Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård says he had no idea he was going to receive an honorary award from the Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF). He was presented with the award at Háskólabíó last Tuesday evening in connection with the ...

A man suffered injuries to his head and face after falling from an e-scooter while travelling at considerable speed in central Reykjavík last night.

The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has decided to bring infringement proceedings against Iceland before the EFTA Court over Protocol 35 to the EEA Agreement. ESA argues that Icelandic law does not adequately ensure that EEA rules implemented in...

Warm air is over Iceland today, with temperatures reaching 17.1°C in Skaftafell and Öræfi early this morning.

Efforts yesterday to refloat the longliner Jökull SK 16, which had sunk in Hafnarfjörður harbour for the third time in six years, were successful, and the vessel is now afloat again following work by a diving team.

The second episode of the Northern Rising, season 2, is out now! This time, the guest is Akureyri-based multidisciplinary artist Egill Jónasson, aka Drengurinn Fengurinn. Egill is quite possibly Iceland's most prolific artist. Drengurinn Fengurinn r...

A Twitch Star Disrupts Idyllic Reykjavík Some dude from New York, a 25-year-old called Kai Cenat, who apparently has millions of followers on something called Twitch, disrupted life in downtown Reykjavík this weekend when he was livestreaming his v...

Iceland, known worldwide for its green energy, is set to miss its emission-reduction targets for 2035, and it won’t even be close. Under the Paris Agreement, we’ve committed to cutting emissions by 50–55 percent from 2005 levels. Current projec...

For six years, VÁ, an NGO born from the opposition to open-net salmon farming in Seyðisfjörður, has fought to stop these licences from being issued. In 2023, a municipal survey found that 75 percent of residents opposed the plans. We have protest...

For most of its history, Iceland’s food delivery system was a pizza place and a cousin with a car. Then, in May 2023, a Finnish company in a very particular shade of blue arrived and announced that KFC could come to your door, and I have been part ...