Earlier today a malfunction was detected in the hosting services of Advania which has resulted in some of their clients' websites were down. Amongst websites were the Cabinet of Iceland and Health Care Services.

A 4.6 M earthquake was 13.8 km south of the glacier Eiríksjökull, under Langjökull glacier at 9:48 PM last night. The earthquake was felt in all of the Western part of Iceland, north to Húnvatns county, in the Reykjavik area and all the way so...

The man who was arrested yesterday after shooting at a car early in the morning in Miðvangur in Hafnarfjörður was brought to Reykjanes District this morning where it was concluded that he would be held in an appropriate institution for the next...

Last night a working group was formed to improve the security at Reynisfjara Black Beach and there will be a definite plan in place no later than the 30th of September this year.

The suspect in the shooting in Hafnarfjörður has been apprehended by the police, according to Skúli Jónsson Assistant Chief of Police. The shooter is in his sixties and is suspected of shooting at a car early this morning.

A police operation that started before 8 AM this morning is still ongoing at Miðvangur in Hafnarfjörður and has been verified by Gunnar Rúnar Sveinbjörnsson the information officer of the Reykjavik Police Force in a talk with mbl.is.

The telecommunication company Nova in Iceland went public on the main Nasdaq Icelandic Stock Exchange today. The company is the 46th company to go public on the Nasdaq Nordic markets this year.

A landslide fell on the road between Ísafjörður and Hnífsdalur in the Westfjords this morning. The road was closed as a result but according to a tweet from The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration the road has already been opened.

There will be a lot going on next weekend on June 24th-25th in the North of Iceland when the Midnight Sun Whitewater Festival will be held after a two year hiatus.

Today is the World Refugee Day, but it is celebrated annjually on the 20th of June. The Amnesty International Youth Movement has organized a "Story Sharing Café" to celebrate the day and it will be held in Mál og menning on Laugavegur 18...

"We were fishing in Hali fishing grounds, far up north in the midst of cold winter," says the photographer Kristján Maack who won the 1st price in the competition of the best photograph held by 200 miles and Morgunblaðið.

The ferry Baldur that carries passengers from Stykkishólmur to Flatey and Brjánslækur lost its power this morning after only been sailing for seven minutes from Stykkishólmur, but the ferry left Stykkishólmur around 9 AM this morning.

The Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir,touched upon many topics in her speech earlier today. Today marks the 78th birthday of the Icelandic Republic. Jakobsdóttir talked about the Covid 19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and its financ...

Today is Iceland’s National Day and it will be celebrated all over the country, but in 1944 Iceland gained independence from Denmark and the Republic of Iceland was founded on 17th of June 1944.

The Icelander Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson underwent the first double arm and shoulder transplant in the world and it is now 17 months since his 15 hour operation in Lyon in France. Last Friday Grétarsson appeared on the TV show Good Morning Brit...

East Rangá opened yesterday morning but no salmon was caught on the first shift. It didn't crush the spirit of the anglers who were certain that the silvery one was to be had soon. Lo and behold and in the afternoon the painter Alexander Arna...

Guðlaug­ur Þór Þórðar­son the Minister of the Environment, Energy and Climate and Peter Hultqvist the Defense Minister of Sweded signed a mutual agreement about the cooperation of Iceland and Sweden in security and defense matters.

The Financial Stability Committee of the Central Bank of Iceland has decided to lower the maximum mortage rate for first time buyers from 90% to 85%. The mortage rate will still be 80% for other buyers.

An earthquake at the size of 3.9 M hit last night around 1 AM last night north of Grindavík on the Reykjanes peninsula. The Icelandic Met Office got news about people feeling the earthquake

"I think I can talk for all guides in the country when I say that I am mortified over the death that occurred in Reynisfjara Black Beach last weekend," says Friðrik Rafnsson the chairman of Leiðsögn, the union of Icelandic guides.