Rainfall in Reykjavík during July was about twice the 1991–2020 average, and only four Julys have been wetter in the capital since records began. The last time more rain fell in July was in 1984.

A chief inspector with the Northeast Iceland Police has confirmed that officers received a report yesterday of a man allegedly pointing a firearm at another man.

The Bandero, a vessel operated by the Paul Watson Foundation, requested permission to enter a port in Faxaflói Bay on Monday evening but was denied by the Icelandic Coast Guard, partly on the basis of a risk assessment prepared by the Office of t...

Weather conditions were close to ideal at the Þjóðhátíð festival in Vestmannaeyjar yesterday, with large crowds enjoying the event in a relaxed atmosphere. The chairman of the festival committee says ticket sales for the Herjólfur ferry are...

Police are seeking the deportation of the crew of the Bandero and a ban on their re-entry to Iceland. While it was considered unlikely that police would request pre-trial detention for the crew, the possibility had not been ruled out earlier yeste...

The Reykjavík Grapevine’s in-house economists have been looking worried lately. They’re missing meals and are easily spooked, cringing at sudden shifts in the wind. It’s all inflation and Straits of Hormuzes with them. Recently they took the l...

A half-dozen dates in Ireland and Amsterdam, internationally famous Alok Vaid-Menon chose Reykjavík and the opening night of Reykjavík Pride at Tjarnarbíó for the final performance of their show “Hairy Situation”.