Diljá Mist Einarsdóttir, a member of parliament for the Independence Party, will submit a bill to strip Icelandic citizenship from citizens born abroad, including if they are guilty of serious crimes.

Inflation continues on the Sundhnúkagígar crater row, but the speed has decreased slightly. According to model calculations, it can be assumed that the probability of magma flow and even volcanic eruption on the Sundhnúkagígar crater row will ...

The innovation at Seltjarnarness Swimming Pool has been well received, offering free access to the pool to children and young people up to the age of 18. The Seltjarnarnes Municipal Council unanimously approved last year to abolish the fee for thi...

Three medium-sized floods fell in Neskaupstaður last night but did not threaten settlements. The weather is now good in Neskaupstaður and the evacuation in East Iceland is expected to be lifted soon after noon.

The turbulence measured on the Mt Grímsfjall's seismometer and the Gígjukvísl River's water level have returned to similar values ​​as before the glacial run. This means that the Grímsvatn Lakes glacial run, which b...

A fire broke out in a car in a residential area in Seyðisfjörður last night. The driver of the car escaped without injury. Elvar Snær Kristjánsson, the chief of the Múlaþing fire department in Seyðisfjörður, was the first to arrive at th...

The President of Iceland, Halla Tómasdóttir, has sent her best wishes to Donald Trump and from the Icelandic people on his inauguration as President of the United States.

According to Tómas Jóhannsson, an avalanche expert at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, there have been no reports of avalanches in the Eastfjords overnight or this morning, but yesterday a level of uncertainty was declared due to the risk of...

There are power outages in many parts of the southern fjords in East Iceland. The largest municipality without power is Stöðvarfjörður, where 190 Rarik customers have been without power since around 4 am last night.

"There was no one to take care of them, no institution, only individuals out in town. My sister had half her teeth broken, her shoulder broken, her collarbone broken and her shoulder torn, tendons and other things, but she received no follow-u...

The Icelandic Meteorological Office has declared an uncertainty level in the East Fjords due to the risk of avalanches, which took effect at noon. From 6 pm today, evacuations will then take effect in residential areas and commercial buildings in ...

A bus with about 20 passengers on board overturned in Hellisheiði near Hveradalur at ten o'clock this morning.

Icelandair and Southwest Airlines have officially signed a partnership agreement, marking Icelandair as Southwest’s first-ever partner airline. The agreement, formalized at the Icelandic Ambassador’s residence in Washington, will go into effec...

Strong winds are forecast today and tomorrow. Travelers are advised to check road conditions with the Icelandic Road Administration before setting off and to familiarize themselves with the weather and weather forecast.

The union of secondary school teachers (FF) agreed today to start preparations for indefinite strikes in a “certain number” of secondary schools next month.

54,789 tonnes of farmed fish were produced in Iceland last year, which is more than ever before. This is 9.6% more than was produced in 2023. The biggest difference is in salmon, whose production increased by 5,730 tonnes between years, but the la...

Two American children, who the police in Canton, Ohio have sought since October 25, 2024, were found in Reykjavík on January 10.

There are plans to start producing hydrogen and building a hydrogen refueling station next to the Landsnet substation and the Veitur distribution station at Korpa in Reykjavík, to use the hydrogen as a fuel for transportation.

“We have built bridges like this before that have proven successful, but it is quite clear that something has gone wrong,” says Pálmi Þór Sævarsson, regional director for the Icelandic Road Administration in West Iceland, about the bridge ...

There will be considerable changes this afternoon and evening when it gets quite cold. The Icelandic Road Administration's meteorologist warns that black ice may form on wet roads and be slippery.