Residents of Grindavík will be offered the opportunity to buy back properties in the town at the same price that the real estate company Þórkatla paid for them following the volcanic activity on the Reykjanes Peninsula.

Bandero, a vessel belonging to the Paul Watson organization, has been connected to shore power. As a result, the ship's auxiliary generator has been switched off, and the rumbling of its engine can no longer be heard around Reykjavík Harbour....

Executives at the Blue Lagoon want to make Iceland one of the world's leading wellness and experience destinations over the next five to ten years.

The CEO of Primary Health Care of the Capital Area says it is unacceptable for patients to feel that they are not being listened to or that they cannot reach healthcare professionals when seeking help. Efforts are underway to improve telephone res...

The prosecutor is seeking a prison sentence of five to six years for Íris Helga Jónatansdóttir, who is charged with stalking, defamation, false accusations, forgery, and violations of child protection laws.

At this year’s Reykjavík Dance Festival, you’re invited into a room, alone, with a robot dog. We know machines don’t feel, but we can’t help feeling something for them. We’re feeling machines ourselves, after all. That’s the starting poi...

Work halted on downtown’s worst real estate It could turn out to become the most visible (possible) bankruptcy in Icelandic history, as earlier this month work was suddenly halted on the titanic monstrosity that is the Radisson Red hotel tower on S...

This year, we are reviewing every single band playing the Iceland Airwaves festival. It is a repeated exercise from last year. To do this, being meagerly staffed, we have — for the second year in a row — teamed up with Iceland Music for a course...

The world premiere of a new documentary will take place in Bíó Paradís on the 14th of November 2026. The documentary is called Is This Feminism? The Prostitution Purchase Ban in Iceland and asks the question whether the so-called Nordic Model actu...

The University of Iceland has finally announced what students from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) will be expected to pay from autumn 2027. The announcement arrived through a rather messy website, still containing incomplete information, bu...