"As always, there are all kinds of conversations between the parties and they are continuing. We are actively looking for ways to resolve this dispute. But no decision has been made to convene a formal meeting," says Ástráður Haraldsson, the state mediator, in an interview with mbl.is, about the wage dispute between teachers, the state, and municipalities.

Mjálmar, Ellen Kristjánsdóttir's cat, is sitting on a journalist's lap as we sit down at the kitchen table. Ellen serves tea, cookies, and a bowl of licorice pieces for the guest, who reaches for the candy. Meanwhile, Mjálmar chats loudly with Ellen about life and existence. She talks about her life with warmth and sincerity and holds nothing back.

A multiple vehicle collision occurred on Miklabraut this evening. No one was injured, but photos from a witness show several cars that appear to have collided, including one that has gone off the road.

Over the past 24 hours, more than ten earthquakes have been recorded just east of Mt Western Hvalhnúkur, the largest measuring 3.0, which was measured 5.5 kilometers south-southwest of Bláfjallaskáli just after 6 am this morning.

Icelanders are eagerly awaiting tonight's match at the World Handball Championship, when they will face the home team in Croatia, led by Dagur Sigurðsson.

Diljá Mist Einarsdóttir, a member of parliament for the Independence Party, will submit a bill to strip Icelandic citizenship from citizens born abroad, including if they are guilty of serious crimes.

Inflation continues on the Sundhnúkagígar crater row, but the speed has decreased slightly. According to model calculations, it can be assumed that the probability of magma flow and even volcanic eruption on the Sundhnúkagígar crater row will increase in late January or early February, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office.

The innovation at Seltjarnarness Swimming Pool has been well received, offering free access to the pool to children and young people up to the age of 18. The Seltjarnarnes Municipal Council unanimously approved last year to abolish the fee for this group and this arrangement took effect at the turn of the year.

Three medium-sized floods fell in Neskaupstaður last night but did not threaten settlements. The weather is now good in Neskaupstaður and the evacuation in East Iceland is expected to be lifted soon after noon.

The turbulence measured on the Mt Grímsfjall's seismometer and the Gígjukvísl River's water level have returned to similar values ​​as before the glacial run. This means that the Grímsvatn Lakes glacial run, which began about ten days ago, has ended.

A fire broke out in a car in a residential area in Seyðisfjörður last night. The driver of the car escaped without injury. Elvar Snær Kristjánsson, the chief of the Múlaþing fire department in Seyðisfjörður, was the first to arrive at the scene as the fire was only about 50 meters from his home. He ran to the scene with a fire extinguisher in hand.

The President of Iceland, Halla Tómasdóttir, has sent her best wishes to Donald Trump and from the Icelandic people on his inauguration as President of the United States.

There are power outages in many parts of the southern fjords in East Iceland. The largest municipality without power is Stöðvarfjörður, where 190 Rarik customers have been without power since around 4 am last night.

According to Tómas Jóhannsson, an avalanche expert at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, there have been no reports of avalanches in the Eastfjords overnight or this morning, but yesterday a level of uncertainty was declared due to the risk of avalanches in the Eastfjords and a level of danger in Neskaupstaður and Seyðisfjörður.

"There was no one to take care of them, no institution, only individuals out in town. My sister had half her teeth broken, her shoulder broken, her collarbone broken and her shoulder torn, tendons and other things, but she received no follow-up after she came south," says Dagbjört Hjaltadóttir, the sister of Berglind Kristjánsdóttir who, together with her ex-husband Hafsteinn Númason, lost three children in the avalanche in Súðavík 30 years ago: Hrefna Björg, seven years old, Kristján Númi, 4 years old, and Aðalsteinn Rafn, 2 years old.

The Icelandic Meteorological Office has declared an uncertainty level in the East Fjords due to the risk of avalanches, which took effect at noon. From 6 pm today, evacuations will then take effect in residential areas and commercial buildings in Neskaupstaður and Seyðisfjörður.

A bus with about 20 passengers on board overturned in Hellisheiði near Hveradalur at ten o'clock this morning.

Strong winds are forecast today and tomorrow. Travelers are advised to check road conditions with the Icelandic Road Administration before setting off and to familiarize themselves with the weather and weather forecast.

Icelandair and Southwest Airlines have officially signed a partnership agreement, marking Icelandair as Southwest’s first-ever partner airline. The agreement, formalized at the Icelandic Ambassador’s residence in Washington, will go into effect in February and aims to provide passengers with enhanced connectivity across the two airlines’ networks.

The union of secondary school teachers (FF) agreed today to start preparations for indefinite strikes in a “certain number” of secondary schools next month.

54,789 tonnes of farmed fish were produced in Iceland last year, which is more than ever before. This is 9.6% more than was produced in 2023. The biggest difference is in salmon, whose production increased by 5,730 tonnes between years, but the largest increase in relative terms was in Senegalese flounder, which was 43% higher in 2024 than the previous year.

Two American children, who the police in Canton, Ohio have sought since October 25, 2024, were found in Reykjavík on January 10.

There are plans to start producing hydrogen and building a hydrogen refueling station next to the Landsnet substation and the Veitur distribution station at Korpa in Reykjavík, to use the hydrogen as a fuel for transportation.

There will be considerable changes this afternoon and evening when it gets quite cold. The Icelandic Road Administration's meteorologist warns that black ice may form on wet roads and be slippery.

“We have built bridges like this before that have proven successful, but it is quite clear that something has gone wrong,” says Pálmi Þór Sævarsson, regional director for the Icelandic Road Administration in West Iceland, about the bridge over Ferjukotssíki that collapsed yesterday due to high water levels in the Hvítá River.

"I remember it vividly. As if it had happened yesterday. Incident by incident. It's just stuck in my mind and has always been there," says Anna Lind Ragnarsdóttir, a native of Súðavík, who experienced the avalanche in Súðavík 30 years ago.

Last night, at around 4 a.m., rescue teams in Borgarfjörður were called out due to reports of tourists in trouble at Kattarhryggur, on their way up to Holtavörðuheiði.

An earthquake swarm began in Bárðarbunga at seven o'clock this morning, and the largest earthquake, magnitude 4.5, was measured at 6:29 am.

Gunnar Þór Hallgrímsson, a professor of zoology, found 19 dead greylag geese in Vatnsmýri in Reykjavík yesterday. There is every chance that bird flu killed the geese.

Gunnar Þór Hallgrímsson, a professor of zoology, found 19 dead greylag geese in Vatnsmýri in Reykjavík yesterday. There is every chance that bird flu killed the geese.

The Icelandic Meteorological Office says that in recent days, slowly increasing flash turbulence has been detected on the seismometer on Mt Grímsfjall. This indicates that a glacial flash flood has begun from Grímsvötn lakes.

The band Nýdönsk's latest album and fourteenth, Raunheimar (Real World), will be released on Friday, January 31. The band will perform at a release concert in Harpa's Norðurljósasalur at 7 pm on the same day and at a side concert at 10 pm.

The situation in Greenland has once again come into the international spotlight after Donald Trump, who will take office as US President later this month, once again declared that the country needed to come under US control.

"This is all so scary that I've never been this scared since I moved to Los Angeles."

Seven were taken to the hospital in Selfoss with minor injuries after two buses collided on Suðurlandsvegur near Hella this morning.