“Events like these are organised over four or five days, and this time five days were set aside. The aim was to set two records in two different categories, one involving two separate formations in the same jump and the other three.”

Changes to the Health Insurance Act approved by Althingi on June 1 mean, among other things, that from January 1, individuals travelling to countries outside the EEA will no longer be insured for costs they may incur as a result of illness or acci...

Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland, attended the funeral of King Harald V of Norway yesterday.

Orkuveitan is preparing experimental drilling at Nesjavellir using a method that could make geothermal energy production possible in areas previously considered unsuitable for power generation. It could also produce several times more power from i...

The performance of children in Iceland has, taken as a whole, declined more since 2015 than in any of the more than 70 countries or territories included in a new OECD PISA comparison.

To me, Icelandic designer Sævar Markús Óskarsson has always borne a striking resemblance to a young Yves Saint Laurent. There is the floppy ’60s mop of hair, the immaculate tailoring on his tall frame, the black turtleneck and, invariably, a pai...

If you listen to Icelandic music, you listen to Magnús Jóhann Ragnarsson, stage name Magnús Jóhann. This goes for any genre. The greatest, most revered rapper in the country, Birnir, his key lick is a Magnús Jóhann lick. Looking for swaggering ...

World-renowned Polish tango group Bandonegro comes to Gamla Bió Sunday night, September 13, for the first time at the invitation of Tangófélagið, the local tango club that meets twice a week on Mondays at IÐNÓ and Fridays at Kramhús. Check det...

Recently a video went viral of Maggie Gyllenhaal during the inaugural press conference of the Venice Film Festival. Prompted by the question why there were only two women directors out of 20 selected for competition, Gyllenhaal, as the president of t...

When I read the song titles on Þórir Georg’s new release, Cheer Up, I worried he was having an emotional crisis. “Hell or High Water,” “The Devils,” “The Blood,” “The Dark,” — these all seemed daunting. First, rest assured, thes...