Between 2020 and 2025, there were 525 cases in which inmates were found to have used drugs at Litla-Hraun prison, with a further 57 such cases reported at Hólmsheiði prison.

Einar Þorsteinsson, chairman of the Reykjavík City Executive Council, says Reykjavík’s decision to close facilities at the caravan settlement on Sævarhöfði was made at the request of the fire department.

Plans for further development of the Skálafell ski area may be in doubt after the Capital Area Ski Areas Cooperation Committee recently agreed to examine whether there are grounds to review a 2018 agreement on development of the area.

Every autumn, the National Museum of Iceland celebrates the Icelandic national costume with a festival, and this weekend’s National Costume Festival is particularly exciting because of the exhibition A Story in the Luggage – The Bridal Costume...

The majority parties on Reykjavík City Council, the Independence Party, the Progressive Party and the Liberal Reform Party, approved changes to parking fees in downtown Reykjavík and other parking-related matters at a meeting of the City Executi...

Vilhjálmur Birgisson, chairman of the Federation of General and Special Workers in Iceland, welcomes IKEA’s decision to lower the prices of more than 1,000 products, in some cases by 30%.

“In my view, this is an effort by the union to reverse the concession made in 2020,” a Morgunblaðið source from the aviation industry tells the newspaper, when asked for his opinion on the results of a survey conducted among Icelandair pilot...

Halla Gunnarsdóttir, chair of VR, says the framework for the upcoming wage negotiations was discussed at a meeting between the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise (SA) and VR that concluded a short while ago.

Runólfur Ólafsson, managing director of the Icelandic Automobile Association (FÍB), says he is still holding out hope that the government will once again lower VAT on fuel.

Sam Large, the mother of Hannah Jane Large, who died in a car crash on Krýsuvíkurvegur in the early hours of Monday, has thanked Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland, for her kind words in a Facebook post.

Police arrested a man last night in connection with a fire in a building at Laugavegur 16, where two people were taken to the emergency department at Landspítali hospital on suspicion of smoke inhalation.

At most primary healthcare centers, it is not possible to book an available appointment with a general practitioner through Heilsuvera, despite the option being available to users.

Icelandic and US emergency responders practiced responding to a scenario resembling an attack on Iceland last Sunday. The exercise simulated a situation in which ten people affected by an attack had to be transported and cared for. Around 200 peop...

Two people were taken to the emergency department at Landspítali hospital on suspicion of smoke inhalation following a fire in the basement of a building at Laugavegur 16 in Reykjavík last night. Center Hotels and the Andrá clothing store are l...

Nearly 20 employees have been laid off at Sýn. According to mbl.is sources, all of the employees affected have been notified of their dismissal.

Three young people have died following a car crash on Krýsuvíkurvegur near Bláfjallavegur last night.

Icelanders’ decision to vote against restarting accession talks with the European Union has put an obstacle in the path of authorities in Brussels as they seek to become a major force in security and defense.

When Gunnhildur Gylfadóttir, a farmer in Svarfaðardalur, pulled up at the polling station in Dalvík on Saturday to cast her vote on whether to continue accession talks with the European Union, she attracted considerable attention, both for her ...

A serious traffic accident occurred on Krýsuvíkurvegur near Bláfjallavegur last night.

The US government says Iceland remains an important NATO ally and a close partner of the United States and Europe following the referendum on whether to restart accession talks with the European Union.