Mohamad Th. Jóhannesson, formerly known as Mohamad Kourani, who was sentenced to eight years in prison in July last year, has renounced his international protection status.

Bragginn in Nauthólsvík, renovated by the City of Reykjavík in 2017, has now been closed to the general public.

Fannar Jónasson has announced that he will not seek another term as mayor of Grindavík when his current term ends.

Residents in the capital area who looked up at the sky shortly after 10 p.m. last night were likely astonished to see a long, bright streak resembling a glowing rod made up of many stars gliding across the night sky.

Three individuals were arrested during a large-scale police operation in Auðbrekka, Kópavogur, last night.

Armored vehicles have been seen driving on Icelandic roads as part of the annual explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) exercise organized by the Icelandic Coast Guard.

An earthquake swarm that began off the Reykjanes Peninsula yesterday evening continued through the night, with around 50 quakes recorded in the area between 7 p.m. yesterday and 5 a.m. this morning.

“These are perilous times, and NATO member states must face the seriousness of the threats to their security and democracy.”

One of the main problems in the current discussion about accidental escapes of farmed salmon is that people can no longer tell farmed fish apart from wild fish. This is according to Daníel Jakobsson, CEO of Arctic Fish in Ísafjörður.

An earthquake measuring 3.1 occurred on Vatnajökull glacier just before 7 a.m. this morning. Its epicenter was located 12 kilometers east of Hamrin and it was measured at a depth of four to five kilometers.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has issued a statement directed at Icelandic citizens currently in Poland.

Landowners at Ytra-Seljalandi, near the famous Seljalandsfoss waterfall in South Iceland, have requested a change to the area’s zoning plan to allow for the construction of nine summer houses.

President of Iceland Halla Tómasdóttir did not mince words at the opening of parliament yesterday, urging MPs to choose their words carefully in the chamber and to improve the conduct of parliamentary business.

Dressed formally, members of parliament and government ministers processed from the Parliament House in Reykjavík, accompanied by the President of Iceland, the Speaker of Parliament, and the Bishop of Iceland, to Dómkirkjan (the Cathedral) for a...

Swimmer Ross Edgley today became the first person ever to swim around the entire coastline of Iceland. He was greeted with warm cheers at Nauthólsvík after completing his 115-day journey.

Njáll Trausti Friðbertsson, a Member of Parliament for the Independence Party, intends to submit amendments to the new budget bill presented yesterday by Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Daði Már Kristófersson.

Jómundur Ólason, a sheep farmer from Borgarfjörður, stars in a new global advertisement by the international car manufacturer Skoda. The ad follows Ólason as he drives his Skoda vehicle past the one-million-kilometer mark.

Daði Már Kristófersson, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, says that the newly announced draft budget is confirmation of how firmly the government is working to ensure economic stability and support the Central Bank in bringing down infl...

A sharp rise in applications from students outside Europe to study at Icelandic universities may, at least partly, be linked to videos circulating on social media platforms such as TikTok. These videos claim that international students can study i...

“We weren’t necessarily looking for a ‘seventies-style’ house, but that’s what we ended up buying,” says Svana Rún Símónardóttir, a social worker. She and her husband, Ríkarð Svavar Axelsson, station manager at Special Tours, rec...