The first salmon measuring 100 centimeters or more this season in the renowned big-salmon rivers north of Holtavörðuheiði was caught in the Miðfjarðará River last Thursday. The salmon was caught in the lower reaches of Austurá, at Grundará...

More than 1,200 people from twelve countries will take part in the NATO defense exercise Northern Viking, which will be held in Iceland. Davíð Logi Sigurðsson, head of the Information Department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, confirmed th...

A third suspect believed to have been involved in the death of a man at a residential property on Vallargerði in Kársnes on Sunday has been remanded in custody until August 14.

The Reykjanes Peninsula is one of the locations in western Iceland where Wednesday afternoon's total solar eclipse will be visible. Tourists have long since made plans to witness the historic event in Southwest Iceland.

All rescue teams in the Árnessýsla region were called out last night after a tourist injured his leg near Háifoss. The man was hiking alone and was injured in the gorge below the waterfall, where there is no mobile phone coverage.

A resident living near Vallargerði in Kópavogur says he was sunbathing in his garden when he saw two men dressed entirely in black enter the house at Vallargerði 35, where a man later died yesterday. Police believe the death resulted from a cri...

More than one person is in police custody following the death of a man on a residential street in Kársnes today. Police believe the death was the result of a criminal act. Police operations in the Gnoðarvogur area earlier this evening are connec...

Married couple Rakel Björk Björnsdóttir and Garðar Borgþórsson formed the musical duo ÞAU a few years ago and have spent the past several summers touring Iceland with their concerts.

Actor Jason Bateman is currently visiting Iceland and had dinner at the Reykjavík restaurant Hornið last night.

The Minister of Justice, the Minister of Social Affairs and Housing, the National Queer Organization of Iceland (Samtökin '78), the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise (SA), and Iceland's national labor federations today signed a declar...

The Pride Parade takes place today and is expected to be one of the largest ever, with significantly more participants registered this year than last. Here is the website for Reykjavik Pride for more information.

Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir has joined Fenris Creations in London, formerly known as CCP Games, where she will lead the company's new artificial intelligence initiative. Her title is Senior Director of AI Partnership.

The Environment and Energy Agency of Iceland granted the Westfjords Power Company (Orkubú Vestfjarða) an operating license on July 1 for the 9.9 MW Kvíslatunga Hydropower Plant in Selárdalur, Strandabyggð.

The deportation of the crew of the Bandero, a vessel owned by the Paul Watson Foundation, could take several weeks because the crew members hold different nationalities.

“Dyngjufjöll holds a special place in our activities, so it was only fitting to organize a dedicated expedition there to mark this milestone,” says Gunnar Már Gunnarsson, chairman of the Akureyri Touring Association (Ferðafélag Akureyrar, ...

The Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) remains Iceland's largest political party, according to Gallup's latest National Pulse survey.

All crew members of the Bandero have now been formally served with a deportation order and a re-entry ban.

Former Icelandic President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson and his wife, former First Lady and jewelry entrepreneur Dorrit Moussaieff, are in the process of separating, according to Vísir. Despite this, they remain on good terms. On July 16, mbl.is repo...

During an evening walk in Barkárdalur valley in Hörgársveit this past weekend, Guðbrandur Ægir Ásbjörnsson snapped a photograph on a beautiful summer evening. Upon taking a closer look later, he noticed what appeared to be a mysterious brig...

Temperatures could climb to 20°C in East Iceland today.