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Thu, 12 Nov 2026 15:00:00 +0000
Orange weather warning: Blizzard in the forecast in North Iceland
A blizzard is expected in North Iceland tomorrow evening. Orange and yellow weather warnings have been issued in anticipation of the severe weather.

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:00:00 +0000
Icelandair pilots announce strike in charter operations
“Voter turnout was 89.1 percent, and 94 percent voted in favor of a strike on November 20 if no agreement is reached,” Jón Þór Þorvaldsson, chairman of the Icelandic Airline Pilots Association, tells mbl.is regarding the planned strike by ...

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:38:00 +0000
Long and Lee Child attend Iceland Noir opening reception
The international crime fiction festival Iceland Noir got off to a glamorous start at Vinnustofa Kjarvals yesterday.

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 15:10:00 +0000
Grindavík residents offered three-year right to return to repurchased homes
Residents of Grindavík will be offered the opportunity to buy back properties in the town at the same price that the real estate company Þórkatla paid for them following the volcanic activity on the Reykjanes Peninsula.

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:00:00 +0000
Slogans painted on Bandero
Bandero, a vessel belonging to the Paul Watson organization, has been connected to shore power. As a result, the ship's auxiliary generator has been switched off, and the rumbling of its engine can no longer be heard around Reykjavík Harbour....

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Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:56:35 +0000
First Snow In Reykjavík, Gale Conditions In The North
The capital area has received its first snowfall of the season, with charming, relatively innocuous snowfall in Reykjavík. Bus routes are continuing to run as normal, and not the snow routes. The Stræto route planner has details. We recommend follo...

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:09:31 +0000
Feeling It All At The Reykjavík Dance Festival
At this year’s Reykjavík Dance Festival, you’re invited into a room, alone, with a robot dog. We know machines don’t feel, but we can’t help feeling something for them. We’re feeling machines ourselves, after all. That’s the starting poi...

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:34:01 +0000
Hotel Visibly Bankrupt, Ólafur Ragnar Morally Bankrupt
Work halted on downtown’s worst real estate It could turn out to become the most visible (possible) bankruptcy in Icelandic history, as earlier this month work was suddenly halted on the titanic monstrosity that is the Radisson Red hotel tower on S...

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:30:39 +0000
Publisher’s Note: Our Vampire Weekend
This year, we are reviewing every single band playing the Iceland Airwaves festival. It is a repeated exercise from last year. To do this, being meagerly staffed, we have — for the second year in a row — teamed up with Iceland Music for a course...

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:26:41 +0000
Decriminalising Sex Work: Is This Feminism?
The world premiere of a new documentary will take place in Bíó Paradís on the 14th of November 2026. The documentary is called Is This Feminism? The Prostitution Purchase Ban in Iceland and asks the question whether the so-called Nordic Model actu...

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