The artists playing at this year's Aldrei fór ég suður festival in Ísafjörður have been announced. The festival takes place on April 19th and 20th.
South Iceland is one of the most explored areas by tourists but local police are very worried about tourists driving in conditions they are not used to. This needs to be addressed, they say.
The principal court proceedings begin to day in Reykjanes in the case of a couple suspected of severe abuse against their daughter and step daughter.
Ýr Jóhannsdóttir has knitted under the name Ýrurari for the past six years but last autumn her French Kiss, or "Sleikur" sweaters have become a sensation. They have been purchased, by the stylist of Miley Cyrus and Erykah Badu to name a few.
Just like "foreign" traditions such as Halloween, Valentines Day is now becoming popular in Iceland. Restaurants are particularly busy on this night.
A family home in Skerjafjörður, a charming, quiet residential area in central Reykjavik is for sale.
Icelandair are now offering a specially brewed IPA to celebrate new Boeing 737's being added to their fleet.
Former Minister and Ambassador Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson and his wife Bryndís Schram have written a letter in today's edition of Morgunblaðið demanding a letter of apology from RÚV national television giving them one week otherwise they will sue.
You have perhaps heard of the old Icelandic month Þorri (the 13thmonth of winter, 20. January – 18. February in 2017) and the frightening food that accompanies it. Last weekend, 130 Icelanders celebrated Þorri at the House of Lords in Westminster, London.
Roof tiles were blown off the Hagaskóli sports hall which was being repaired in last nights bad weather.
Hvalfjarðargöng tunnel is closed due to a road accident in which people were injured. Two cars were involved in the crash.
The Reykjavik Metropolitan Police have sealed the Shooters nightclub in Austurstræti on suspicion of extensive criminal activity.
Icelandair shares keep going down after falling sharply on Friday. Shares have gone down by 5.3 percent.
There is currently a lot of snowfall in Hellisheiði, the route number one leading out of Reykjavik to South Iceland. Visibility for drivers is very poor.
A tourist got into deep trouble yesterday at Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon when he became stranded on an iceberg amidst strong waves.
An avalanche fell in Flateyri in the West Fjords closing off Flateyrarvegur.
Bláfjöll and Skálafell ski resorts are closed due to bad weather. Strong winds are blowing in both mountain ranges.
The weather was bright and beautiful in Reykjavik yesterday and this large pink cloud hovered in the sky above the Grafarvogur suburb. The weather will remain clear and dry for the weekend.
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo will be coming to Iceland next week to meet with Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir and Foreign Minister Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson. They will be discussing economic relations between Iceland and the US and matters regarding the Arctic.
A man, seemingly on drugs, attacked teenagers who were waiting for a bus last night. He punched one teenage boy so that he fell to the ground in front of the bus.
The famous Icelandic naming committee which decrees which new given names in Iceland are allowed or not have said no to names Carlsberg and Danski as well as Nasha , Javi and Nanyore.
There are Instagram accounts for dogs and cats in Iceland but now a duck named Búkolla is set to become an Instagram star.
The Hedgehog is a summer cabin which people can purchase completely ready to place and use in their own land and it's designed by renowned design studio Döðlur.
Pirate party MPs Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir and Björn Leví Gunnarsson wore beanies with the letters "FO" at Parliement yesterday when MP Bergþór Ólason, involved in the scandalous Klaustur recording made a speech.
A yellow weather warning has been issued by the Iceland Met Office in South and South East Iceland today. Winds of up to 50 metres per second are expected at the worst.
A giant moon has been installed at Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in connection with an IT conference called UT messan. The theme of the conference is man's first voyage to the moon.
The route no.1 between Hvolsvöllur in the South and Vík has been closed due to the storm and won't reopen until midnight. All internal flights are down.
The MP's involved in the Klaustur bar recording scandal now claim that the woman who recorded them, Bára Halldórsdóttir planned the recording and disguised herself as a foreign tourist.
A yellow storm warning has been issued for South and South East Iceland as welll as the central highlands tomorrow with winds reaching up to 40 m/s.
Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson, former Minister and Ambassador was interviewed by Rúv national television yesterday where he denied all claims of sexual abuse and misconduct and said that all stories regarding him were fabrication and a plot by his daughter Aldís. This morniing 23 women made a blog site public where they detail their experience of Hannibalsson. The youngest victims were ten years old at the time.
The rangers at Vatnajökull national park has announced that the toilets at Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon are frozen in the big chill currently hitting Iceland.
The seal population of Iceland is on the increase. According to new figures there were 6.300 seals in the year 2017 which is an increase of 2.100 seals since the year 2012.
Today frost around the country is between -2 and -13 C but tonight the frost will increase. This weekend an area of low depression arrives from the Greenland sea accompanied by wind and snow.
A short eared owl was seen in Vesturgata in central Reykjavik yesterday. The bird was perching in a garden.
Netflix have bought the international rights to Icelandic TV crime drama The Valhalla Murders produced by True North and Mystery in cooperation with RÚV national television.
