Ævar Pálmi Pálmason, deputy superintendent in the investigative division of the Capital Area Police, says it is thought-provoking how strong the demand for drugs such as cocaine has become in Icelandic society.

A small Skaftá glacial outburst flood began during the night before Sunday. This is confirmed by Sigríður MagneaÓskarsdóttir, natural hazard specialist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO), in a conversation with mbl.is.

“This shows that we’ve become quite skilled at our work,” says Páll Svansson, deputy chief customs officer at the Icelandic Customs Service, following the announcement of two major drug seizures onboard the Norræna ferry last month.

A total of 347 thousand passengers flew with Icelandair in November, a 15% increase year-on-year. The strongest growth was among passengers departing Iceland and those transiting through the country on transatlantic journeys. Seat occupancy reache...

A new ultra-distance route will debut in this year’s edition of the The Rift cycling race, requiring competitors to ride a full 330 km through the Fjallabak region. Only 30 riders will be offered entry, and participation is limited to those with...

A man in his thirties was arrested earlier this week in connection with the Capital Area Police investigation into a homicide in Kópavogur last weekend, when a man in his forties was found dead in a private residence in the town.

Two earthquakes exceeding magnitude three occurred east of Hamar in Vatnajökull shortly after ten o’clock this morning.

“The community in Seyðisfjörður— and indeed across East Iceland — is devastated after the tragedy, the fatal accident that occurred on Fjarðarheiði,” says Reverend ÞorgeirArason, parish priest of the Egilsstaðir parish, in an interv...

The first opening day of Hlíðarfjall in Akureyri was yesterday, with the lower part of the ski area open from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Hjalti Ólafsson, one of the authors of the social and economic analysis by the University of Akureyri Research Centre on tunnel options in East Iceland, states that the profitability of both the Fjarðarheiði Tunnel and the Fjarðagöng tunnels ...

Minister of Education GuðmundurIngiKristinsson has decided to advertise the position of principal of Borgarholtsskóli as vacant, thereby allowing the current principal’s term to expire without extension — contrary to customary practice, unle...

The executive council of Múlaþing expresses tremendous disappointment that the Fjarðarheiði Tunnel has been pushed further back in the queue of upcoming tunnel projects in Iceland, and has requested an urgent meeting with the constituency’s ...

The spirit of Christmas swept over the Reykjavík City Theatre yesterday when students from the dance school Óskandi performed the classic ballet The Nutcracker.

Fljótagöng is now at the top of the government’s new transportation plan for tunnel projects. The Fjarðarheiði Tunnel does not appear on the priority list but remains under consideration, along with several other areas such as Reynisfjall, H...

Guðmundur Ari Sigurjónsson, parliamentary group chair of the Social Democratic Alliance and member of the Parliament’s General and Educational Affairs Committee, says it has been difficult to watch the developments in the Icelandic media marke...

“I’m completely fine and there’s no need for anyone to worry about me,” says Dorrit Moussaieff in an interview with Atli Steinn Guðmundsson, a journalist for mbl.is, about the incident in London on Sunday, an incident that would have left...

A serious traffic accident occurred on Suðurstrandarvegur, just east of the turnoff to Vigdísarvellir, at around eight o’clock this morning.

Technical investigators from the Capital Area Police were still on the scene yesterday after a report of a death in a small apartment building in Kópavogur on Sunday. The man who died was around forty years old and, according to Morgunblaðið’...

The Icelandic Journalists’ Union is increasingly concerned about the state of independent media in Iceland. Sýn’s decision to stop broadcasting weekend evening news — and the accompanying layoffs — is the latest example of a worsening ope...

Minister for Foreign Affairs ÞorgerðurKatrínGunnarsdóttir is opening a new Icelandic embassy in Spain today.