One of the striking findings in the latest inflation figures from Statistics Iceland is the sharp rise in home heating costs.

In 2025, a total of 1,724 individuals with foreign citizenship who are resident in Iceland will receive old-age pensions, 1,075 will receive disability pensions, 1,464 will receive rehabilitation pensions, 30 will receive disability grants, and 79...

At 2 p.m. today, the Supreme Court will deliver its judgment in two cases brought by borrowers against Landsbankinn, concerning the terms governing variable interest rates on the bank’s loans.

For more than a decade, adventurer Kristján Gíslason has been either preparing for a motorcycle journey, travelling, or working on books and travel programmes known as Hringfarinn, familiar to many. He has now completed his second journey around...

Few things feel as festive as elaborate Christmas decorations. People across the country compete to dress their homes in Christmas finery, often aiming to outdo the previous year. “This takes several weekends,” says one interviewee who goes al...

Tomorrow, Sunday 21 December, at precisely 15:03:01, a moment many consider magical will arrive: the winter solstice.

Police in the capital area arrested three individuals in an operation last night on suspicion of organised theft, which police believe targeted both members of the public and retail stores across the Reykjavík area. Unnar Már Ástþórsson, chie...

Significant damage to Mjólkárlína 1 between Mjólkár and Geiradalur caused a power outage around midnight in the early hours of the day before yesterday in the Westfjords, and repairs have taken longer than initially expected. This was reporte...

With the rise of discount shopping days, Icelanders’ Christmas shopping has become far more spread out. This is reflected, among other things, in the fact that the capital area’s largest shopping centres, Kringlan and Smáralind, are starting ...

The Mjólkár Line 1 went out just after midnight, causing a power outage across the Westfjords.

The Húnar search and rescue team in Hvammstangi received a request for assistance yesterday afternoon after a lamb got into trouble in Vesturárdalur. The Vesturá river flows into the Miðfjarðará south of Laugarbakki.

Margrét Halla Hansdóttir Löf has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for killing her father at their home in Garðabær in April.

A yellow weather warning will take effect at noon today in the Westfjords and remain in force until 10 a.m. tomorrow.

The decision to push Fjarðarheiði Tunnel further down the government’s priority list has little impact on the operation of the ferry Norræna, which will continue to sail to Seyðisfjörður.

The Federation of Icelandic Fishing Vessel Owners (SFS) has expressed strong disappointment with the new mackerel agreement, saying it significantly reduces Iceland’s share of the fishery. The organisation also points out that the agreement is o...

It is uncertain whether Guðmundur Ingi Kristinsson, Minister of Education and Children, will return to his ministry after the end of his sick leave.

It amounts to a state of emergency at the emergency department when patients have to be accommodated in the ambulance arrival area at the hospital. Increased dialogue between hospital management and Parliament is needed to resolve the situation.

“The situation in Seyðisfjörður is manageable,” says Jón Kristinn Helgason, head of landslide and hazard assessment at the Icelandic Meteorological Office. He says it has helped that temperatures dropped on Saturday and that little to no p...

The Jewish Community in Iceland held its annual Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony on Laugavegur this evening, for the eighth year in a row.

Elizabeth Björk Ásgeirsdóttir had only recently left Bondi Beach in Sydney when the terrorist attacks at a Jewish gathering this afternoon killed twelve people.