An eruption on the Sundhnúkur crater row could begin within three days, according to a volcanologist, reports RÚV. Volcanologist Þorvaldur Þórðarson believes the earthquake swarm that started near ...

On March 11, the police arrested eight people suspected of killing a man. The victim, who was in his 60s, was discovered in Reykjavík’s Grafarvogur neighbourhood and transported to hospital, where he ...

The Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs could soon be titled the Foreign and Defence Ministry following new government policy, RÚV reports. On March 11, Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín ...

The new Mayor of Reykjavík, Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir, is still employed as the chairperson of the Icelandic Association of Local Authorities (SÍS). According to Vísir, she has not decided whether ...

The Reykjavík Grapevine’s Iceland Roundup brings you the top news with a healthy dash of local views. In this episode, Grapevine publisher Jón Trausti Sigurðarson is joined by Heimildin journalist ...

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At the end of last year, the City of Reykjavík had to correct payments to employees totalling 34 million ISK due to a system error in the calculation of the December ...

When this magazine finds its way into the shops, cafés and cultural institutions of Reykjavík, it will have been a mere 46 days since the inauguration of President of the United States of America ...

One of the things that is perhaps not talked about enough in this job is just how privileged and rewarding being a food writer is. Even at a time when global media has steadily disinvested from ...

Two men were swept into the sea near the pier in Akranes around 8:00 this morning when a large wave dragged them into the water, reports RÚV. Two cars were also pulled in. The Akranes Fire Department ...

Mobile phones will be banned in primary schools across Iceland next school year, reports RÚV. The Ministry of Education and Children is currently drafting regulations on the ban. Denmark is preparing ...

This is Arnarhóll. You know, the hill in the centre of Reykjavík. According to some of the oldest written records in Icelandic — specifically the Book of Settlement, thought to originally date from ...