Tourist rescued beneath glacier
A tourist had to be rescued at the base of Sólheimajökull today after falling and injuring their hip.
March 28, 2026A tourist had to be rescued at the base of Sólheimajökull today after falling and injuring their hip.
Sara Smith March 28, 2026There will be a southeasterly snowstorm, poor visibility, and difficult driving conditions on Reykjanesbraut, Kjalarne…
Sara Smith March 28, 2026A public bus was stolen at Vífilstaðir in Garðabær yesterday evening.
Sara Smith March 28, 2026Plans for cooperation between the private medical center Klíníkin and Landspítali National University Hospital on oper…
Sara Smith March 27, 2026Low-pressure systems continue to batter the country, with another one expected to approach later tomorrow.
Sara Smith March 27, 2026Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir today took part in a summit of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) in Helsinki, a…
Sara Smith March 27, 2026“I started noticing last autumn that I was receiving emails from people saying they had already paid via PayPal. These…
Sara Smith March 26, 2026Roads leading to and from the capital area were closed at 4:00 AM and will remain closed until the storm has passed, w…
Sara Smith March 26, 2026Icelandair has canceled or postponed all of its international flights scheduled for tomorrow morning due to severe wea…
Sara Smith March 25, 2026Severe southeast and easterly weather is expected to sweep across Iceland tomorrow, with particularly harsh conditions…
Sara Smith March 25, 2026“The energy source in geothermal systems is magma intrusions, and we are now seeing the geothermal system renew itself…
Sara Smith March 25, 2026Of the 40 electric buses in Strætó’s fleet, 15 are from the Chinese manufacturer Yutong. One Yutong bus is currently i…
Sara Smith March 25, 2026Volcanologist Ármann Höskuldsson says he is intrigued by the developments that began at midday Monday, when a strong e…
Sara Smith March 25, 2026The Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise is warning that a proposed bill on spatial property units and the removal of…
Sara Smith March 24, 2026“This is simply done out of necessity, unfortunately,” says Magnús Hafliðason, CEO of N1, which has recently introduce…
Sara Smith March 23, 2026On March 10, the 1,000th match in the history of the Icelandic recreational football club Dickenbauch Sportverein GmbH…
Sara Smith March 22, 2026Two German frigates have docked in Reykjavik Harbor, according to Ásgeir Erlendsson, spokesperson for the Icelandic Co…
Sara Smith March 22, 2026Twelve small avalanches fell above Neskaupstaður overnight and this morning.
Sara Smith March 22, 2026Icelandair sent its Boeing 757 aircraft, Katla, on two flights to Akureyri today to accommodate major disruptions to a…
Sara Smith March 21, 2026The Ring Road, between Vík and Kirkjubæjarklaustur, will close at 11:00 PM tonight due to weather conditions.
Sara Smith March 21, 2026All Icelandair flights today, both domestic and international, have been canceled due to severe weather conditions. Th…
Sara Smith March 20, 2026Yesterday marked five years since volcanic activity resumed on the Reykjanes Peninsula. On March 19, 2021, an eruption…
Sara Smith March 20, 2026Yesterday marked five years since volcanic activity resumed on the Reykjanes Peninsula. On March 19, 2021, an eruption…
Sara Smith March 20, 2026A meeting on emergency oil reserves in Iceland was held this week at the Environment and Energy Agency. The contents o…
Sara Smith March 19, 2026A large avalanche fell from Kirkjubólshlíð during the night, crossing the road and continuing down into the sea.
Sara Smith March 19, 2026Rising inflation in Iceland is largely a domestic problem, driven in part by excessive increases in public charges and…
Sara Smith March 18, 2026“It is clear that the economy is in trouble when the Monetary Policy Committee raises interest rates due to rising inf…
Sara Smith March 18, 2026Several roads in the Westfjords and North Iceland are either closed or under uncertainty due to avalanche danger, acco…
Sara Smith March 18, 2026The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Iceland has decided to raise the bank’s key interest rate by 0.25…
Sara Smith March 18, 2026The Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise is warning that a proposed bill on spatial property units and the removal of…
Sara Smith March 17, 2026“The Icelandic Meteorological Office’s avalanche monitoring team is focused on this area and developments are currentl…
Sara Smith March 17, 2026“Seven individuals have been arrested, suspected of a serious assault on two people who were injured, one of whom was …
Sara Smith March 17, 2026Snædís Xyza Mae Jónsdóttir placed 10th in the Bocuse d’Or Europe competition, which took place in Marseille today, the…
Sara Smith March 16, 2026Laufey held her second and final concert of the weekend last night at Kórinn in Kópavogur, bringing to a close a conce…
Sara Smith March 16, 2026“The situation is now improving. It appears that Holtavörðuheiði and the road to Blönduós have been reopened, and peop…
Sara Smith March 16, 2026The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration has closed Siglufjarðarvegur and the road around Ólafsfjarðarmúli due to…
Sara Smith March 15, 2026Bogi Nils Bogason, CEO of Icelandair, believes there is reason to review the Icelandic labor market model, saying such…
Sara Smith March 14, 2026A meeting on emergency oil reserves in Iceland was held this week at the Environment and Energy Agency. The contents o…
Sara Smith March 14, 2026Rescue teams have reached the cross-country skiers who were on Hofsjökull glacier and requested assistance this mornin…
Sara Smith March 13, 2026The weather was calm and pleasant when Davíð Oddsson, former prime minister, mayor of Reykjavík, governor of the Centr…
Sara Smith March 13, 2026Flags have been flown at half-mast at ministry buildings in Reykjavík today in connection with the funeral of Davíð Od…
Sara Smith March 13, 2026Davíð Oddsson, editor of Morgunblaðið and former mayor of Reykjavík, prime minister, and governor of the Central Bank …
Sara Smith March 13, 2026Rescue teams from both the north and south sides of Holtavörðuheiði headed to the mountain pass this morning to free v…
Sara Smith March 13, 2026The case known in Iceland as the terrorism case was referred back to the Court of Appeal yesterday after the court'…
Sara Smith March 12, 2026The road through Súðavíkurhlíð is impassable after an avalanche fell onto the road around 10 a.m. this morning, and a …
Sara Smith March 12, 2026Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir will attend a meeting of the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee to…
Sara Smith March 12, 2026An enormous halibut was landed from the Greenlandic trawler Ilivileq at Reykjavík harbor this morning, and it was no s…
Sara Smith March 11, 2026A heated exchange took place in Parliament today when Dagur B. Eggertsson, MP for the Social Democratic Alliance, aske…
Sara Smith March 11, 2026Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir says that if Iceland resumes accession negotiations with the European …
Sara Smith March 11, 2026The Reykjanes District Court has sentenced a man in his fifties to six months in prison for importing nearly 400 grams…
Sara Smith March 10, 2026