A special pet friendship service was held at the Church of the Independent Congregation, Óháði söfnuðurinn, on Háteigsvegur road, Reykjavík, February 13.

The festival Disaster Days opens today in the town Hólmavík, in the Strandir region of the West Fjords, and continues through Sunday.

About 300 people gathered yesterday in front of the Russian Embassy in Reykjavík to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Icelandic Met Office has issued weather alerts for the whole country today.

Large users purchase 78 percent of all electricity produced in Iceland.

“Icelandic authorities strongly condemn Russia’s invasion, and it is safe to say that the worst possible scenario in these affairs has realized.”

All COVID-19 restrictions in Iceland will be lifted Friday morning — domestically, as well as at the border.

Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir states that the position of Icelandic authorities is clear regarding Russia’s decision to send troops into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine.

The storm that’s still raging in Iceland since yesterday afternoon blew the inflated cover off the sports facility in Hveragerði, Southwest Iceland, this morning.

Most roads out of Reykjavík and vicinity are closed this morning.

Due to severe weather in Iceland, numerous flights to and from Keflavík International Airport have been canceled or postponed this morning.

A 14-year-old boy reacted quickly when his ten-year-old brother was hit by an avalanche in Hveragerði, Southwest Iceland, Saturday.

Two foreign films and two foreign TV series are being filmed in Iceland these days.

The Icelandic Met Office has issued an orange weather alert for all of Iceland tonight.

The Travel Section of mbl.is has created a list of Iceland’s most romantic fjords.

Topping the list of best selling crime novels in France this week are books by Icelandic authors.

The condition of tourist destinations within protected areas in Iceland has improved, and the number of destinations considered at risk is down.

Travel experts from the booking service Culture Trip (theculturetrip.com) list the Húsafell Giljaböð (Húsafell Canyon Baths) in Borgarfjörður, West Iceland, as one of the World’s Greatest Travel Experiences for 2022.

Niceair, a new airline, based in Akureyri, North Iceland, has been started and will fly its first scheduled flight June 2.

According to the analytical department of the national commissioner of the police, Iceland is not experiencing a situation comparable to that of our neighboring countries.