At least three people are wounded and were taken to the emergency room of Landspítali hospital after a confrontation at the Bankastræti Club in downtown Reykjavík last night. Three people are believed to have been stabbed.

The prescriptions of the male hormone testerone for women has multiplied in a short amount of time. The testerone prescribed is a topical gel used on the skin. “Up to september 2021 there were as many presciptions for the hormone issued every mo...

Within the rescue group REY-SAR in Reykjavik, there is an active group that performs drone flights, as in the rescue service, there has been a good experience of using drones to search for missing people. Using thermal-cameras can be useful becaus...

It was a blessing that things did not go worse when a a chicken coop in Sauðárkrókur caught fire last night just after midnight.

A construction crane fell on top of Akranes Sports Hall yesterday, causing damage to the roof. When the crane fell young kids were training in the building. Thankfully noone was hurt. The street was closed off while attempts were madeto get the co...

Sustainable Icelandic fishing and the full use of marine fishing products was the main topic of the news analysis show Nous, les Européens, or We Europeans that was shown in France earlier this month on the television channel France 2.

Bjarni Benediktsson, the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, says that it would have been completely unrealistic to try to chase the price in the government’s subsequent offer of shares in Íslandsbanki to 122 ISK per share.

The board of directors of the Blue Lagoon has made a decision to begin preparing for the registration of the company on the Nasdaq Iceland Main Market. The listing is planned for next year, andLandsbanki and Fossar Investment Bank have been hired ...

Some fans of the children’s book author and actor David Walliams were not happy campers when they did not get their books signed on Saturday after having waited in a long line in front of the bookstore Penninn-Eymundsson at Smáralind mall. The ...

A total of 5,575 shoeboxes were collected in the project “Christmas in a shoebox” which is a project of the Christian YMCA associations in Iceland called KFUM and KFUK. This year there have never been as many boxes collected for the project in...

The actress Jodie Foster is staying in Reykjavík these days and weeks. She is in the middle of shooting the HBO TV show True Detective, the fourth season here in Iceland. In the show Foster is the leading lady.

The average waiting time for common surgeries is increasing for the best part of the year, according to the Office of Directorate of Health. It is reported on the website of the office that the waiting times exceed what would be considered accepta...

Two men suspected of planning to commit terrorist acts in Iceland this fall were remanded in custody yester, until November 24. According to Sveinn Andri Sveinsson, the defense lawyer for one of the men, they have both appealed the custody order t...

The national unemployment rate was 2.8% last month and had not changed from the previous month. The Directorate of Labor now predicts that the unemployment rate will not change much in November, and will bein the range between 2.8% and 3.1%.

The Icelandic singer Björk Guðmundsdóttir will be among the musicians at the Metaverse virtual music festival, which is now held for the secondtime. The music festival will take place in the virtual world of Decentraland, in Metaverse, from Nov...

Sveinn Andri Sveinsson, the defense lawyer for one of the men suspected of planning a terrorist attack, says that the criteria for keeping the men in custody has changed due to the outcome of their psychiatric evaluation. The custody based on the...

The downtown area of Reykjavík has been developing into an area of restaurants, bars, clubs and hotels as is often the case with growing cities. The party scene can be a bit of an issue for the hotels in the area, as well as the residents.

The Icelandic Met Office is currently conducting experiments with an incoming sound-meter that can detect avalanches when they fall. The meter can detect low frequency sound waves that follow avalanches and are outside of the human hearing range.

Run in the Dark takes place tomorrow, November 9th at 8 PM in Elliðaárdalur in Reykjavík, when the darkness of winter is coming. The founder of the run is the Irish outdoors enthusiast and adventurer Mark Pollock, who is blind and has suffered ...

There will be a lot going on in Harpa conference center when the Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders starts today. This is the fifth time the conference is held here in Iceland but behind the project is the government of Iceland as well as m...