The most notorious unsolved missing person case in Iceland, that of Geirfinnur Einarsson, received renewed attention this week.
The puffin has arrived in Vestmannaeyjar islands.
Due to high winds, walkways could not be used for some time yesterday at Keflavík International Airport.
Mariusz Kopieccy is the first person to breed the Icelandic Sheepdog in Poland.
The Icelandic Met Office has issued a yellow alert and a gale warning for the capital region, for Faxaflói bay in Southwest Iceland, for West-Northwest Iceland and the central highlands.
More than two months have passed since the disappearance of Icelander Jón Þröstur Jónsson in Dublin, Ireland.
This is the time of year when blues fans can’t be blue.
Húsavík, the” harbour of houses,” is a pretty coastal town in the remote North of Iceland, less than an hour away by flight.
The arrival of two beluga whales from Shanghai, scheduled for Keflavík International Airport tomorrow, has been postponed.
The Reykjavík City Committee for Education and Recreation has voted to approve the establishment of a support department for children of asylum seekers.
Substantial amounts of meltwater have led to the temporary closure of road 862 toward Dettifoss waterfall in Northeast Iceland, according to the Facebook page of Vatnajökull National Park.
The luxury hotel Deplar Farm in Fljót, North Iceland, has just been nominated for the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Award.
A hundred years ago this week, avalanches hit Siglufjörður and vicinity in Northeast Iceland, killing 18 people.
The boom in tourism industry in Iceland in recent years would have been impossible without immigrants.
Artifishal, a Patagonia documentary about wild salmon, premiered in Hveragerði, South Iceland, Wednesday night
The Icelandic Met Office has issued a yellow alert for many parts of the country.
Icelandic President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, Russia, yesterday.
“I’m deeply touched to receive these important awards for my Bach album, and I appreciate how well it has been received.”
The Icelandic State plans to appeal the European Court of Human Rights’ ruling in the so-called Landsréttur case.
Planning is underway to transform certain streets in downtown Reykjavík into permanent pedestrian streets.
On April 16, Keflavík International Airport is expecting two unusually heavy travelers, sure to attract a lot of attention.
Pilots and aircraft maintenance technicians, who worked for the bankrupt Icelandic airline WOW, are actively searching for jobs, mainly abroad.
The music festival Secret Solstice will be held in Reykjavík June 21-23, for the sixth time.
Spring is in the air in Iceland.
The annual peysufatadagur, or “national costume day,” was celebrated on Friday by Kvennaskólinn junior college in Reykjavík.
Strætó bus service offers free rides in Reykjavík today.
An earthquake of magnitude 3.3 was recorded by the Icelandic Met Office this morning at 4:44 am, 13 km (8 mi) north-northeast of Grímsey island.
“I just wanted to share something magical that happened last night,” professional photographer Rebecca Douglas told Iceland Monitor.
“I believe purchasing quality paintings is a good investment, and much better than buying stock. Stocks are no feast for the eye!”
Companies in the tourism industry will soon be required to obtain a permit to operate within the Vatnajökull National Park boundaries.
Hekla volcano, South Iceland, is a great tourist attraction. But hiking up the mountain comes with a risk, as outdoor enthusiast Einar Skúlason points out on in an article on mbl.is.
Skúli Mogensen, founder of WOW Air, is planning a new takeoff for the airline, which was declared bankrupt a week ago.
Last night, representatives of close to 30 Icelandic unions with more than 100,000 members signed a wage agreement with SA Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise.
