Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for closer cooperation with Iceland during a press conference with Icelandic Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, which began in Beijing a short while ago.

“Admittedly, the 12-month inflation rate remains unchanged, and that in itself is positive, as it is not rising. However, in my opinion, it is still too high.”

The US Embassy in Reykjavík plans to close earlier than usual today due to planned protests outside the embassy at Engjateigur 7.

The search for the remains of Lúðvík Pétursson, who fell into a sinkhole in Grindavík in January 2024, was called off last night. Suðurnes Police announced that no further search operations would be undertaken based on the existing risk asse...

At the end of last year, three Icelandic municipalities exceeded the limits set by the so-called debt rule, while several others were dangerously close to breaching the threshold.

It was definitely memorable when Elon Musk brandished a chainsaw at the CPAC conservative conference in early 2025. The chainsaw was a gift from Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, and both men wielded the outlandish tool as a metaphor for how the...

The city’s best-known music festival is ramping up again. The lineup is fully declared, the venues announced. Our interest in Iceland Airwaves has waxed and waned. In 2004, I dedicated a long weekend to covering it solo. We eventually put everythin...

The University of Iceland has posted their fee schedule for non-EEA students starting in the 2027-2028 academic year. The tuition fees start at 1.45 million ISK per year, with some graduate courses ranging to 3.8 million ISK in tuition. This is the f...

Sunna Eyþórsdóttir turns butter, sugar and eggs into fantastical sculptures, spending days creating cakes that sometimes disappear in just 15 minutes.

This year, we are continuing our Iceland Music Feedback Program. The goal is to recruit new writers to explore cultural journalism. Feedback begins with a music journalism workshop at Grapevine’s new office at Hafnarstræti 8, Monday, November 2 a...