Minister of Health Willum Þór Þórsson has just announced that domestic COVID-19 restrictions in Iceland, originally set to expire tomorrow, will remain unchanged for the coming two weeks.

The likelihood of an eruption in the Grímsvötn volcanic system, located under the ice cap of Vatnajökull glacier, appears to have decreased since yesterday.

This morning, the Icelandic Met Office updated the aviation color code for the Grímsvötn volcanic system, located under the ice cap of Vatnajökull glacier, changing it from yellow to orange.

Preparations are underway at Landspítali National University Hospital to obtain the antiviral medication Molnupiravir.

A earthquake of magnitude 3.6 hit the Grímsvötn volcanic area, under the ice cap of Vatnajökull glacier, at 6:16 am.

Ground has been broken for a new service center by Hengifoss waterfall in Fljótsdalur valley, East Iceland.

Nationalgeographic.com posted its list of the best travel photos of 2021 on Thursday.

The national police commissioner, in consultation with the Suðurnes police chief, issued a statement yesterday, noting that the civil protection’s uncertainty phase, formerly enacted due to the Fagradalsfjall eruption, Southwest Iceland, is no ...

A total of seven cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Iceland.

It is suspected that cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in Iceland are not limited to the one that was confirmed last night.

Iceland’s first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was confirmed last night.

A glacial outburst flood, a.k.a. jökulhlaup, appears to have begun in Gígjukvísl river, originating in the Grímsvötn volcanic area in Vatnajökull glacier.

An item found in a garbage dumpster on the street Mánatún, Reykjavík, is, according to Fréttablaðið, some sort of explosive device.

Finance Minister Bjarni Benediktsson presented the Icelandic government’s budget bill, proposed for 2022, at a press conference yesterday.

There are plans to build a new church on Grímsey island, 40 km (25 mi) off the north coast of Iceland, next year.

“The reimbursement rate will be increased.”

Black Friday was followed by white Monday.

Due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in South Africa and the identification of this variant in countries outside of Africa related to travel from the continent, Iceland’s chief epidemiologist recommends that res...

The lights of the so-called Oslo tree were lit on Austurvöllur square, Reykjavík, last night, on the first Sunday of Advent.

A new government took office in Iceland yesterday.