Halldóra Kristjánsdóttir's daughter was a victim of an attack outside of Þórufell 14 in Breiðholt in Reykjavík yesterday. She was threatened with a knife and then pushed to the ground. She managed to scream and get away from the assaila...

Vogue Scandinavia published recently an interesting list over the bars/restaurants that are the most interesting and stylish for happy hour or a drink after work. Most of the places have been popular in Iceland for years.

Almost third of all tourists in Iceland this June came from the United States is stated in an announcement from the Icelandic Tourist Board.

The Grandmasters Helgi Ólafsson and Jóhann Hjartarson are certain that the chess table that Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky used when playing the 7.-21st chess matches in the World Chess Championship, or what Icelanders call the Chessbattle of t...

Hörður Kristleifsson, who is a 23 year old photographer, has for quite a few years dreamt about capturing the perfect shot of the mountain Keilir in the Reykjanes peninsula. In his mind the perfect shot would be capturing the top of the mountain...

"The excitement is growing," said Ingibjörg María Guðmundsdóttir and Örn Torfason, the parents of Guðrún Arnardóttir who is a defender on the Icelandic National Women's team in football. The parents were talking to a sports'...

UEFA Women's Euro has started in England and the Icelandic national team is getting ready to play Belgium today at 4 PM. Ari Páll Kristinsson, a journalist at mbl.is, went downtown yesterday to see if pedestrians were up for a little football...

The police was called out yesterday when a man attempted to rob a drugstore on Laugavegur at 2:30 PM. The pharmacist Skúli Skúlason was working when the man burst into the drugstore and aimed the gun at him and other staff demanding to get drugs...

Hilmar Einarsson captured pictures of a humpback whale which had drifted to the shore by Hringsdalur in Arnarfjörður. He says he has never been aware of whales drifting on shore in these parts.

A nightbus will be back from downtown Reykjavík to different neighbourhoods in the Reykjavík area after a two year hiatus. The bus will run on weekends, Friday night and Saturday night, at least over the summer and it will start tonight after mi...

Today will be windy with the wind coming from the southwest and the west all over the country and people should keep their wits about them when travelling. Yellow warnings are in place for many areas in the country.

“There is nothing left,” says Birgir Haukdal Rúnarsson the owner of the boat Gosi KE-102 that caught fire this morning when the boat was two nautical miles north of Rif.

A member of the crew from the boat Gosi-KE who caught fire this morning not far from Rif this morning was saved when the fishing boat Diddi SH-159 came to his rescue just before 10 AM this morning in Breiðafjörður.

Rescue teams were called out twice last night just before 8 PM. One of the emergencies was because of a dog that had fallen off a cliff and the other one because of a motocycle accident. This information comes from an announcement from Landsbjörg...

The Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland and Norway issued a joint statement saying that everything is ready for NATO to ratify Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO.

The Fire Brigade of Akranes and Hvalfjörður County was called out after 2 AM last night because of a fire in Elkem metal smelter at Grundarfjörður. All available firefighters were sent to the scene. According to the commanding officer, Jens He...

With inflation at an all time high and the Central Bank raising the key interest rate up to 4.75% to try to cool the market and get the inflation down, Icelanders will have to pay a lot more into their mortgages every month than before.

The Embassy of Iceland in Copenhagen has asked Icelanders in the city to contact their family and let them know they are safe.

People who want to visit the southern part of Iceland this summer have a lot of options. Here is a list of nine interesting places to visit, but bear in mind it is just the tip of the Iceberg when it comes to fun things to do in this part of the c...

A fire was detected between two hot water tanks in Grafarholt last night. According to the Fire brigade the source of the fire was from equipment used to maintain the tanks. The fire was successfully extinguished says Kristján Sigurðsson, warde...