“Without the picture of Olga and Sædís being published in Morgunblaðið, this adventure would not have happened.”

The oldest living sisters in Iceland have a combined age of 205 years and eight months.

Following a government meeting this morning, tighter COVID-19 restrictions in Iceland were announced.

There have been weather alerts, strong gale, and icy roads in Iceland in recent days, creating the most dangerous driving conditions.

Þorri, the fourth winter month of the old Icelandic calendar, begins January 21.

Numerous dead sea birds have been found on beaches in the East Fjords lately.

Many people have no idea there is an Icelandic law that applies to the scattering of ashes.

At a press conference this morning, Chief Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason stated he will likely suggest tighter COVID-19 restrictions in Iceland due to the rapid spread of the disease.

Shortly before 9 am yesterday, an earthquake of magnitude 3.1 hit near Húsafell, West Iceland.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Civil Protection Department’s emergency phase was activated in Iceland yesterday.

Minister of Health Willum Þór Þórsson just announced, following an unusually long government meeting, that current COVID-19 restrictions in Iceland will be extended for the coming three weeks.

DeCode Genetics plans to research the actual spread in Icelandic society of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

A new regulation regarding quarantine took effect in Iceland on Friday.

A podcast interview with a 24-year-old woman, published last week, in which she describes sexual abuse by influential or well-known men in Icelandic society, has led to the firing of one of them and to others either going on leave or being sent on...

The Finnish company Cinia and the North American company Far North Digital have announced a joint effort to build a fiber optic cable system, which will link Europe and Asia through the Arctic.

Icelanders traveled widely domestically in 2021, and many hiked in the mountains.

Guðrún Ólöf Gunnarsdóttir is not about to give up.

ICE-SAR rescue teams were called out 1,196 times last year.

A herd of reindeer was caught on video in Djúpivogur, the East Fjords, on Monday.

“Recent developments resemble those prior to the eruption that began March 19 last year.”