Inga Sæland, Minister of Education and Children and leader of the People’s Party, has gone on temporary medical leave.

Members of Parliament recently voted on a proposed referendum regarding the resumption of Iceland’s European Union accession talks. The proposal was approved with 34 votes in favor and 8 against, while 14 MPs abstained.

A seal is currently lying on the shoreline at Þórshöfn in the municipality of Langanesbyggð.

Despite ongoing discussion about flight cancellations linked to alleged unofficial pilot actions, the vast majority of Icelandair’s scheduled flights are still operating and getting passengers to their destinations.

Representatives of the Independence Party, the Liberal Reform Party, and the Progressive Party are expected to sign a coalition agreement to form a new governing majority in Reykjavík today, according to sources cited by mbl.is.

Nearly 42,000 people in Iceland signed a petition opposing the new kilometer tax, which was formally handed over to Finance Minister Daði Már Kristófersson at his ministry today.

The City of Reykjavík, the Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration, and Better Transport (Betri samgöngur) will hold a public presentation meeting on the proposed Sæbraut tunnel project on Monday, June 1, at 5:00 p.m. at Vogaskóli school.

There appears to be no immediate end to the labor dispute between the Icelandic Airline Pilots Association (FÍA) and Icelandair, following another meeting held yesterday at the offices of the State Mediator.

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, better known as “The Mountain,” won the deadlift competition at the Strongman Games.

A man in his forties has been placed in four-day pretrial detention by the Reykjanes District Court, according to a statement from the Capital Area Police.

Icelandair says the recent cancellations of several flights can be traced to what it describes as “coordinated actions” by pilots, who have suddenly stopped selling their days off back to the company, a practice that has long existed and forms part of their collective bargaining agreement.

The chairman of the Icelandic Airline Pilots Association (FÍA) says all Icelandair pilots are fulfilling their scheduled duties and standby shifts, and that repeated staffing problems affecting the airline in recent days stem primarily from Icelandair’s planning and operations. According to him, the airline bears full responsibility for staffing its flight schedule.

Dorrit Moussaieff, businesswoman and former First Lady of Iceland, has never followed conventional paths. She never went through a traditional school system, has never felt much need for routine, and says she does not want to define herself through titles or the status of others.

Around 150 earthquakes have been recorded 8–10 kilometers southwest of Reykjanestá since a seismic swarm began shortly after 9 p.m. last night, according to Bjarki Kaldalóns Friis, natural hazard specialist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, speaking to mbl.is.

Five Icelandair flights have been cancelled today, including flights to Frankfurt, Stockholm, Berlin, Portland, and New York.

Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Daði Már Kristófersson says the Central Bank’s decision to raise interest rates did not come as a surprise, although it was not what the government had hoped to see.

The organization founded by environmental activist and sea captain Paul Watson plans to return to Iceland this summer to protest the whaling operations of Kristján Loftsson and his company, Hvalur hf.

Ari Edwald, leader of the Centre Party in Reykjavík, is scheduled to meet with Hildur Björnsdóttir, leader of the Independence Party, this afternoon as exploratory talks continue over the formation of a new governing coalition in the city.

If the governing parties are not satisfied with a potential European Union accession agreement resulting from future negotiations, the agreement will not be put to the public in a second referendum.

Iceland has never been more expensive than it is today.

The likelihood of Icelanders voting in favor of opening accession talks with the European Union appears to have declined in recent weeks.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed the appointment of Billy Long as ambassador to Iceland.

Scam emails pretending to come from Iceland Revenue and Customs (Skatturinn) have been circulating recently. The messages falsely claim that recipients are owed money by the tax authorities and ask them to confirm the payment by providing identification details or credit card information.

Hildur Björnsdóttir, leader of the Independence Party on the Reykjavík City Council, plans to meet today with the leaders of three other parties represented on the council after yesterday's scheduled talks were postponed.

Western Iceland can expect glorious weather today, with temperatures potentially reaching as high as 17°C in sunny areas.

Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson, leader of the Social Democratic Alliance in Hafnarfjörður, will not take his seat on the town council when the new council convenes in June.

Hildur Björnsdóttir, leader of the Independence Party in Reykjavík, will spend the first part of the day considering her options before contacting the leaders of the parties she is exploring coalition talks with, Ari Edwald of the Centre Party, Björg Magnúsdóttir of Viðreisn, and Einar Þorsteinsson of the Progressive Party.

Police officers made a deliberate and informed decision to use a taser during an arrest in Reykjanesbær earlier today.

Hildur Björnsdóttir, leader of the Independence Party in Reykjavík, has today held individual meetings with the leaders of the Centre Party, Viðreisn, The Left, and the Progressive Party. Next on her schedule are separate meetings with the leaders of the Social Democratic Alliance and the Socialist Party.

Several coalition options are possible in Reykjavík City Council following Saturday’s municipal election, but in practice no majority appears possible without the Independence Party’s nine council seats.

A witness who observed a disturbing incident in the old cemetery in Reykjanesbær this morning, where a man reportedly set himself on fire during a mental health crisis, says police pressured him into deleting a video he recorded of the event.

An independent commission led by former Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir is calling on the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare climate change a global public health emergency.

Final results are now in for the municipal election in Kópavogur, where the Independence Party has gained two additional seats compared with 2022 and secured an outright majority on the town council.

The Independence Party received 32.5% of the vote in Reykjavík’s municipal elections and secured nine seats on the City Council. The Social Democratic Alliance finished as the city’s second-largest party with 18% support and five seats. Vote counting in Reykjavík has now been completed, making these the final results.

Vote counting is underway following today’s municipal elections.