More than one person is in police custody following the death of a man on a residential street in Kársnes today. Police believe the death was the result of a criminal act. Police operations in the Gnoðarvogur area earlier this evening are connec...

Married couple Rakel Björk Björnsdóttir and Garðar Borgþórsson formed the musical duo ÞAU a few years ago and have spent the past several summers touring Iceland with their concerts.

Actor Jason Bateman is currently visiting Iceland and had dinner at the Reykjavík restaurant Hornið last night.

The Minister of Justice, the Minister of Social Affairs and Housing, the National Queer Organization of Iceland (Samtökin '78), the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise (SA), and Iceland's national labor federations today signed a declar...

The Pride Parade takes place today and is expected to be one of the largest ever, with significantly more participants registered this year than last. Here is the website for Reykjavik Pride for more information.

Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir has joined Fenris Creations in London, formerly known as CCP Games, where she will lead the company's new artificial intelligence initiative. Her title is Senior Director of AI Partnership.

The Environment and Energy Agency of Iceland granted the Westfjords Power Company (Orkubú Vestfjarða) an operating license on July 1 for the 9.9 MW Kvíslatunga Hydropower Plant in Selárdalur, Strandabyggð.

The deportation of the crew of the Bandero, a vessel owned by the Paul Watson Foundation, could take several weeks because the crew members hold different nationalities.

“Dyngjufjöll holds a special place in our activities, so it was only fitting to organize a dedicated expedition there to mark this milestone,” says Gunnar Már Gunnarsson, chairman of the Akureyri Touring Association (Ferðafélag Akureyrar, ...

The Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) remains Iceland's largest political party, according to Gallup's latest National Pulse survey.

All crew members of the Bandero have now been formally served with a deportation order and a re-entry ban.

Former Icelandic President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson and his wife, former First Lady and jewelry entrepreneur Dorrit Moussaieff, are in the process of separating, according to Vísir. Despite this, they remain on good terms. On July 16, mbl.is repo...

During an evening walk in Barkárdalur valley in Hörgársveit this past weekend, Guðbrandur Ægir Ásbjörnsson snapped a photograph on a beautiful summer evening. Upon taking a closer look later, he noticed what appeared to be a mysterious brig...

Temperatures could climb to 20°C in East Iceland today.

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...

Traffic leaving the Capital Region has been relatively light today, although many Reykjavík residents are undoubtedly preparing for the upcoming Verslunarmannahelgi (August Bank Holiday) weekend, Iceland's busiest travel weekend of the year.