Traffic is picking up at Keflavík International Airport these days.

Today, rescue workers and divers plan to recover the airplane that crashed into Þingvallavatn lake, Southwest Iceland, in February.

“Today is the First Day of Summer, and for a change, the weather outlook is good for the whole country.”

“I don’t understand how anyone could have done this.”

The Icelandic government has, in the wake of its disputed sale of a 22.5 stake in the Bank of Iceland (Íslandsbanki), decided to suggest to Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament, that Icelandic State Financial Investments (ISFI) be abolished.

Seismic activity appears to be subsiding on the Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland, mbl.is reports. Still, the Icelandic Met Office keeps monitoring the area closely.

Thirty-four Icelandic fishing associations and environmental associations issued a statement earlier this month, appealing to the Norðurþing municipality, Northeast Iceland, to cancel all plans for open net pen fish farming near Raufarhöfn.

Hardly a week goes by without inquiries being sent to the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute regarding the processing or growing of seaweed.

In one of Greenland’s most remote villages, Ittoqqortoormiit, population 345, a friendship festival is being held over Easter.

Most of us are used to buying Easter eggs, made of chocolate.

The unemployment in Iceland was 4.9 percent in March, down from 5.2 percent in February, Morgunblaðið reports.

The Power of Images, an art exhibition of about 300 works by Erró, one of Iceland’s best known artists, opened at Reykjavík Art Museum Saturday.

The cruise ship AIDAsol is expected to arrive in Reykjavík today.

A swarm of earthquakes began on the Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland last night.

Major funding is needed to investigate the extent of pollution and to do cleanup on Heiðarfjall mountain on Langanes point, Northeast Iceland.

Everything went according to plan during the landing exercise of US marines on Miðsandur beach in Hvalfjörður fjord, West Iceland, yesterday.

Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason,the first and only Icelandic-born astronaut, died last week at the age of 76.

Fire erupted at a recycling facility in Helguvík, the Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland, shortly before noon on Saturday.

Fallorka, a subsidiary of the utility company Norðurorka Ltd., intends to build six 6kW wind turbines on Grímsey island.

The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries is actively working to provide a facility to make it possible to quarantine the pets of refugees coming from Ukraine.