Icelanders can continue to expect spectacular northern lights displays in the coming months and years. Aurora activity is generally more frequent in the years following the peak of the so-called sunspot cycle, which occurred in 2024.

A yellow weather warning for a southeast storm is in effect in Breiðafjörður, where winds are very strong at 19–23 m/s, with gusts of up to 35 m/s. Conditions are therefore hazardous for vehicles that are susceptible to strong crosswinds.

Karen Stephensen Halldórsdóttir, a small-boat fisher, suggests that draft regulations on coastal fishing, published in the government consultation portal, are sexist.

“I guess that if there is an eruption, it will probably be the last one. That’s just my guess,” says volcanologist Þorvaldur Þórðarson about a possible eruption along the Sundhnúkagígar crater row.

No work is currently taking place on the protective barriers at Grindavík, but those involved remain on alert and ready to respond should a volcanic eruption begin.

Billy Long, whom U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated as ambassador to Iceland, says in an interview with Arctic Today that he apologizes for remarks he made earlier this week about turning Iceland into the 52nd state of the United States, wi...

Any attempt by the United States to seize Greenland by force would have “monumental consequences” for the Western alliance and the global order.

A petition has been launched on island.is calling on Minister for Foreign Affairs Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir to reject Billy Long as the United States ambassador to Iceland, following remarks he made informally to members of the U.S. Congr...

Farmed fish from a land-based aquaculture facility escaped into the sea in Tálknafjörður toward the end of last month. The operator did not activate a contingency plan in response to the escape, but maintains that most, if not all, of the fish ...

Iceland’s Parliament, Alþingi, meets today, Wednesday, following a nearly month-long Christmas recess. Parliamentary sittings were adjourned on 18 December 2025.

A delighted ticket holder won ISK 7 million as the first prize in the main draw of the University of Iceland Lottery last night. The winner got married this autumn, and the couple had not yet managed to book a honeymoon, but now they plan to book ...

Police have stopped and arrested the driver of a passenger car at the off-ramp from Reykjanesbraut to Ártúnsbrekka after pursuing the vehicle around the capital area for some time.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Icelandic state violated the rights of a young woman who reported a rape to the police, after the case was dropped at the time. A spokesperson for Stígamót says the perpetrator’s confession...

A major fire broke out in a warehouse on Gufunesvegur shortly before 5 p.m. yesterday. When the Capital Area Fire and Rescue Service arrived on the scene, the building was fully engulfed in flames. The fire was reported at 5:03 p.m.

Gale-force winds are affecting the Eastfjords, and an uncertainty level has been declared at Fagridalur due to avalanche risk near Grænafell. This was stated in a post by Eastfjords Police on Facebook.

A total of 83,950 foreign nationals were registered as residents in Iceland on January 1, an increase of 11 since December 1, 2025.

In the sauna Sækot by Ægisíða in the Vesturbær district of Reykjavík, a distinctive sauna culture has taken shape in recent years around what is known as Gusa. There, heat, cold, music, scent, and social connection come together in an experi...

Icelanders need to deepen cooperation with our allied nations.

An earthquake swarm began on the Reykjanes Ridge shortly before 6 a.m. last night. The largest quake measured magnitude 3.4.

Since 2012, Jónas Breki Magnússon (who is always called Breki) has worked as an independent gold and silversmith in Copenhagen. Asked how things are going, he gives a candid answer: “I own nothing, but I don’t owe anything either. I just hav...