“This was an unbelievable moment, which I’ll never forget.”

Bird flu, or avian influenza, is spreading fast in Europe and, as a result, there is a phase one alert in Iceland.

There are plans to ease restrictions on public gatherings in Iceland, beginning January 13.

Scientists at deCode Genetics have discovered that monozygotic twins, that is, twins developed from a single fertilized ovum, are not completely identical.

The Icelandic Met Office has issued yellow weather alerts, effective tomorrow, for the following regions: Northeast Iceland, East Iceland, the East Fjords and Southeast Iceland.

Chief Epidemiologis Þórólfur Guðnason has suggested to Minister of Health Svandís Svavarsdóttir that all arriving passengers in Iceland be required to be tested twice for the coronavirus.

Icelanders celebrated the 13th and last day of Christmas last night by shooting fireworks, but other than that, the celebration was very different from usual.

“This was frightening and unacceptable,” Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson tells mbl.is, speaking of the assault yesterday by US President Donald Trump’s supporters on the US Capitol.

Film director Baltasar Kormákur states that his film studio Reykjavík Studios in Gufunes creates new possibilities for film production in Iceland.

When residents of Akranes, West Iceland, woke up yesterday morning, a layer of cement covered their houses and cars.

Since January 1, stores in Iceland may no longer offer plastic shopping bags to customers.

Vínbúðin liquor stores, the sole retail vendor of alcohol in Iceland, report record sales in 2020.

“Compared to other nations around us, the outlook is unbelievably good.”

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Iceland advises travelers from Iceland not to travel through the UK.

Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir states she expects the majority of Icelanders to be vaccinated for COVID-19 the first half of this year.

In 2020, when Icelanders were unable to travel abroad, they traveled domestically instead.

BBC has obtained permission from the Environment Agency of Iceland to film a documentary about the Arctic fox in the Hornstrandir nature reserve in the West Fjords.

This colorful photo was taken recently by Morgunblaðið photographer Árni Sæberg of Vestmannaeyjar islands, off the south coast of Iceland.

We, Icelanders, are famous for shooting fireworks on New Year’s Eve.

“It’s a pleasure being the first one to bring the ‘Vaccine’ to market.”