The Independence Party continues to measure as the largest party in Reykjavík and has widened its lead over the Social Democratic Alliance. Support for the Centre Party has increased, while support for The Left, The Liberal Reform Party, and the ...

“One of the most significant things about Nordic Compass is that private enterprise is carrying most of the workload,” says Ásta Fjeldsted, CEO of Festi hf. and the only Icelander on the project’s board.

Engineering company COWI has submitted a risk assessment to Iceland’s Ministry of Justice regarding the search for the remains of Lúðvík Pétursson, who died in a fatal accident in Grindavík in January 2024.

Starting tomorrow, visitors to the manuscript exhibition World in Words (Heimur í orðum) will be able to view five Icelandic manuscripts from Sweden that have never before been displayed in Iceland.

Residents of Smyrilshlíð and Haukahlíð plan to file a formal compensation claim against the City of Reykjavík over changes to the zoning plan for the so-called I-lot in the Valshverfi neighborhood in Vatnsmýri. One resident says the city fai...

On May 10, Stjörnugrís pig farm at Kjalarnes was burglarised. Offices were vandalised and pigs were freed from their pens, resulting in the death of at least 10 piglets.  In conversation with Vísir, Stjörnugrís CEO Geir Gunnar Geirsson claimed ...

An AI video posted on the People’s Party’s first chair Guðmundir Ingi Þóroddsson’s TikTok profile was quickly taken down harsh criticism. Among other things, the video featured Guðmundur fistfighting Social Democrat first chair Pétur Marte...

Iceland has resigned from the international Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), which facilitates cross-border energy industry co-operation. Enviromental, Energy, and Climate Minister and Social Democrat MP Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson claimed the treaty to be...

Close readers of the Reykjavik Grapevine may notice that while our online summary of the 2026 municipal campaign includes a response from the Pirate Party, our print issue does not, (due to a combination of response timing and tight publication sched...

The Reykjavík Grapevine’s Iceland Roundup brings you the top news with an (un?)healthy dash of local views. In this episode, Grapevine publisher Jón Trausti Sigurðarson is joined by Grapevine editor-in-chief Bart Cameron, and Grapevine frien...