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Fri, 13 Nov 2026 14:30:00 +0000
Talks at a standstill as aircraft engineers refuse to rule out strikes
No progress has been made in the labor dispute between the Icelandic Aircraft Engineers Association and Icelandair, and no new meeting has been scheduled with the State Mediator.

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:25:00 +0000
Major Microsoft outage disrupts businesses and institutions across Iceland
A widespread Microsoft outage has severely disrupted operations at businesses and public institutions across Iceland, affecting email services, telephone systems and critical infrastructure.

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 15:00:00 +0000
Orange weather warning: Blizzard in the forecast in North Iceland
A blizzard is expected in North Iceland tomorrow evening. Orange and yellow weather warnings have been issued in anticipation of the severe weather.

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:00:00 +0000
Icelandair pilots announce strike in charter operations
“Voter turnout was 89.1 percent, and 94 percent voted in favor of a strike on November 20 if no agreement is reached,” Jón Þór Þorvaldsson, chairman of the Icelandic Airline Pilots Association, tells mbl.is regarding the planned strike by ...

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:38:00 +0000
Long and Lee Child attend Iceland Noir opening reception
The international crime fiction festival Iceland Noir got off to a glamorous start at Vinnustofa Kjarvals yesterday.

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Sat, 14 Nov 2026 09:52:40 +0000
Iceland Airwaves Day Four: A Love Letter To The Streets.
The Streets is the band that I really love. I started listening to them at the  same time as I started learning to skate, when I was 14 years old.  Additionally to everything else, it was “Soldiers” the song by them that  made me and my friend...

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 09:40:41 +0000
Delisia, Mediterranean Magic in Skipholt
Skipholt, a rather unassuming street in Reykjavík’s Holt and Hlíðar neighbourhood, might not be the first place that springs to mind when planning a leisurely lunch or a cosy aperitivo with friends. But tucked inside a hotel, behind huge windows...

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 16:09:44 +0000
Emergency Services Number 112 Experiences Temporary Outage, Now Operational
As we reported yesterday,  emergency services number 112 went out of service from 15:00 to 16:10.  "At the moment we don't know what is causing this, but we believe we are dealing with a malfunction, "Jón Svanberg Hjartarson, Managing Director of ...

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:56:35 +0000
First Snow In Reykjavík, Gale Conditions In The North
The capital area has received its first snowfall of the season, with charming, relatively innocuous snowfall in Reykjavík. Bus routes are continuing to run as normal, and not the snow routes. The Stræto route planner has details. We recommend follo...

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:09:31 +0000
Feeling It All At The Reykjavík Dance Festival
At this year’s Reykjavík Dance Festival, you’re invited into a room, alone, with a robot dog. We know machines don’t feel, but we can’t help feeling something for them. We’re feeling machines ourselves, after all. That’s the starting poi...

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