Rescue teams in South Iceland transported about 30 people from two buses that went off the road near Uxafótalækur, east of Vík in Mýrdalur, around 5 p.m. today.

An Icelandic TikTok user known by the username ekkitommi posted a video in which he playfully tricks his father.

The Icelandic Meteorological Office has issued a yellow warning for a northeasterly snowstorm in Southeast Iceland this evening.

The Court of Appeal has sentenced Gedirninas Saulys to ten years in prison for a serious assault that led to a man’s death at a summer house in Kiðjaberg in spring 2024.

Two employees at the Miðbær Primary Health Care Clinic in downtown Reykjavik tested positive for tuberculosis bacteria during a staff screening.

Police in the capital area are investigating an incident that occurred on Ash Wednesday at Smáralind, where a middle-aged man in a gray van allegedly attempted to lure several nine-year-old girls into his vehicle by offering them candy.

A new record was set in the Hvalfjörður Tunnel last year, when 3.315 million vehicles passed through — the highest number ever recorded.

Absence due to illness among public sector employees is twice as common as in the private sector, and the direct cost to the public sector from sick leave is significantly higher. This is among the findings of a new analysis by the Iceland Chamber...

There was no shortage of Ash Wednesday cheer at Smáralind yesterday, as hundreds of children arrived smiling in their most dazzling costumes and sang for shop staff in exchange for candy.

Nearly 74% of apartments in the capital area were sold in December at prices lower than the listed asking price, compared with about 67% in December 2024.

Members of the air rescue team in Varmahlíð assisted foreign tourists last night after their Dacia Duster became stuck in snow in Mælifellsdalur valley in Skagafjörður.

Tómas J. Gestsson, CEO of Heimsferðir, says it is true that the owners of Kúbuferðir had warned him about the situation in Cuba. However, the warning concerned government interference, not shortages of fuel or essential goods.

The amount of magma beneath Svartsengi continues to increase, with about 22 million cubic meters having accumulated since the last eruption.

Anahita Babaei and Elissa May Phillips were convicted of disobeying police orders and boarding whaling vessels as an act of protest in 2023.

Chefs around the country were busy yesterday preparing salted lamb and cooking split pea soup — the meal that will be served on tables far and wide today.

There was a time when children leapt out of bed at dawn on Bolludagur to rush in and spank their parents with a bolluvöndur while they were still in bed, earning a cream bun as a reward for each swat.

The Ísólfur search and rescue team from Seyðisfjörður came to the aid of a group of people whose car became stuck on Fjarðarheiði last night.

Today there will be a northerly wind, generally 3–10 m/s in the west but 13–18 m/s in the east.

On April 22, the new Miss Iceland will be crowned, and among this year’s contestants are twin sisters Sara Guðjónsdóttir, Miss Geysir, and Lilja Guðjónsdóttir, Miss Gullfoss. The idea to participate arose after they watched a close friend ...

Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir has been elected chair of the Progressive Party, taking over the role from Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson.