Laufey held her second and final concert of the weekend last night at Kórinn in Kópavogur, bringing to a close a concert tour in which she, among other highlights, filled Madison Square Garden in New York and the O2 Arena in London twice.

“The situation is now improving. It appears that Holtavörðuheiði and the road to Blönduós have been reopened, and people have begun leaving the emergency shelters,” said Pétur Björnsson, chief superintendent with the police in Northwest Iceland, in an interview with mbl.is.

The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration has closed Siglufjarðarvegur and the road around Ólafsfjarðarmúli due to avalanche danger.

A meeting on emergency oil reserves in Iceland was held this week at the Environment and Energy Agency. The contents of the meeting remain confidential, but the discussions have been in preparation for some time.

Bogi Nils Bogason, CEO of Icelandair, believes there is reason to review the Icelandic labor market model, saying such a review could be key to achieving greater stability in society.

Rescue teams have reached the cross-country skiers who were on Hofsjökull glacier and requested assistance this morning. They sent out a distress call earlier today, saying they had become wet and cold but were staying put. Rescue teams set out this morning to bring them to safety.

The weather was calm and pleasant when Davíð Oddsson, former prime minister, mayor of Reykjavík, governor of the Central Bank of Iceland, and editor of Morgunblaðið, was laid to rest from Hallgrímskirkja today.

Flags have been flown at half-mast at ministry buildings in Reykjavík today in connection with the funeral of Davíð Oddsson, former prime minister, mayor of Reykjavík, governor of the Central Bank of Iceland, and editor of Morgunblaðið.

Rescue teams from both the north and south sides of Holtavörðuheiði headed to the mountain pass this morning to free vehicles that became stuck there after last night’s severe weather and overnight storm.

Davíð Oddsson, editor of Morgunblaðið and former mayor of Reykjavík, prime minister, and governor of the Central Bank of Iceland, who passed away on March 1, will be laid to rest today.

The case known in Iceland as the terrorism case was referred back to the Court of Appeal yesterday after the court's previous ruling was invalidated.

An earthquake measuring 3.7 occurred just before 12:00 today in Torfajökull glacier, about three kilometers west of Landmannalaugar.

Avalanche risk has increased on Flateyri Road, and the road is expected to be closed later in the day.

The Supreme Court of Iceland has sentenced Samúel Jói Björgvinsson to three and a half years in prison, and the twin brothers Elías and Jónas Shamsudin to three years in prison for serious drug offenses.

The road through Súðavíkurhlíð is impassable after an avalanche fell onto the road around 10 a.m. this morning, and a danger level has now been declared.

Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir will attend a meeting of the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee today.

An enormous halibut was landed from the Greenlandic trawler Ilivileq at Reykjavík harbor this morning, and it was no small catch, 172 kilograms and 2.5 meters long.

Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir says that if Iceland resumes accession negotiations with the European Union, they could be completed within about a year and a half.

A heated exchange took place in Parliament today when Dagur B. Eggertsson, MP for the Social Democratic Alliance, asked Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, chairman of the Centre Party, to explain his party’s alleged ties to Donald Trump’s MAGA movement.

The Reykjanes District Court has sentenced a man in his fifties to six months in prison for importing nearly 400 grams of cocaine into the country.

Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir presented a parliamentary resolution at Althingi yesterday proposing a national referendum on whether Iceland should resume accession negotiations with the European Union (EU).

“The seismic activity does not appear to be increasing, and nothing is happening that suggests an eruption is getting closer,” says Benedikt Gunnar Ófeigsson, head of deformation measurements at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, when asked whether a tenth eruption could be expected on the Sundhnúkagígar crater row since the eruption sequence there began in December 2023.

The golden plover has arrived in Iceland, meaning spring is just around the corner—if old rhymes are to be believed.

So far, 41 Icelanders have left the conflict-affected areas in the Middle East on organized rescue flights arranged by the civil protection team of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management.

Far too many cases of incorrect billing have occurred due to the kilometer tax that was introduced at the beginning of this year. Runólfur Ólafsson, managing director of the Icelandic Automobile Association (FÍB), says that the Icelandic Tax Authority has acknowledged that there are technical flaws in the systems used to calculate the fee.

An earthquake measuring 2.2 in magnitude occurred in Mýrdalsjökull glacier just before 4:00 p.m. today. Five smaller earthquakes have been recorded afterward.

Online fraud continued to increase in 2025 and has become one of the main security challenges facing Icelandic consumers, according to a new report on the issue from Arion Bank.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has failed its first test. This is written by former minister Björn Bjarnason on his website, where he states that the ministry deserves a failing grade for neglecting the authorities’ primary duty of providing impartial information.

The cat Lúðvík, better known to those close to him as Lúlli, celebrated his 23rd birthday last Wednesday, and the occasion was marked with much celebration.

A national referendum on whether Iceland should continue accession negotiations with the European Union will be held on August 29.

An Icelandic woman who has lived in Bahrain for 14 years says sirens have not sounded for more than a day. That gives some hope of safety, though uncertainty remains.

The Icelandic statesman Davíd Oddsson passed away on 1 March 2026, at the age of 78. He was not only the most influential politician in our history by far: Mayor of Reykjavik, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Governor of the Central Bank of Iceland, and Chief Editor of the daily Morgunbladid. He was also my best friend. Therefore, I cannot claim to be impartial, but on the other hand, I occupied a front seat in the arena in which he acted, so perhaps my observations are worth something.

Slush, icy conditions, and snow cover are present on many roads across the country, and snow-clearing operations are underway in several areas.

Inga Sæland, Minister of Education and Children, said in Parliament that she had “had enough” of listening to “one silk hat after another” criticize the Minister of Social Affairs and Housing’s bill on linking social security benefits to the wage index.

“This is something you’ve never experienced before and it’s an incredibly strange feeling, almost surreal, and very difficult to put properly into words,” said Qatar resident and entrepreneur Kristbjörg Jónasdóttir in an interview with mbl.is.