For the first time in a long time, the Mt Bláfjöll ski area was open today.

After about 500 trees were removed in Öskjuhlíð over the weekend, which have obstructed flights to and from the east/west runway at Reykjavík Airport, a remote meeting was held yesterday between the City of Reykjavík, the Icelandic Transport Authority, Isavia, and ten municipalities.

"The government's projects regarding natural hazards on the Reykjanes Peninsula are far from complete and are expected to take many more years or decades."

Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir says it was a very emotional moment as candles were laid at a memorial to fallen soldiers on Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, this morning. Today there are three year since Russia invaded Ukraine.

“It was an easy decision to put this book together. When the company was approaching its eightieth anniversary, in March 2024, Haukur Alfreðsson from the Loftleiðir Historical Society approached me and suggested that I make a grand photo book about the company’s history, a book that would make sense of this great Loftleiðir Airlines adventure. I thought so and got to work,” says Sigurgeir Orri Sigurgeirsson, recalling what made him decide to document the history of Loftleiðir and publish the book Loftleiðir, which was published last year.

“I think I can say that nothing has changed since this room was opened; I certainly haven’t changed anything since I took over,” says Geirlaug Þorvaldsdóttir, owner of Hotel Holt, about the hotel’s venerable Library.

A group of architects, engineers and artists is demanding immediate action to stop the decline of Icelandic architecture. At the same time, more attention should be paid to the beauty of buildings and other key aspects in the public interest.

Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir will be the new mayor of Reykjavík. This was announced at a press conference by the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, the Pirate Party, the Socialist Party, the People's Party and the Left Green Party at Reykjavík City Hall today.Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir will be the new mayor of Reykjavík. This was announced at a press conference by the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, the Pirate Party, the Socialist Party, the People's Party and the Left Green Party at Reykjavík City Hall today.

Updated modeling calculations show that the amount of magma that has accumulated under Svartsengi is now as large as it was before the eruption that began on November 20 last year.

Negotiation committees and local government leaders are now meeting at the Association of Icelandic Local Authorities in connection with the internal proposal of Ástráður Haraldsson, the state mediator in the teachers’ dispute. Teachers have already approved the proposal, but SÍS asked for a delay and it was granted until noon today.

The Icelandic Association of Local Authorities (SÍS) rejected an internal proposal submitted by the state mediator in the teachers' dispute.

Significant progress has been made in reducing landfilling of waste since 2019, especially when it comes to mixed household waste, according to Statistics Iceland data.

“The problem goes back to the economic collapse when road maintenance was drastically cut and has not been recovered. These are 15-16 years where maintenance funds have been ISK 10 billion a year when it should have been ISK 20 billion,” says Sigþór Sigurðsson, CEO of Colas.

Hagavatnsvirkjun ehf. plans to build a 9.9 MW hydroelectric power plant at Hagavatn Lake, south of Langjökull glacier in Bláskógabyggð. The preliminary design of the power plant, which has been named Hagavatnsvirkjun, is being worked on, and the company has now submitted an environmental impact assessment report for the power plant's environmental impact assessment in the planning portal.

On Monday, Icelandic actress Elín Hall looked stunning on the red carpet at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale).

“I think we will be looking at fateful weeks ahead. Of course, I cannot say anything about how they will turn out, but I am worried about it,” says Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir, an MP for the Independence Party, in an interview with mbl.is from the Belgian capital Brussels, where she will attend a three-day meeting with the NATO parliamentary group.

“The government owes the nation an explanation of what is meant by the words “continuation of negotiations” in the new government treaty,” said Björn Bjarnason, a former member of the Althingi and minister, at a symposium on sovereignty issues organized by the Independents Association in Valhöll yesterday.

952 applications from individuals to purchase residential property have now been received by the Þórkatla Real Estate Company. This is stated in an announcement on the Þórkatla website. The deadline for individuals to apply for the sale of residential property in Grindavík expires on March 31.

Schools, city operations, transportation, and housing issues are among the topics that have been discussed in the ongoing majority talks between left-wing parties in Reykjavík. But not the who would be a new mayor.

The situation at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row hasn’t changed much in recent days, according to a natural hazard expert at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, but the likelihood of an eruption is still considered high.

Kristín Birta Ólafsdóttir, chef and member of the Icelandic national culinary team, says that fish is one of the best foods she has, and cod in butter is the best. She plans to give Morgunblaðið readers the recipe for her favorite fish dish these days, which comes in part from a shift manager she used to work with.

Alexander Valur Wium Brynjólfsson and his girlfriend, Kita, who is French, found love two years ago. This morning, they got married on a Play airline plane. However, the couple couldn't decide whether to get married in Iceland or France, so they went somewhere in between.

Iceland needs to strengthen its defense capabilities like other NATO allies, according to the Foreign Minister, Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir.

Construction on the planned land reclamation at Suðurvararbryggja harbor in Þorlákshöfn has been temporarily halted at the request of the Icelandic Surfing Association. The Environmental and Natural Resources Appeals Committee agreed to this, but the ruling states that if the construction were not halted, the association's appeal would be meaningless as the area in question would have already been disturbed.

According to Morgunblaðið's sources, there are rumors that Icelanders' bank accounts in foreign banks are being closed at short notice.

City councilors from five parties will meet soon or are already meeting to form a majority in the city council. This is reported by sources at mbl.is.

Alfreð Erling Þórðarson, a 45-year-old man accused of killing a couple in Neskaupstaður on August 21, was reportedly on his way down to Hallgrímskirkja church to light a cross when he was arrested.

Children in one middle school year at Breiðholtsskóli have been subjected to bullying and violence by a group of their fellow students for several years. The violence has been mental, physical and sexual, according to information from Morgunblaðið. There has been little peace in the year group and the group's behavior has had a major impact on the children's studies.

A number of teachers have gathered outside the Althingi building at Austurvöllur, where the prime minister's policy speech and her replies are being delivered tonight.

The majority of the Reykjavík city council is broken. The mayor, Einar Þorsteinsson, broke the majority during an hour-long meeting with the parties' leaders on Friday.

A total of 154 individuals who have been denied international protection in Iceland are registered as missing in the police system and are hiding in this country. This is stated in the response of the National Police Commissioner to a query from Morgunblaðið.

"I say a lot and maybe I don't mean anything by it. I'm not alone in that." These words that Sindri Snær Birgisson uttered are what his defense attorney, Sveinn Andri Sveinsson, wants to say are the essence of the terrorism case. The communication between Sindri Snær Birgisson and Ísidór Nathansson was only careless and vulgar talk, not part of the preparation for acts of terrorism.

“We as a society must set boundaries,” said prosecutor Anna Barbara Andradóttir in her argument in the terrorism case in the Supreme Court. She said it would not be a good precedent if it was possible to prepare a terrorist act and then call it a joke without any consequences.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court upheld the verdict of the District Court against Mohamad Thor Jóhannesson, formerly known as Mohamad Kourani, who had his name changed this summer, as mbl.is reported.