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.

Höskuldur Tryggvason is currently in Antarctica, where he aims to ski across the continent using a traction kite and a sled in tow. Höskuldur — known as Höddi — is travelling completely alone, and the expedition is entirely unassisted and n...

Landspítali University Hospital has set up temporary accommodation for patients in a parking garage on the ground floor of the hospital in Fossvogur. Rafn Benediktsson, director of the emergency department, says that infections and contagious ill...

The location of the fault on the Neskaupstaður Line 1 has now been identified. It has proven difficult to access the site because of the heavy snow in the area.

Tilvera, the Icelandic infertility association, has issued a strong statement supporting international regulation that would limit the number of children who can be conceived from the same sperm or egg donor.

Sentiment in the Icelandic economy has taken a marked turn for the worse, according to the results of a regular survey conducted by Gallup for the Central Bank of Iceland and the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise (SA). More than half — 54% o...

The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV) has decided not to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, next year.

Opera singer Plácido Domingo will give a concert in Eldborg, Harpa, on 9 March next year, with ticket sales beginning on 16 December.

Several transmission towers collapsed on Fjarðarheiði during the night. Conditions on the heath are poor, and repairs will take some time.

Grímur Grímsson, MP for The Liberal Reform Party, says the high demand for narcotics in Icelandic society comes as no surprise. Government measures to respond to the situation are underway, and the MP says that several bills on Parliament’s ag...

Five Russian ships caught the attention of the Icelandic Coast Guard yesterday morning as they were fishing just outside Iceland’s exclusive economic zone.

Ævar Pálmi Pálmason, deputy superintendent in the investigative division of the Capital Area Police, says it is thought-provoking how strong the demand for drugs such as cocaine has become in Icelandic society.

A small Skaftá glacial outburst flood began during the night before Sunday. This is confirmed by Sigríður MagneaÓskarsdóttir, natural hazard specialist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO), in a conversation with mbl.is.

“This shows that we’ve become quite skilled at our work,” says Páll Svansson, deputy chief customs officer at the Icelandic Customs Service, following the announcement of two major drug seizures onboard the Norræna ferry last month.

A total of 347 thousand passengers flew with Icelandair in November, a 15% increase year-on-year. The strongest growth was among passengers departing Iceland and those transiting through the country on transatlantic journeys. Seat occupancy reache...

A new ultra-distance route will debut in this year’s edition of the The Rift cycling race, requiring competitors to ride a full 330 km through the Fjallabak region. Only 30 riders will be offered entry, and participation is limited to those with...