The Children’s Parliament began today with a visit by its young delegates to Alþingi on International Children’s Day.

Glaze ice is present on many roads around the country, and motorists are urged to check conditions before setting out and to drive carefully.

The world premiere of a new expansion for the video game EVE Online will be streamed tonight from deep inside Raufarhólshellir, a lava tube in the Brennisteinsfjöll mountains.

Norlandair will begin scheduled flights between Reykjavík and Vestmannaeyjar on December 1, at the turn of the month. The company has reached an agreement with the Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration to operate the route for three months, t...

Foreign minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir will emphasize dialogue over the European Commission’s decision to deny Iceland and Norway an exemption from safeguard tariffs on ferrosilicon at a meeting of the Joint EEA Committee in Brussel...

Loan terms for households have deteriorated rapidly, and the Central Bank’s interest rate cut this morning was primarily a response to last month’s Supreme Court ruling on interest rates—rather than a reaction to the shocks that have recentl...

The leaders of the government parties have had no discussions with the opposition regarding the situation created by the European Union’s decision to impose safeguard tariffs on EEA/EFTA states for ferrosilicon.

The CEO of Elkem in Iceland says the European Commission’s decision not to grant Iceland and Norway an exemption from safeguard tariffs on ferrosilicon is a terrible disappointment. A new reality has now taken hold, and the company must wait to ...

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Iceland and Norway will not be exempt from the European Commission’s safeguard measures on ferrosilicon.

The Icelandic Confederation of Labour (ASÍ) anticipates an interest rate cut on Wednesday, when the Central Bank of Iceland’s Monetary Policy Committee announces its decision.

George R.R. Martin, author of the Game of Thrones books, received a private tour this weekend of Edda – the House of Icelandic Language, where he familiarized himself with the nation’s cultural heritage: the Icelandic manuscripts.

Karl Steinar Valsson, Chief Superintendent and head of the National Police Commissioner’s Analysis Department, says there is reason to reconsider whether Iceland should continue shielding the buyers of prostitution.

Gísli Már Gíslason, entomologist and professor emeritus in aquatic biology, says he has recently received many reports from people who believe they have seen a mosquito, following two confirmed cases in Iceland—one in the South and one in Kj�...

The Reykjavík Yule Cat was illuminated this afternoon at Lækjartorg, marking the start of the city’s festive season.

Filming has recently wrapped on a major advertising campaign for Italian fashion house Prada, promoting its Prada Sport line. The campaign stars Jake Gyllenhaal, with parts of the production shot on a glacier and inside an ice cave in Iceland. The...

Daði MárKristófersson, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, has formally protested the European Union’s proposed safeguard measures on silicon metals, both on behalf of Icelandic stakeholders and the EEA cooperation as a whole.

Minister of Commerce and Industry Hanna KatrínFriðriksson says it is disappointing that Iceland and Norway have not been granted an exemption from the European Union’s safeguard measures concerning silicon metal imports.

Bogi Nils Bogason, CEO of Icelandair, says that the carbon tax the airline must pay puts the company at a disadvantage compared to competitors outside Europe — and stresses that the Icelandic government must respond.

Police reports of violence against elderly people aged 67 and older have been steadily increasing in recent years. So far this year, 31 cases have been reported — already exceeding the total for all of last year, when there were 18.