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Iceland Monitor wishes everyone a happy and prosperous New Year and extends its sincere thanks to readers for their su…

Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland, will confer the Order of the Falcon on fourteen Icelanders on New Year’s Day.…

The Prime Minister says it is the government’s responsibility not to bend or retreat from its decisions, even when the…

The annual New Year’s Eve Run will take place today at noon, resulting in road closures. Traffic will also be restrict…

Guðmundur Fylkisson is a police officer who has specialised in searching for missing children. He was named Person of …

A TikTok video posted over the weekend shows the reckless behavior of two tourists at Reynisfjara beach, who stood dan…

The exact extent of fuel price reductions resulting from changes to government levies that take effect at the turn of …

The strongest earthquake in two and a half years struck near the Westman Islands early this afternoon, around 17 kilom…

An earthquake measuring 2.9 struck Öræfajökull shortly after 1:00 p.m. This is the strongest earthquake recorded at Ör…

A resident of the Vogahverfi district in Reykjavík says heavy truck traffic along Kleppsmýrarvegur is putting severe s…

Höskuldur Tryggvason, better known as Höddi, has completed his nearly two-month journey across Antarctica, having cros…

When pianist Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson had completed his postgraduate studies at Juilliard and was beginning to look se…

When pianist Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson had completed his postgraduate studies at Juilliard and was beginning to look se…

Vilhjálmur Birgisson, chairman of the Confederation of Labour (ASÍ), says that an average wage earner will end up payi…

Residents of Þorlákshöfn don’t let the fact that golf is usually considered a summer sport stop them, and have organiz…

It is important for the Þorbjörn Search and Rescue Team to be able to resume fireworks sales in Grindavík this year, a…

An earthquake shook the southwest of the country just twelve minutes before 2 a.m.

Valdimar Haukur Gíslason and his wife Edda Arnholtz spent Christmas Day without electricity at their home in Mýrar in …

Around 130 people attended the Christmas meal at Samhjálp yesterday, and the day exceeded all expectations.

Six Christmas babies have been born at Landspítali over the past two days. Midwives at the Björk birthing centre also …

A Christmas Day temperature record was broken overnight when 19.7°C was measured in Bakkagerði in Borgarfjörður Eystri…

Some residents of Grindavík have decided to return home for the holidays and spend Christmas in the town. A lively New…

“The main reason is simply that I’ve reached a point where I’m getting older. I might end up going to bed at four or f…

Heba Guðrún Nielsen is an avid baker who loves creating fun and beautiful things for the people around her. She is 25 …

“Skate always holds its own. The tradition endures even as new generations come along,” says Viktor Örn Andrésson, hea…

The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration (IRCA) managed traffic on the national highway just above Vík this morni…

One of the striking findings in the latest inflation figures from Statistics Iceland is the sharp rise in home heating…

In 2025, a total of 1,724 individuals with foreign citizenship who are resident in Iceland will receive old-age pensio…

At 2 p.m. today, the Supreme Court will deliver its judgment in two cases brought by borrowers against Landsbankinn, c…

For more than a decade, adventurer Kristján Gíslason has been either preparing for a motorcycle journey, travelling, o…

Few things feel as festive as elaborate Christmas decorations. People across the country compete to dress their homes …

Tomorrow, Sunday 21 December, at precisely 15:03:01, a moment many consider magical will arrive: the winter solstice.�…

Police in the capital area arrested three individuals in an operation last night on suspicion of organised theft, whic…

Significant damage to Mjólkárlína 1 between Mjólkár and Geiradalur caused a power outage around midnight in the early …

With the rise of discount shopping days, Icelanders’ Christmas shopping has become far more spread out. This is reflec…

The Mjólkár Line 1 went out just after midnight, causing a power outage across the Westfjords.

The Húnar search and rescue team in Hvammstangi received a request for assistance yesterday afternoon after a lamb got…

Margrét Halla Hansdóttir Löf has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for killing her father at their home in Garðabær…

A yellow weather warning will take effect at noon today in the Westfjords and remain in force until 10 a.m. tomorrow.�…

The decision to push Fjarðarheiði Tunnel further down the government’s priority list has little impact on the operatio…

The Federation of Icelandic Fishing Vessel Owners (SFS) has expressed strong disappointment with the new mackerel agre…

It is uncertain whether Guðmundur Ingi Kristinsson, Minister of Education and Children, will return to his ministry af…

It amounts to a state of emergency at the emergency department when patients have to be accommodated in the ambulance …

“The situation in Seyðisfjörður is manageable,” says Jón Kristinn Helgason, head of landslide and hazard assessment at…

The Jewish Community in Iceland held its annual Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony on Laugavegur this evening, for the …

Elizabeth Björk Ásgeirsdóttir had only recently left Bondi Beach in Sydney when the terrorist attacks at a Jewish gath…

Höskuldur Tryggvason is currently in Antarctica, where he aims to ski across the continent using a traction kite and a…

Landspítali University Hospital has set up temporary accommodation for patients in a parking garage on the ground floo…

The location of the fault on the Neskaupstaður Line 1 has now been identified. It has proven difficult to access the s…

Tilvera, the Icelandic infertility association, has issued a strong statement supporting international regulation that…