All NATO member states now stand on the front line when it comes to defending the security of the alliance.

The main road between Skaftafell and Jökulsárlón has been closed due to severe weather. The closure is expected to remain in effect until the evening. A yellow weather alert is in force for Southeast Iceland until 19:00. Snowfall is occurring i...

Minister for Foreign Affairs Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir welcomed Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO, upon his arrival in the secure area at Keflavík Airport this morning.

Police yesterday denied entry to three foreign nationals upon their arrival at Keflavík International Airport and ordered them to leave the country.

The emergency department at Landspítali has been under significant pressure in recent days due to ice-related accidents. The hospital urges the public to take great care and model their walking technique after penguins.

Primary school children of foreign origin do not have the skills to work independently when they return to full-time instruction in their home schools after completing the city’s Icelandic-immersion programs.

The board of the Westfjords Labour Union says a serious situation is looming for smaller fishing communities in the Westfjords if the planned abolition of longline discount and cuts to the regional quota go ahead.

It has been a quiet day so far for the staff of Árekstur.is, but in an early-morning note from a meteorologist at the Icelandic Met Office, it was mentioned that freezing rain was possible—something that could cause extremely slippery condition...

The weather has been relatively calm in recent days, but changes are expected this week. A deep low-pressure system is forecast to cross the country on Thursday, and conditions may become severe—especially in Southeast and East Iceland.

Yesterday afternoon, rescue teams in West Iceland were called out to assist hikers who encountered difficulties on two mountains at almost the same time.

Four individuals were denied entry at Iceland’s borders this summer because they belonged to a foreign criminal group specializing in violence-for-hire—offering their services to carry out serious violent offenses for payment.

The Foreign Affairs Committee of Alþingi is scheduled to meet next week with experts from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and with Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir. The meetings will address the EU’s safeguard measures on fe...

The Children’s Parliament began today with a visit by its young delegates to Alþingi on International Children’s Day.

Glaze ice is present on many roads around the country, and motorists are urged to check conditions before setting out and to drive carefully.

The world premiere of a new expansion for the video game EVE Online will be streamed tonight from deep inside Raufarhólshellir, a lava tube in the Brennisteinsfjöll mountains.

Norlandair will begin scheduled flights between Reykjavík and Vestmannaeyjar on December 1, at the turn of the month. The company has reached an agreement with the Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration to operate the route for three months, t...

Foreign minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir will emphasize dialogue over the European Commission’s decision to deny Iceland and Norway an exemption from safeguard tariffs on ferrosilicon at a meeting of the Joint EEA Committee in Brussel...

Loan terms for households have deteriorated rapidly, and the Central Bank’s interest rate cut this morning was primarily a response to last month’s Supreme Court ruling on interest rates—rather than a reaction to the shocks that have recentl...

The leaders of the government parties have had no discussions with the opposition regarding the situation created by the European Union’s decision to impose safeguard tariffs on EEA/EFTA states for ferrosilicon.