A fire has broken out at Toppstöðin in Elliðaárdalur, with thick smoke visible rising into the air.

The main hearing in the Kársnes homicide case has been postponed by two weeks and is now scheduled to begin on September 29. It had previously been scheduled to begin today and last four days.

Ville Cantell, Finland’s ambassador to Iceland, says he is excited about greater cooperation with Iceland in the field of defense and stronger trade ties between the two countries.

“It was a good experience at the cinema,” says eider farmer Ólafur Aðalsteinsson, who this week attended the premiere of the documentary Birds (and Men), in which he plays a major role alongside his close friend Albert Haukur Gunnarsson, who...

Optise has become the first Icelandic company to be selected for Startup Battlefield, the startup competition run by technology publication TechCrunch, in the competition’s 20-year history.

The EU referendum is over; now it’s time for the hangover. And this nastiest of campaigns has exposed critical financial regulation oversight that the government failed to address. On August 12th, less than three weeks before the vote, Minister of ...

“What does ‘vonandi’ mean?” I ask my five-year-old son, pausing reading our Icelandic bedtime story. His head is on my shoulder, as he and his younger brother nuzzle into me. “Vonandi? That means like…” He trails off, which means that h...

Jón Gnarr served as Mayor of Reykjavík from 2010 to 2014. He is currently a member of the Althing for Viðreisn. In addition to his political career, Jón Gnarr is a profoundly influential comedian, actor, and author. His most recent TV show is Fel...

September 7 was another busy day for U.S. President Trump. The leader of the free world capped off a 100-post weekend on his social media platform by creating an international incident with Iceland. Among posts that included one claiming that the moo...

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...