The Independence Party continues to measure as the largest party in Reykjavík and has widened its lead over the Social Democratic Alliance. Support for the Centre Party has increased, while support for The Left, The Liberal Reform Party, and the Socialist Party has declined.

“One of the most significant things about Nordic Compass is that private enterprise is carrying most of the workload,” says Ásta Fjeldsted, CEO of Festi hf. and the only Icelander on the project’s board.

Engineering company COWI has submitted a risk assessment to Iceland’s Ministry of Justice regarding the search for the remains of Lúðvík Pétursson, who died in a fatal accident in Grindavík in January 2024.

Starting tomorrow, visitors to the manuscript exhibition World in Words (Heimur í orðum) will be able to view five Icelandic manuscripts from Sweden that have never before been displayed in Iceland.

Residents of Smyrilshlíð and Haukahlíð plan to file a formal compensation claim against the City of Reykjavík over changes to the zoning plan for the so-called I-lot in the Valshverfi neighborhood in Vatnsmýri. One resident says the city failed buyers who purchased apartments in the area based on promotional material that did not include development on the lot.

The Force was with churchgoers at Guðríðarkirkja yesterday, where a Star Wars-themed service was held.

A man in his thirties has been sentenced to four months in prison for helping a 15-year-old girl evade the custody and supervision of her parents after taking her aboard a fishing vessel without their knowledge.

An unusually large earthquake struck between Ok Glacier and Þórisjökull shortly after 2 p.m. today.

A Romanian man has been arrested in his home country after approximately ISK 160 million was fraudulently taken from Arion Bank in late April.

Around 250 people took part in a joint aviation disaster exercise held yesterday at Akureyri Airport by Icelandic Civil Protection and Isavia.

Interior designer, Maríanna Björk Ásmundsdóttir, graduated from KLC Design School in London last summer. Since graduating, she has kept busy with several projects, including redesigning an original townhouse in Fossvogur, designing jeweler Lilja Björk Guðmundsdóttir’s boutique on Laugavegur, and participating in DesignMarch.

Andri Snær Magnason, writer, activist, and central figure in the National Geographic documentary Time and Water, has received the “Voice for a Living Planet” award, presented by WWF in Poland at the country’s largest documentary film festival.

Students at the University of Iceland were disrupted at the worst possible time, in the middle of exam season, when a cyberattack again targeted the Canvas platform used by the university last night.

Iceland’s population increased by 520 in the first quarter of 2026.

A seal pup is stranded on land on the shoreline north of the Nökkvi sailing club in Akureyri.

Cybersecurity company Syndis is set to significantly strengthen its push into the Nordic market, as IT security firm ITSB, which Syndis acquired last year, is now being fully integrated under the updated Syndis brand.

Coastal fishing season began on Monday, with boats leaving harbors in waves. There is a palpable sense of anticipation among small-boat fishermen ahead of the season—not only at sea, but also on land.

To mark Iceland’s swimming pool culture being added to UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage in December, the National Museum of Iceland, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Innovation and Higher Education, called for grant applications for cultural events in swimming pools across the country.

Björg Magnúsdóttir, leader of the Liberal Reform Party in Reykjavík, sharply criticizes the Social Democratic Alliance in a Facebook post.

The minority of the Parliamentary Constitutional and Supervisory Committee has proposed postponing the national referendum scheduled for August until October. Both the minority and the majority of the committee have also proposed changing the wording of the question. In an interview with mbl.is on Monday, Bryndís Haraldsdóttir, chair of the committee, said the committee would propose revising the wording. At that point, the National Electoral Commission had already approved two new versions of the question.

Depth measurements were carried out in Landeyjahöfn harbor last night. Considerable dredging is still needed before it will be possible to sail there except under ideal conditions at high tide.

Iceland’s swimming pool culture has caught the attention of The New York Times, which recently published an in-depth article on the role of pools in Icelandic society.

Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland, is on a working visit to Italy, and today she will hold a private meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican.

The number of dairy farmers in Iceland, now 444, has decreased by 155 over the past decade. This is part of a longer-term trend in which the core development is that the farms that remain become larger and more efficient units. The main dairy production areas today are Skagafjörður, Eyjafjörður, and the inland districts of Árnessýsla, near Flúðir in Hrunamannahreppur. Several large farms are located in these areas.

Executives of the Icelandic video game company CCP have reached an agreement to purchase the company.

There was a lively atmosphere in the Westman Islands today as The Puffin Run took place for the ninth time.

The time has come to abolish inheritance tax, according to Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir, MP for the Independence Party, who has submitted a bill to Parliament proposing its repeal.

South Iceland Police have recorded an increase in pickpocketing near tourist attractions over the past week, according to a chief inspector. Authorities suspect that organized groups of criminals have come to Iceland specifically to carry out pickpocketing, but such groups have targeted the Golden Circle in recent years.

A long line of young people formed outside the Coppermine store at 44 Laugavegur this morning, where sales of highly sought-after clothing began at noon.

Weather conditions will be fairly good across much of Iceland on Labour Day, although wind and snow showers will affect some areas.

“I had conferences and other events booked this winter, and all of it has been cancelled,” says Einar Björn Árnason, a restaurateur in the Westman Islands, describing the situation in the local tourism industry.

Finance Minister Daði Már Kristófersson says price developments are moving in the right direction. No further emergency measures against inflation are currently planned, but the conditions underlying wage agreements are under pressure.

Lindex in Iceland has entered into a partnership agreement with Kvennaathvarfið, the Women’s Shelter to provide clothing for women and children seeking refuge at shelters in Reykjavík and Akureyri.

German sailors aboard a merchant ship off the coast of Iceland, when the Second World War broke out fled, made their way ashore in Reykjavík, and sought to avoid returning to Germany. The case was covered in the media at the time, but newly uncovered records from the National Archives shed fresh light on the events.

“There’s room for improvement,” says Vilhjálmur Birgisson, chairman of the Federation of General and Special Workers, when asked about the latest inflation figures, which show twelve-month inflation easing between months to 5.2%.