Suspicion has fallen on Mohamad Thor Jóhannesson, formerly known as Mohamad Kourani, in connection with bomb threats recently received by Icelandic institutions and businesses.

General Nick Perry, the new commander of NATO's Joint Force Command Norfolk, made his first official visit to Iceland today.

School administrators and other managers within Reykjavík City have been sent guidelines from the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police on how to respond to bomb threats. An email sent to them states that some of the city's institutio...

Meta is refusing to allow advertisements on Facebook for a new book by former Icelandic President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. The book, titled Vegferð um veröldina (A Journey Around the World), covers a period in Ólafur Ragnar's life, includi...

The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration will repair the hole that formed in the rockfall barrier at Holtsnúpur beneath Eyjafjöll following a rockslide shortly before noon yesterday.

The Reykjavík Grapevine presents our daily, comprehensive coverage of 2026 Iceland Airwaves. This year, we are pleased to introduce a number of new writers joining us as we try to document and explain what makes this specific festival so unique. The...

Click on the song “Harpy Hare” on Spotify, and you feel you’ve entered an entirely new creative universe. The folk artist Yaelokre has built a massive following, with more than 400 million streams on Spotify, and 300 million streams on YouTube....

The Reykjavík Grapevine presents our daily, comprehensive coverage of 2026 Iceland Airwaves. This year, we are pleased to introduce a number of new writers joining us as we try to document and explain what makes this specific festival so unique. The...

The annual Search and Rescue Team fundraiser, the selling of neyðarkall, is underway. Sold in the form of a keychain or a small statue, neyðarkall (emergency call) is a symbol of local pride.  Lasting four days, this is a non-firework based way th...

Once upon a time, guns didn’t exist. If you wanted to fell your opponent from a distance you had to use some other time-honoured tool to do the job. Rock throwing, bow shooting, and spear hurling were all popular options for any ancient warrior who...