New renderings have been unveiled of Iceland’s proposed National Arena, a multi-purpose indoor sports and events venue designed to meet modern standards and provide facilities for Iceland’s national teams, sports clubs, and the general public....

An Icelandic Coast Guard helicopter was dispatched shortly before 4 p.m. today following a serious traffic accident in Reykholt, Borgarfjörður.

Three defendants in the so-called Gufunes case have filed applications for permission to appeal their convictions to the Supreme Court of Iceland.

State Mediator Ástráður Haraldsson says negotiations between Icelandair and its pilots remain difficult, following a meeting that concluded shortly before 3 p.m. today.

Yesterday, the rescue vessel Sveinbjörn Sveinsson, the seventh in a series of new rescue ships commissioned by the Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue (Landsbjörg), arrived at its home port in Vopnafjörður.

A beluga whale was recently spotted swimming in Reyðarfjörður in East Iceland. Belugas are rare visitors to Icelandic waters.

The aviation color code for Bárðarbunga remains yellow while uncertainty continues regarding developments at the volcano. According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, a yellow alert indicates that a volcano is showing signs of elevated acti...

Pleasant weather is expected to continue tomorrow in the same areas that enjoyed sunshine today, particularly in South and West Iceland.

Three Icelandair flights have been canceled so far today due to a shortage of pilots, amid growing claims from the airline that pilots have resumed informal labor actions.

“As you can see, the real exchange rate measured by wages swings wildly, prices swing enormously, wages swing a great deal, everything that shapes production costs, the exchange rate of the Iceandic Króna ISK, and so on,” said Vilhjálmur Hil...

Residents of Grindavík and their supporters have called for a peaceful demonstration outside Alþingi, the Icelandic Parliament, building at 12:00 noon today.

The main trial of Ming Ting Mancel begins today at the Reykjavík District Court. Mancel is charged with causing the death of her daughter in collaboration with her husband at the Edition Hotel in Reykjavík in June of last year.

China’s ambassador to Iceland, He Rulong, visited the Arctic Observatory research station at Kárhóll in Þingeyjarsveit in May.

The warmest day of the summer so far could arrive tomorrow, Friday, if current forecasts hold.

American daredevil and BASE jumper Jack Propeck posted an astonishing video on Instagram yesterday showing himself jumping off Skógafoss waterfall with a parachute.

The former owners of a house on Austurvegur in Grindavík say they repeatedly asked the real estate company Þórkatla for permission to retrieve a hot tub that stood on a deck outside the house before it was demolished. Their requests were denied...

At the beginning of the year, there were 77,226 immigrants living in Iceland, accounting for 19.6% of the country's population.

The French Embassy in Iceland held a ceremony yesterday to honor the memory of the many French sailors who lost their lives off the coast of Iceland.