Author: Andie Sophia Fontaine
Snowpocalypse: Police Advise Grafarvogur Residents To Stay Indoors
Heavy snow has necessitated the police telling all residents of Grafarvogur and Grafarholt to stay indoors. The capital area police…
Judge: Gender Of Judges Has No Influence On Sex Crime Sentencing
District court judge Símon Sigvaldason believes the gender of judges presiding over sexual assault cases has no influence over their…
Do Not Travel Across South Iceland This Afternoon
The weather in south Iceland this afternoon and evening will be keeping all sensible people indoors, as winds reach speeds…
Customs Tax On Tampons And Pads Probably To Be Lifted
The Economic Affairs and Trade Committee has recommended that customs fees on pads and tampons be abolished, amongst other changes…
Pirate Party Enjoys 10 Months On Top Of Polls
Results from the latest Gallup poll show the Pirate Party polling in the top spot, as they have been doing…
PM: Iceland Should Not Have Been In “Coalition Of The Willing”
While the Prime Minister does not feel Iceland should apologise for being in the “Coalition of the Willing”, he said…
Watch Out For Falling Icicles
The police have been reportedly inundated with phone calls from people worried about the dangers falling icicles present. As Reykjavík…
A Man Is Living Naked In A Box, For Art
A first-year art student is spending this week living naked in a glass box, and the whole thing is streaming live….
Iceland: Leading The World In Death By Overdose (Maybe, Maybe Not)
New data shows Iceland in the top spot for death by drug overdose – per one million inhabitants. According to…
4 Out Of 5 Immigrants Did Not Vote In Last Municipal Elections
Only about 20% of immigrants who could vote in 2014 did so, data from Statistics Iceland shows, but voter participation…
Progressive Suspects People Joined The Zuists For The Money
A town councilperson for the Progressive Party doubts those who signed up to be a part of the Zuist faith…
Dilwale Music Video Filmed In Iceland Now Released
A music video shot in Iceland for the movie Dilwale has just been released, and may give Justin Bieber a…
Snowpocalypse 2015: UPDATE
The Icelandic Met Office warns that we are only experiencing the beginning of the deluge of snow and winds that…
Protest To Be Held At Immigration Directorate This Thursday
A demonstration will be held at the Directorate of Immigration this Thursday, calling for the end of deportations on the…
Anonymous To Target Restaurants That Serve Whale Meat Next
Hacktivist group Anonymous, as a part of their anti-whaling campaign, are now turning their attention to Icelandic restaurants that serve…
Market For Horse Meat Hits New Low
The market for horse meat has been severely limited since Iceland began participating in the EU-led trade ban against the…
Oslo Tree Lit Up For The Last Time
An Icelandic tradition over 60 years old draws to a close this year, as the Oslo Tree was lit on…
Icelandic Design Awards Winners Announced
The winners of this year’s Icelandic Design Awards have been announced, and this year puts the spotlight on the 1973…
Anonymous Shuts Down Almost All Icelandic Gov’t Websites For 13 Hours
Anonymous stepped up operations in their #OpWhales campaign, shutting down almost every Icelandic government website for 13 hours in protest…
Winning Design For Mosque In Iceland Unveiled
The winning design for the soon-to-come mosque in Reykjavík has been selected, and the chairperson of the Muslim Society of…
Icelandic Airline Company Participates In Historic Antarctic Landing
Loftleidir Icelandic provided a Boeing 757 to be the first to land on a blue-ice runway in Antarctica. Adventure Network…
Welfare Minister Wants To Curb “Hate Speech” Online
Minister of Welfare Eygló Harðardóttir believes it may be “necessary to limit freedom of expression” in order to reduce hate…
Ice Rink At Ingólfstorg Coming Soon
The annual ice skating rink is coming back to Ingólfstorg this Tuesday. After its grand unveiling, Vísir reports, the rink…
Domestic Airport Closer To Leaving Reykjavík
MPs from numerous parties – including the coalition-leading Progressives – have signed on with a proposal to move the domestic…
Some Police To Get Guns Next Month
Just in time for the holiday season, some capital area police will now be carrying handguns in their patrol cars….