Voter turnout in Saturday’s parliamentary elections in Iceland was the second lowest in history.
The three parties that make up the coalition government in Iceland increased their majority in Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament, in Saturday’s elections.
The Icelandic Met Office has issued weather alerts for a large part of Iceland today.
This is the time of year that bird watchers and photographers keep their eyes open for unusual birds that might visit Iceland on their way to other countries.
A great deal of secrecy surrounded the arrival of a foreign film crew in Iceland last month.
Parliamentary elections will be held in Iceland tomorrow.
Principal proceedings in the so-called Rauðagerði Case concluded in the Reykjavík District court yesterday afternoon.
Icelandic Minister of Education Lilja Alfreðsdóttir has sent a letter to Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., asking him for help in preserving the Icelandic language.
The Capital Area Police Department is investigating the death of a man in his 20s, who was found unconscious Tuesday night in Sky Lagoon, Kópavogur.
The church on Grímsey island, 40 km (25 mi) off the north coast of Iceland, was destroyed by fire last night.
Investor and businessman Róbert Guðfinnsson in Siglufjörður, North Iceland, has decided to put all his tourism-related properties up for sale.
Rescue workers in Iceland were busy yesterday when severe weather hit most parts of the country.
Bogi Nils Bogason, CEO of Icelandair, welcomes the statement issued by US authorities yesterday, announcing plans to lift a travel ban on all fully COVID-19 vaccinated travelers to the US from around the world in November.
A visitor in Höfn, Hornafjörður fjord, Southeast Iceland, appears to be one who wreaked havoc in Ireland in the summer, causing damage to numerous boats in Cork, two of which sank.
The Icelandic Met Office has issued orange weather alerts for most of the country today.
Yesterday, six months had passed since the beginning of the Fagradalsfjall eruption, Southwest Iceland, March 19.
Parliamentary elections will be held in Iceland Saturday, September 25.
The Fagradalsfjall eruption, Southwest Iceland, has been very active in recent days, offering photographers numerous opportunities to take colorful pictures.
A unique event, Icehopp, took place in Iceland September 5-11.
Three English movie stars, famous for their roles in the Harry Potter film series, visited Iceland last week to work on an episode of a travel show.
The Icelandic Met Office received numerous phone calls overnight regarding a potential new volcanic eruption east of the Fagradalsfjall eruption.
It appears that the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to hurt the travel industry in Iceland, making this coming winter a tough one.
Further development of a recreational area and sea baths in Hvammsvík cove in Hvalfjörður fjord, West Iceland, will be partly financed with proceeds from the sale of 30 lots in the area.
Flocks of brants, a.k.a. brent geese (Branta bernicla), have been spotted in the western part of Iceland recently.
There is every indication that the Grímsvötn volcanic system under the ice cap of Vatnajökull glacier is ready to erupt.
The eruption site by Fagradalsfjall mountain, Southwest Iceland, is again open to the public, but the area was briefly evacuated yesterday.
Mbl.is has just reported that lava is now flowing over hiking path A at the eruption site by Fagradalsfjall mountain.
As we reported earlier, visible activity in the Fagradalsfjall eruption, Southwest Iceland, resumed September 11.
“After an almost nine-day break from visible activity, the Fagradalsfjall eruption [Southwest Iceland,] is adopting a new beat.”
Rescue teams in South Iceland were called out yesterday afternoon and asked to come to the aid of two foreign tourists who were in trouble on the Fimmvörðuháls hiking trail.
The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority, MAST, announced Friday night that a case of scrapie had been confirmed in a sheep on the farm Syðra-Skörðugil in Skagafjörður, North Iceland.
After taking an apparent break for eight and a half days, the volcanic eruption by Fagradalsfjall, Southwest Iceland, once again began spewing fire into the air on Saturday.
A sculpture with a name that means both ‘Language of the Sea’ and ‘Sea Level’ — Sjávarmál — has been installed near the ocean on Eiðsgrandi road in Reykjavík.
The northern lights put on the autumn’s first show Tuesday night.
Today, September 10, is World Suicide Prevention Day.
