The US Embassy in Reykjavík plans to close earlier than usual today due to planned protests outside the embassy at Engjateigur 7.

The search for the remains of Lúðvík Pétursson, who fell into a sinkhole in Grindavík in January 2024, was called off last night. Suðurnes Police announced that no further search operations would be undertaken based on the existing risk asse...

At the end of last year, three Icelandic municipalities exceeded the limits set by the so-called debt rule, while several others were dangerously close to breaching the threshold.

Icelandic airline Icelandair and Air China have signed a codeshare agreement that will significantly strengthen connections between Iceland and China.

Shareholders of Reykjavik Fibre Network (Ljósleiðarinn) yesterday approved a proposal authorizing steps that could lead to changes in the company's ownership. Ljósleiðarinn is wholly owned by Orkuveitan, and the decision is subject to appr...

The search for the remains of Lúðvík Pétursson, who fell into a sinkhole while working in Grindavík in January 2024, will begin tomorrow. The operation is scheduled to start at around 9 a.m. at Vesturhóp 29.

Major construction work is underway next to the Forest Lagoon in Akureyri, where a 10,500-square-metre hotel with 120 rooms is scheduled to open next year.

At the home of speech therapist Signý Gunnarsdóttir, a shelf is filled with jigsaw puzzles, one of the favorite pastimes she shares with her 20-year-old son, university student Gunnar Hrafn. This year, the mother and son decided to put their ski...

"It's going to be absolutely incredible to take the plunge tomorrow night," comedian Ari Eldjárn tells mbl.ism yesterday, ahead of his performance at Copenhagen's historic Royal Danish Theatre today.

An engine failure forced a small aircraft to make an emergency landing on Suðurlandsvegur, the main highway in South Iceland, in May last year.

The aircraft mechanics' strike in September cost Icelandair approximately $4 million, equivalent to around ISK 500 million. This is among the figures revealed in the airline's earnings presentation, following the release of its third-quart...

A serious traffic accident occurred on Hellisheiði, near Hveradalabrekka, last night, leaving one person seriously injured and requiring transport to Landspítali, the National University Hospital of Iceland, following a collision.

Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson, who underwent a double arm transplant in 2021, is now experiencing signs of rejection in his transplanted arms. He believes the cancer treatment he has undergone in recent months may have triggered the rejection.

Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir will travel to China following her visit to Vietnam. There, she will hold bilateral meetings, including with China's foreign minister and minister of commerce.

Unemployment among people aged 16–24 reached 17.3% in the second quarter of 2026.

An Icelandic woman living in Paris says the Icelanders she has met have been left speechless by the riots that swept through France last weekend.

Temperatures dropped below freezing in the capital area overnight, and many motorists will undoubtedly need to get out their ice scrapers before heading into the morning rush hour.

The Police Commissioner in the Suðurnes region has decided to send rescue personnel down into the fissure in Grindavík where Lúðvík Pétursson fell to his death while working in the Hóp neighbourhood in January 2024. The aim is to recover hi...

Shares in Alvotech have risen by 7% in trading today, as the company announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved a new manufacturing process for its drug Simlandi.

The Ministry of Education and Children's Affairs has changed its position on the publication of PISA survey results and now intends to provide municipalities and compulsory schools that request them with their individual results from PISA 2025...