According to a new Gallup poll, 51.6% intend to vote against continuing Iceland’s European Union accession talks, while 48.4% intend to vote in favor.

Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland, remembers King Harald of Norway, who died early this morning, in a post on Instagram.

A new approach to buying property was presented at the autumn meeting of the Housing and Construction Authority yesterday morning, where the state of the housing market was the main focus.

The foreign tourist who fell into the Jökla river at Stuðlagil is reported by Polish media to have been a Polish citizen.

The Reykjavík Metropolitan Police Commissioner has charged Sema Erla Serdaroglu with violating laws on public fundraising.

On Thursday, August 27, 2026, the Áfram Ísland movement held a rally at 17:00 at Austurvellir. If you’ve been living in Reykjavík, you’ll have seen Áfram Íslands ads everywhere. “Nei, takk!” is their slogan. Even though the meaning of �...

Based on her comments in Reykjavík meeting minutes, we requested an op-ed from city councilor Silja Sóley Birgisdóttir.

  Recently Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, the CEO of the video game company Fenris Creations, creator of EVE Online, made headlines as he came out as an anti-EU spokesperson. The formerly outspoken supporter of Iceland’s EU membership claimed the c...

If you had one hour to do something related to birdlife, what would you do? Find a local green space and open your ears? Feed gulls by the harbour? Build a birdhouse? For the past few weeks, I have been trying to answer a version of that question mys...

Archives I arrived in Reykjaviík, Iceland, a year ago thinking I would now be living in the world’s most peaceful country. Now I’m not so sure. Geopolitical more than economic influences loom ominously over the August 29 vote for Iceland to begi...