The Capital Area Police are investigating a fraud case in which an Icelandic man visited the homes of elderly residents in the district, claimed to be a Microsoft employee, and said he was there to help them.

The Icelandic Meteorological Office has received no reports of landslides in East Iceland overnight. Yesterday, however, several minor slides occurred in stream channels in Seyðisfjörður, Norðfjörður, Eskifjörður, and Fáskrúðsfjörður....

“These changes will not be without controversy,” said Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson, Minister of Environment, Energy, and Climate, during a presentation on a planned overhaul of Iceland’s system for health inspections, pollution control, and foo...

The Liberal Reform Party (Viðreisn) is preparing to field candidates in more municipalities in next year’s local elections.

Google Maps has now “reopened” Reykjanesbraut to traffic, after the road had been marked as closed on the app for the past 24 hours.

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