“Yes, this is quite remarkable,” says Gunnar Björnsson, executive director of the Icelandic Chess Federation, in an interview with mbl.is, referring to the fact that scoresheets from the so-called “Match of the Century” in chess, played b...

Two towns, Hveragerði and Grindavík, are located in areas classified at the highest hazard level in a new long-term risk assessment by the Icelandic Meteorological Office, which examines the risk posed by volcanic eruptions and lava flows.

Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir, MP for the Independence Party and Iceland’s incoming ambassador, says it is bittersweet to leave Alþingi after ten years in parliament.

Grandmaster and Icelandic chess champion Vignir Vatnar Stefánsson secured a place at the Chess World Cup yesterday with a dramatic victory over Israel’s Maxim Rodhstein.

Although sea ice and icebergs are now less common around Iceland than in the past—partly due to warming in the Northern Hemisphere, as across the globe, it can still be dangerous. Today, it is mainly fishermen and other seafarers who encounter s...

The No Music for Genocide campaign has published an open letter calling for a boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest... The post Over 100 Icelandic Musicians Call For Eurovision Boycott appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

A mandarin duck was spotted at the Hamarkotslækur pond in Hafnarfjörður yesterday, according to Vísir. “This is such a beautiful... The post Mandarin Duck Spotted In Hafnarfjörður appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

This Saturday, Denmark’s oldest newspaper, Berlingske Tidende, ran a story it had been working on for months. The topic: the... The post Coloniser Notes Colonisation: Danes Say Iceland Is An Oligarchy  appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

A man in Reykjanesbær was ruled to pay a 100.000 ISK fine after expressing hate speech online, RÚV reports.  In... The post Man Fined For Hate Speech In Reykjanesbær appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Beauty Through Abrasion Múm member, Nordic Council Music Prize Winner, and tour-de-force composer Gyða Valtýsdóttir released her latest album Mother... The post Gyða Valtýsdóttir’s Mother Pearl Is A Testimony To Life  appeared first on The ...