Shooting of the second series of Halo is now in process here in Icaland. The shooting locations are in the Reykjanes peninsula and also by Kvernufoss in the South of Iceland, as can be seen in the picture that was published on the Twitter page of ...

Bjarni Bene­dikts­son, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, says it is obvious that the government needs to sell their remaining shares in Íslandsbanki and use that money to strenghthen infrastructure for the estimated 100 bn ISK sale.

Around 71% of Icelanders are in favour or mostly in favour of a rent ceiling being used as a measure in the rental market. A rent ceiling is a maximum price for a given property based on size, quality and location.

Áslaug Arna Sig­ur­björns­dótt­ir, the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation has founded a two billion ISK fund which in order to encourage more cooperation between Icelandic universities. Up to a billion ISK will be donated ...

Misguided yearning for the past, the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the war in Ukraine, the digital assistant Siri and the Icelandic language were all topics that the President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson touched upon in his speech at the op...

Morgunblaðið published yesterday the story of a woman who had the misfortune of breaking her leg badly last Saturday. Líney Sigurðardóttir lives in Þórshöfn up north and she says that she got a lot of reactions to her story in the paper. S...

The Ministry of Education and Children Mennta- og barna­málaráðuneytið assigned grants today to municipalities that are meant to assist in welcoming refugee children in their care. This was reported on the website of the Icelandic Government ...

In the fiscal budget proposal for 2023 the treasury revenues are estimated to be 79 billion ISK more than in the budget for 2022. Bjarni Benediktsson Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs introduced the fiscal budget proposal this morning.

It cannot be common that a sitting Prime Minister publishes a novel, although there are some examples of that.

A lot of people couldn't believe their eyes yesterday when they noticed a pole dancer on the top of the roof of the Nordic House in the University area in Reykjavík.

„This started really early. I remember walking to school when I was six years old in Hafnarfjörður and I was watching the stars in the sky,“ says Sævar Helgi Bragason, a science aficionado, journalist, writer, geologist and a resident of Pl...

The annual Seafood Festival MATEY ends today in the Westman Islands. The festival has been a great success and four restaurants had guests chefs who put their spin on the excellent local seafood and produce and the menus for the festival showcased...

"She was a wonderful person and I really cared for her. I will miss her a lot," said Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the former President of Iceland yesterday.

Yesterday Guðni Th. Jó­hann­ess­son, the President of Iceland, og Katrín Jak­obs­dótt­ir, the Prime Minister of Iceland, were among the world leaders sending their condolences to the British nation and remembering Her Majesty Queen Eliza...

The island Hrísey in Eyjafjörður up north in Iceland gets great reviews in an article in The Guardian. In the article is a list of destinations that stood out to the readers of the paper in this year.

The Food Festival Mat­ey starts today in the Westman Islands and ends next Saturday and there will be a big seafood feast in the islands. The Westman Islands already house some of the best restaurants in the country and more people are making a p...

Áslaug Arna Sig­ur­björns­dótt­ir, the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, received yesterday the Politician of the year 2022 awards at the One Young World conference in Manchester in England.

The condition of the angler who had an electric shock while fly fishingin East-Rangá yesterday is considered quite good and much better than was expected yesterday. This information comes from Gunnar Guðjónsson, the head tourist guide in the ar...

The President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jó­hann­es­son, has weighed in on the chocolate covered liquorice drama and tweets that chocolate covered liquorice is "as Icelandic as glaciers and elves, volcanoes and waterfalls. Nothing Danish there...

The police in the southern part of Iceland reports that the police and ambulance were called to the Health Inistitution of South Iceland in Hvolsvöllur just after 10:30 AM yesterday morning because of a man who had been fly fishing in East-Rangá...