Hot lava is flowing in Reykjavik for the first time in nearly 5000 years. No, there has not been an eruption in the capital, because the lava is flowing in a safe space inside a showroom of the Lava Show at Fiskislóð 73 in the Grandi area of Rey...

The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is meeting in Reykjavik today in Harpa Concert Hall. Over 60 Assembly members from 46 countries will attend the meeting.

“Of course, we all take warning seriously, but I don’t think people need to be afraid of coming to town this weekend. The police will be monitoring downtown like never before and the police force will be very visible this weekend,” says Arn�...

Immigrants in Iceland were 61,148, or 16.3% of the population on January 1st 2022. This was reported on the website of Statistics Iceland. The number of immigrants continues to grow, but last year they were 15.5% of the country’s population (57,...

Amnesty in Iceland had a surprise performance in the shopping mall Kringlan yesterday to draw attention to their annual international campaign, Your Name Saves a Life, which this year is dedicated to ten individuals who have been subject to human ...

The US Embassy in Iceland posted on their Facebook page a warning to US tourists travelling in Iceland and asked them to be careful in downtown Reykjavík.

The Homes Association of Iceland have sent a formal complaint to the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) regarding the implementation of indexed consumer mortgage loans and violations of EEA rules in the field of consumer protection by the Icelandic...

“We started this project six months ago and the goal was to set up 250 ramps every year. This year we have exceeded that goal and have already put up 300 ramps,” says Haraldur Þorleifsson, the founder of the initiative “Ramp up Iceland” w...

Icelanders read or listen to an average of 2.4 books a month, and almost one third of the population reads a book every day or more often, according to the results of a survey on the nation’s attitude towards reading.

Margeir Sveinsson, the assistant chief police officer for the police department in the capital region, believes there is a long-standing feud behind the stabbing attack in Bankastræti Club that took place last Thursday.

The lights were lit on the Yulecat in Lækjartorg downtown Reykjavík yesterday. The mayor, Dagur B. Eggertsson was at the lighting ceremony and the musical trio Zimsen sang a few Christmas songs and Grýla and Leppalúði turned up, but they are ...

Fourteen people have been arrested in relation to the stabbing attack in Bankastræti Club last Thursday night. All of the fourteen are around twenty years old and up to thirty years, and thereof are two women.

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.

A new campaign by the Icelandic Tourist Board encourages space travelers to consider Iceland as a more attractive destination, and for that occasion a billboard was sent 35 thousand meters above the stratosphere with the aid of a weather balloon. ...

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.