Reykjavík City's budget for next year projects a surplus of ISK 2.8 billion in the city's core operations (Part A). Meanwhile, the city's updated forecast for this year anticipates an operating deficit of ISK 6.6 billion.

The trial of Íris Helga Jónatansdóttir began at Reykjanes District Court yesterday.

A cancer vaccine developed using genetic sequencing of a patient's cancer cells after surgical removal of a tumor is raising hopes that it may be possible to significantly reduce the risk of cancer recurrence in patients who have had high-risk...

An Icelandic man in his 30s and his father are among three people being held in connection with a murder investigation in Breiðholt overnight. All three are expected to be questioned today.

At the offices of Kontent, a journalist met Jón Gunnar Geirdal, a creative entrepreneur and avid book lover, among other things. The walls are lined with large bookshelves filled with books, but not just any books. These are books he read as a te...

Once upon a time, guns didn’t exist. If you wanted to fell your opponent from a distance you had to use some other time-honoured tool to do the job. Rock throwing, bow shooting, and spear hurling were all popular options for any ancient warrior who...

It’s official, Reykjavík’s best pizza isn’t in Reykjavík, but in the town that was sunk by a wave pool.

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...