This week we’re BACK at the sleepy volcano to see what’s new. Editor-in-chief Valur Grettisson (and Chief Morale Officer Pollý) bring you all the latest. The volcano hasn’t been declared over yet, and scientists want to wait for three months just to…

Welcome to Reykjavík Grapevine’s newscast with editor-in-chief Valur Grettisson! Today we visited Mál og Menning to talk about books, Icelandic language and COVID news. The Covid-19 numbers continue to be concerning. Iceland has yet again had a record day of Covid cases.…

On today’s Newscast from Reykjavík Grapevine, editor-in-chief Valur Grettisson visits Gufunes, Grafarvogi to bring you the latest in Icelandic news. COVID-19 numbers have gone the roof and are now at an all-time high in Iceland. 18 people are at the hospital and…

Welcome back to Reykjavík Grapevine’s Newscast! Join journalist Josie Anne as we explore beautiful Hafnarfjörður and talk about what’s going on in Iceland. The big news this week is Covid. Iceland experienced a record-breaking day of Covid numbers last week, with 167…

COVID-19 is on the rise again, but 96 cases were found yesterday. Icelandic is now officially a red state according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control’s (ECDC). Icelandic ptarmigan hunters are afraid that the government will ban them to…

Welcome back to Reykjavík Grapevine’s newscast! Today, editor-in-chief Valur Grettisson comes to you from Öskjuhlíð with his Chief Morale Officer, Pollý, and international man of mystery, cameraman Art Bicnick. In the news today, Iceland is facing a reckoning after it has transpired…

Welcome to Reykjavík Grapevine’s 140th Newscast! Today editor-in-chief Valur Grettisson reports on the conviction of Angjelin Sterkaj, who was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 16 years in prison. In other news, phone company Míla will be sold to french fund…

Join Valur Grettisson, Editor-In-Chief of the Reykjavík Grapevine for a newscast from Grótta, west of Reykjavík – in some crazy winds! The biggest news in Iceland today is concerning changes to Covid restrictions. Masks are not obligated at all anymore, social restrictions…

Interested in volcanos in Iceland? Our friends at Lava Centre have you covered, and are an unmissable stop on your tour of southern Iceland. Examine the various volcanoes and eruptions, geographic faults and glacial floods that make Iceland a showcase of volcanism.…

Hæ again from Reykjavík! Reykjavík Grapevine’s Editor-in-Chief Valur Grettisson is back with his Chief Morale Officer, Pollý, in Laugardalur with an update on Icelandic news. On today’s agenda: a memorial plaque for Iceland playwright Guðmundur Kamban was removed because of questionable connections…

This week in Icelandic news: over 7000 earthquakes have shook the earth around Keilir, only a few kilometres away from the Fagradalsfjall eruption. Scientists are afraid that if a new volcano comes up there, it could be up to 10 times more…

On today’s newscast: after months of quiet, over 200 earthquakes have been recorded around the volcano. Something just might be brewing under there and scientists have their suspicions as to what’s going on. We also bring you an update on the election…

It has been a weird week so far in Iceland. Our election system is up in the air after a mess with the vote count in the northwest of the country and an odd light was spotted in the dark sky of…

A man in his twenties was found dead at a luxurious spa in the Reykjavík area. The last trial of the Rauðagerðis murder was today. A captain of a Coast Guard ship has been suspended after being accused of sexually harassing two…