on their way to other countries.