Author: Catharine Fulton
Icelanders Traveling Internationally More
More and more Icelanders are traveling abroad, according to a recent travel and tourism survey conducted by Media and Market…
Canadian Airforce Jet Creates A Stir In Keflavík
Some clunky old Canadian F-18, one of 6 currently patrolling Iceland’s airspace as part of NATO’s Operation IGNITION, was reporting…
Cost Of Groceries Rising Faster Than Inflation
The Icelandic Confederation of Labour (ASÍ) has released their most recent grocery price survey and the long-term results are pretty…
Progressives With Most Support
With just one month to go until the next parliamentary elections, the Progressive Party is polling ahead of the competition….
Davíð Örn Permitted To Leave Turkey
The 28-year-old Icelandic man who was arrested in Turkey on 8 March has been permitted to depart the country to…
Canadian Forces Patrolling Iceland’s Airspace
A task force of around 160 Canadian Forces personnel and six CF-188 Hornet fighter aircraft are currently in Keflavík carrying…
Icelanders LOVE Their Easter Chocolates
The folks over at Nói Síríus are working around the clock in these final days before Easter to guarantee that…
Project Recognizes Contribution Of Immigrant Women To Iceland
A project currently being undertaken by the Women’s Story Circle and the Reykjavík City Library seeks to recognize the many…
Bishop Not Concerned With Fewer Children Being Confirmed
It’s confirmation season in Iceland, when 13-year-olds confirm their dedication to the church and get a big party and loads…
Air Quality Problematic For Allergy Sufferers
The air quality in Reykjavík continues to be problematic for asthma and allergy sufferers, as ash from the East that…
Iceland’s Killer Sheep
While one might think that those fluffy (or sometimes filthy and ratty-looking) flocks of sheep quietly grazing along the roadside…
Busy Night For City Firefighters
Reykjavík’s firefighters had a busy night, being dispatched to put out three fires, RÚV reports. The first call came when…
Vök Win Músíktilraunir Battle Of The Bands
Vök, a duo from Hafnarfjörður, have come out victorious against the competition, taking home first place at Músíktilraunir over the…
Two Icelanders Die In Skydiving Accident In Florida [UPDATE]
Two Icelanders taking part in a group skydive in Tampa Bay, Florida on Saturday have died, though it is not…
OR Loses Billions In 2012
Orkuveita Reykjavíkur (OR) has reported loses of 2.3 billion ISK in 2012 despite having made 14.7 million ISK in operating…
285 Pot Plants Seized This Week
Capital area police have seized 285 cannabis plants this week, with 160 of the plants being taken from a home…
Entry Fees For Tourist Sites To Be Charged Soon
The landowners of Geysir area are saying that fees for tourists to access Iceland’s nature hot spots should be charged…
Naked Man Nudes It Up In Apartment Lobby
Police were called to an apartment building on Lindargata around 02:00 this morning to remove a naked man from the…
CrossFit Inc. Files Complaint Against WorldClass Owners [UPDATE]
American company CrossFit Inc. as filed a complaint with the Consumer Agency in Iceland against Laugar for improser use of…
The Birds Are back In Town
A snipe has been spotted in the town Vatnsskarðshóla í Mýrdal, with local farmer Þorsteinn Gunnarsson saying that he can’t…
Blocks Of Empty Apartments In Selfoss
Three blocks of apartments owned by the Housing Financial Fund (HFF) stand empty in Selfoss despite there being a great…
No More Billionairs In Iceland
There are no more billionaires in Iceland, with all the pre-crash billionaires having either lost or exported their wealth, RÚV…
Icelanders Are A Happy Bunch
Icelanders are happier this year than they were last year, and way happier than they were in 2011 when national…
Landsvirkjun Challenged to Re-Evaluate Environmental Impact On Mývatn
The Iceland Nature Conservation Association is challenging Landsvirkjun, Iceland’s largest power company, to inform the Icelandic National Planning Agency that…
MP Submitted Proposal For Tunnel Between Mainland And Westman Islands
Árni Johnsen, an MP for the Independence Party, has submitted a proposal to Alþingi to begin construction on a tunnel…