The Icelandic Meteorological Office has updated its weather warnings for today, adding South Iceland and Breiðafjörður to the regions under orange weather warnings.

"This looks pretty bad. This is a serious low-pressure system, deep and intense, with just about everything thrown in," says Þorsteinn V. Jónsson, a meteorologist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, referring to the storm expected to...

The Environmental and Natural Resources Appeals Board has now twice overturned a decision by the Housing and Construction Authority (HMS) to deny owners of coastal properties in Seyðisfjörður the right to participate in administrative proceedin...

A deep low-pressure system is expected to approach Iceland on Wednesday, bringing severe northerly winds and considerable precipitation. Snowfall is expected in northern Iceland during the afternoon and evening.

Ragnar Jónasson, lawyer and author, has started working as a special adviser at the law firm LOGOS.

Pave paradise, and put up a parking lot From Trieste to Tromsø, municipalities around Europe are doing everything they can to make their cities more pedestrian friendly and choosing to prioritise people over cars. But not Reykjavík! Earlier this mo...

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