New renderings have been unveiled of Iceland’s proposed National Arena, a multi-purpose indoor sports and events venue designed to meet modern standards and provide facilities for Iceland’s national teams, sports clubs, and the general public....

An Icelandic Coast Guard helicopter was dispatched shortly before 4 p.m. today following a serious traffic accident in Reykholt, Borgarfjörður.

Three defendants in the so-called Gufunes case have filed applications for permission to appeal their convictions to the Supreme Court of Iceland.

State Mediator Ástráður Haraldsson says negotiations between Icelandair and its pilots remain difficult, following a meeting that concluded shortly before 3 p.m. today.

The City of Reykjavík has a diverse program for tomorrow’s celebration of Iceland’s independence, all posted on the city’s website. First and foremost, before you ask, there will be accordion. For those interested, the other traditions are a p...

There’s already a healthy crowd milling about inside Hof, Akureyri’s high-ceilinged cultural centre, waiting to be let into the auditorium to spend an evening watching hard bodies flexed. The crowd itself is the most muscular audience anywhere in...

To some, the 1st of May is synonymous with International Worker’s Day, honouring the endless and slow-moving crawl toward labour rights for all workers. To others, the 1st of May is May Day, in which people get drunk and look at flowers in the mode...

The capital region is currently experiencing an extraordinarily pleasant heatwave. The Icelandic Meteorological Office reports temperatures of 20 degrees Celsius, (68 Fahrenheit). The highs are expected to last through Sunday, June 14, with a return ...

Magnús Jóhann is a very serious composer, and, as very serious composers do, he recently wrote Very Serious Music, his new concerto for Ondes Martenot, piano and orchestra, to premiere at Harpa on May 22. I met up with Magnús to talk about his upc...