The ferry Norræna came to harbor in Seyðisfjörður around 11 o’clock this morning, carrying 600 passengers.
A draft land use plan, presented yesterday, proposes building a new tourist information center at Þingvellir National Park.
“For many months to come, even a year, or possible longer, we will need to live with restrictions and a different kind of mindset, due to the coronavirus.”
“This is such a stain on our society, and we must unite to eliminate it.”
Numerous motorcyclists gathered in Iceland yesterday in front of the offices of the Icelandic Road Administration.
Beginning today, arriving passengers in Iceland will be charged for coronavirus testing.
Thousands of workers in Iceland, most of them foreign, are believed to be provided with housing by their employers.
Icelandair Group’s public offering has been postponed until August.
Plans to ease restrictions on public gatherings in Iceland on July 13 will likely be delayed.
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson was reelected president of Iceland Saturday, receiving an overwhelming majority of the vote.
Hundreds of people gathered on Austurvöllur square at noon yesterday to pay their respects to the victims of a house fire in Reykjavík Thursday, in which three foreign workers lost their lives.
Two people died yesterday when a motorcycle and a camper collided in Kjalarnes, just north of Reykjavík.
The third annual Reykjavík Fringe Festival is scheduled for July 4-12.
The City of Reykjavík has launched an initiative, aimed at attracting visitors this summer.
A project underway within the security area of Keflavík International Airport aims at improving facilities for NATO member nations.
Mbl.is reports that the house at Bræðraborgarstígur 1, Reykjavík, destroyed in a fire yesterday in which three people lost their lives, was registered as the permanent residence of 73 people.
Three people are dead and two are in intensive care after fire erupted in a house on the corner of Vesturgata and Bræðraborgarstígur, Reykjavík, yesterday afternoon
Three arriving passengers tested positive for COVID-19 at Iceland’s border Tuesday, but none of those cases turned out to be active.
An agreement was reached this morning in labor negotiations between Icelandair and flight attendants.
In a new Gallup poll, conducted June 11-18, 93.5 percent of respondents state they intend to vote for President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson in Saturday’s presidential election.
A new Icelandic technology intended for aluminum production offers hopes of eliminating CO2 emissions from the production.
The Icelandic government introduced an updated version of its climate action plan yesterday.
Icelanders remain a happy nation, who continues to hold the Nordic record in the consumption of soft drinks.
The series of earthquakes that began Friday in North Iceland is still ongoing, although there was a slight decrease in activity last night.
Icelandic health authorities are considering the possibility of exempting passengers from certain countries from being tested for COVID-19 at ports of entry.
The Blue Lagoon, Southwest Iceland, reopened on Saturday, June 19.
The new Icelandic airline Play launched its website Friday.
A series of earthquakes hit North Iceland over the weekend.
A nurses’ strike, set to begin at 8 am in Iceland today, was averted last night.
The Geysir hot spring area, South Iceland, was declared protected on the National Day of Iceland, June 17.
Newly renovated man-made caves by the farm Ægissíða, near Hella, South Iceland, have been popular among visitors lately.
Among the first visitors to arrive in Iceland on Monday was a crew of CNN reporters.
Since Iceland began offering coronavirus testing at ports of entry on Monday, 2,400 arriving passengers have been tested at Keflavík International Airport.
Three foreign nationals, arrested on suspicion of theft and burglary, are being investigated by the South Iceland Police.
There are indications that an eruption may soon occur in Grímsvötn volcano.
