Result a setback for Brussels
Icelanders’ decision to vote against restarting accession talks with the European Union has put an obstacle in the p…
August 31, 2026Icelanders’ decision to vote against restarting accession talks with the European Union has put an obstacle in the p…
Sara Smith August 31, 2026When Gunnhildur Gylfadóttir, a farmer in Svarfaðardalur, pulled up at the polling station in Dalvík on Saturday to c…
Sara Smith August 31, 2026A serious traffic accident occurred on Krýsuvíkurvegur near Bláfjallavegur last night.
Sara Smith August 31, 2026The US government says Iceland remains an important NATO ally and a close partner of the United States and Europe fo…
Sara Smith August 31, 2026The number of gyrfalcons in Northeast Iceland has increased by a third since last year, according to a survey conduc…
Sara Smith August 30, 2026“This is a good day. We have now reached the point where this is in the hands of the nation. Either we enter these n…
Sara Smith August 29, 2026“Iceland is at its most beautiful today,” economist and CEO Halldór Benjamín Þorbergsson told mbl.is outside Hagaskó…
Sara Smith August 29, 2026According to a new Gallup poll, 51.6% intend to vote against continuing Iceland’s European Union accession talks, wh…
Sara Smith August 28, 2026Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland, remembers King Harald of Norway, who died early this morning, in a post on …
Sara Smith August 28, 2026A new approach to buying property was presented at the autumn meeting of the Housing and Construction Authority yest…
Sara Smith August 28, 2026The foreign tourist who fell into the Jökla river at Stuðlagil is reported by Polish media to have been a Polish cit…
Sara Smith August 27, 2026Twelve-month inflation measures 5.6%, rising slightly from last month, when it stood at 5.3%.
Sara Smith August 27, 2026The Reykjavík City Executive Council today approved a proposal from the mayor for extensive changes to the organizat…
Sara Smith August 26, 2026An earthquake swarm that occurred along the Reykjanes Ridge yesterday has ended. Around 200 earthquakes were recorde…
Sara Smith August 26, 2026Wages in Iceland are now among the highest in Europe and, indeed, among the highest more broadly.
Sara Smith August 25, 2026An earthquake swarm has been ongoing on the Reykjanes Ridge since shortly after 3:30 a.m., when a magnitude 4.1 eart…
Sara Smith August 25, 2026Claudia Goldin, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harv…
Sara Smith August 25, 2026Emergency responders at Háifoss do not believe there is reason for serious concern about visitor safety at the water…
Sara Smith August 24, 2026An earthquake swarm northwest of Reykjanestá began shortly after 4 a.m. last night. Around 50 earthquakes have been …
Sara Smith August 24, 2026The research vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough is currently docked in Reykjavík Harbor as part of a major internatio…
Sara Smith August 24, 2026Friends and designers Halldór Karlsson and Atli Geir Alfreðsson recently launched the clothing brand Lost Horse, sel…
Sara Smith August 23, 2026Around 60 rescue workers took part in a major rescue operation on Fimmvörðuháls yesterday after a hiking group cro…
Sara Smith August 22, 2026A variety of events and entertainment will take place in downtown Reykjavík today to mark Culture Night. Mayor Hildu…
Sara Smith August 22, 2026Culture Night in the capital area looks set to be a wet one tomorrow, with around ten millimeters of rainfall expect…
Sara Smith August 21, 2026Relatives are looking into whether there is a legal avenue to appeal the police decision to discontinue the investig…
Sara Smith August 21, 2026More than 15,000 participants are now registered for the Íslandsbanki Reykjavík Marathon, which takes place on Satur…
Sara Smith August 21, 2026Icelandair has completed the acquisition of a 49% stake in the company that holds the Maltese air operator’s certifi…
Sara Smith August 21, 2026Strætó services will operate very differently on Saturday because of Culture Night, traditionally one of the busiest…
Sara Smith August 20, 2026At a meeting of Reykjavík’s Executive Council today, the mayor presented a proposal for a special subsidy on meal se…
Sara Smith August 20, 2026The Icelandic Institute of Natural History is proposing that the ptarmigan hunting season be extended by a total of …
Sara Smith August 20, 2026Eyjagöng ehf. has signed an agreement with Norwegian consulting firm Norconsult to carry out a comprehensive cost an…
Sara Smith August 20, 2026Opera singer and composer Alexandra Chernyshova had an unforgettable experience in Vatnshellir Cave on the Snæfellsn…
Sara Smith August 19, 2026Shannon Mann, one of the crew members of Bandero, a vessel operated by the Paul Watson organization, has returned ho…
Sara Smith August 19, 2026The Iceland Chamber of Commerce believes it would be safe to reduce mandatory pension contributions from 15.5% to 12…
Sara Smith August 19, 2026Mayor Hildur Björnsdóttir could be seen at Austurvöllur today celebrating Reykjavík’s 240th anniversary in the sunsh…
Sara Smith August 18, 2026“There are certainly some developments and occasionally some ongoing comments on the political front, but we have al…
Sara Smith August 18, 2026A low-pressure system that has been south of Iceland is expected to move away today. Winds will ease across the sout…
Sara Smith August 18, 2026The housing market is facing difficult conditions. High interest rates are making it difficult for developers to fin…
Sara Smith August 18, 2026Hvalur hf. plans to change course and, for the time being, shelve the sale of whale meat to Japan, instead using mea…
Sara Smith August 17, 2026The District Prosecutor has charged two men and one woman with attempted major drug offenses dating back to 2024.…
Sara Smith August 17, 2026“Marine mammals have significantly higher concentrations of iron in their muscles than land animals. Among land anim…
Sara Smith August 17, 2026Tinna Bessadóttir, a designer and event manager, accuses the municipality of Hafnarfjörður of taking over the Álfahá…
Sara Smith August 16, 2026Þverá/Kjarrá, Eystri-Rangá and Ytri-Rangá all passed the 2,000-salmon mark yesterday. Þverá/Kjarrá naturally stands …
Sara Smith August 15, 2026The President of Iceland awarded pediatric cardiologist Stanton Perry the Order of the Falcon at Bessastaðir this we…
Sara Smith August 15, 2026When the sun went dark the day before yesterday, the trawler Kaldbakur EA was fishing for cod and saithe on the Hali…
Sara Smith August 14, 2026Flatey Church is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, a special anniversary service wi…
Sara Smith August 14, 2026Police successfully directed nearly 2,500 vehicles away from Látrabjarg after yesterday’s total solar eclipse ended,…
Sara Smith August 13, 2026An Icelandic Coast Guard helicopter was called out shortly after 5 a.m. today following an accident in Grundarfjörðu…
Sara Smith August 13, 2026The total solar eclipse will be streamed live here on mbl.is today. A specially equipped camera for filming the spec…
Sara Smith August 12, 2026Police in the Westfjords are well prepared to handle the large number of people now flocking to the region to witnes…
Sara Smith August 12, 2026