The duo Sycamore Tree released a new album today called Colors. In the band are Gunni Hilmars and Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, and the album has been in the works for three years.

The investigation into the death of a man in Ólafsfjörður last Monday is going well according to an announcement from the Police North East. The investigation at the scene is finished and now the data is being analyzed. Furthermore, both suspec...

Rescue teams all over the country are now on standby because the first snowstorm is forecast for Sunday and supposed to last until Monday morning.

A part of a dinosaur skeleton could be on its way to Reykjavík according to an announcement on the city's website. The skeleton would be a gift and are said to be approximately 65 million years old.

Today the Reykjavík District Court extended the custody for two weeks of one individual who has been held on the suspicion of planning a terrorist attack. The ruling has already been appealed to the National Court by the man's defense attorne...

The popularity of tattoos have been on the rise in the last ten years. The rise has been 9% since 2018 and now 29% of Icelanders sport a tattoo, whereas there were 20% in 2018 according to a recent survey by Gallup.

Approximately half of Icelandic Fire Departments do not meet the requirements for the job when it comes to smoke diving and fighting fire indoors, whether it be because of lack of equipment, training, education or the set standard for fire fighter...

The Central Bank of Iceland raised the Bank’s interest rates by 0.25 percentage points this morning. The Bank’s key interest rate on seven-day term deposits is now 5.75%. According to an announcement from the bank the hikes in key interest ra...

Two women and one man were remanded to a week long custody last night in relation to the murder in Ólafsfjörður. They went in front of a judge in the North East District Court in Akureyri where the police recommendations of custody was confirme...

Iceland is scoring high in international comparison when the topic is digital service and infrastructure. This is reported in an announcement from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs where there is furthermore the latest E-Government Surv...

Four people have been arrested in Ólafsfjöðrður after the police was called out just after 2:34 AM because a man had been stabbed with a knife in a house in Ólafsfjörður says in an announcement from the local police in the Northeastern regi...

When Fanney Dóra Sigurjónsdóttir was around 30 years old she worked as a chef in a Norwegian hotel. She wasn’t planning on staying long but ended up living for five years in Norway and in the UK and her life took a U-turn.

The fashion designer and TV celebrity Tanveer Wasim, also known as Tan France, had a five day vacation in Iceland at the end of September. France is probably best known for his role on the Netflix show, Queer Eye.

A lot of people were involved in a plane crash drill at Reykjavík Airport earlier today. A planecrash was staged and first responders were trained in how to manage this kind of situation and respond correctly.

The consequences of the fire is not only devastating for the community of Seyðifjörður and everybody involved, it is also negatively impacting the hotel business in nearby areas.

Most of the weapons, found in the house searches in relation to the case under investigation regarding the alleged intent of terrorist attacks, were factory manifactured firearms and were also legally registered, as was conveyed in the Police pres...

The National Police Chief has asked to be excused from the investigation into alleged attempts of terror, because a person who is in related to her family has been mentioned in regard to the investigation. The public Prosecutor agreed and now the ...

After closing Keflavík Airport last night due to a bomb threat in a cargo airplane coming from Cologne in Germany, the airport is now back in business. In an announcement from the Police authorities for the Reykjanes peninsula, the airport was op...

A big commercial building in Egilsstaðir caught fire yesterday and within minutes the building was like an inferno.

Just before midnight a cargo airplaine landed in Keflavík Airport after a threat about a bomb being on board the airplane was received. This was confirmed by the Chief of Police in Reykjanes peninsula, Úlfar Lúðvíksson, to mbl.is