On April 22, the new Miss Iceland will be crowned, and among this year’s contestants are twin sisters Sara Guðjónsdóttir, Miss Geysir, and Lilja Guðjónsdóttir, Miss Gullfoss. The idea to participate arose after they watched a close friend ...

Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir has been elected chair of the Progressive Party, taking over the role from Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson.

Cream Bun Day, or Bolludagur, is celebrated tomorrow, February 16 and it has become one of Iceland’s foremost dessert days. It is no longer simply a day for traditional cream buns filled with jam and chocolate, but a platform for innovation and ...

Olympian Jakobína Valdís Jakobsdóttir is heading to Italy, where she will attend the women’s slalom and giant slalom events at the Winter Olympics in Cortina. She herself competed there for Iceland in alpine skiing when the Winter Olympics we...

Emil Hrafn Steinsson, an officer in the Swedish Air Force, is half Icelandic and half Swedish. He is one of the 110 Swedish service members currently carrying out NATO air policing duties in Iceland.

Runólfur Pálsson, CEO of Landspítali National University Hospital, says new nursing and day-care spaces will not be sufficient to improve conditions in the emergency department to the extent required, and that additional solutions must be found...

The Director of Public Prosecutions is seeking convictions against Sindri Snær Birgisson and Ísidór Nathansson for attempted terrorism and is calling for severe punishment in the terrorism case.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is aware of several Icelandic citizens currently in Cuba, and the ministry’s consular services are in contact with part of the group.

“We made the decision yesterday to try to protect the infrastructure, primarily the viewing platform,” says Íris Guðnadóttir of Þórisholt in Mýrdalur in an interview with mbl.is, referring to measures taken by landowners at Reynisfjara B...

It has been 1,239 days since the Office of the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police announced that several men were suspected of planning a terrorist attack in Iceland. Now, nearly three and a half years later, the country’s highest cou...

“It was absolutely packed. I don’t think as many people have ever attended an ice hockey game in Iceland.”

Nearly one thousand comments have been submitted on the draft of a new aquaculture bill proposed by Minister of Fisheries and Industry Hanna Katrín Friðriksson. Notably, however, the majority of the comments concern salmon farming in sea cages, ...

A criminal organization responsible for smuggling cocaine from South America to Europe has been dismantled following a coordinated investigation by authorities in Iceland, Lithuania, and Spain, with support from Europol and Eurojust.

“This is incredible to witness. The forces of nature have completely reshaped the beach, so the place is now entirely different from what it was,” says tour guide Snorri Steinn Sigurðsson.

Planned energy production and drilling in the Eldvörp area do not affect seismic activity and neither increase the likelihood of volcanic eruptions nor magma movement.

Arion Bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed an agreement involving a loan of ISK 15 billion to Arion Bank, which will be used to finance environmentally friendly and sustainable projects in the seafood industry in Iceland, Greenl...

The earthquake swarm near Eldey appears to have subsided, with nearly 600 earthquakes recorded since it began about a day and a half ago.

Iceland’s Treasury is on a stronger footing than before, as the country’s sovereign credit rating was upgraded last Friday from A to A+.

More than 300 earthquakes have been recorded in the seismic swarm that began near Eldey yesterday.

There is rarely a dull moment in the home of Ingibjörg Lára Þorskfjörð Sveinsdóttir in Mosfellsdalur. Daily life there is filled with laughter, togetherness, and unconditional love, and the home clearly reflects that a large family lives the...