On October 13, Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson held a press conference to announce the end of the governing coalition, ...

Hagkaup CEO Sigurður Reynaldsson recently announced that the shop has decided to pull SodaStream products off its shelves, Heimildin reports. Pro-Palestine activists in Iceland have encouraged ...

Legislation is underway that grants the Icelandic Customs Authority increased authority to examine travellers’ luggage without prior consent, mbl.is reports. However, selected individuals will be ...

Unscrupulous actors posing as The Reykjavík Grapevine have sent phishing emails to an unknown number of recipients. The emails, with subject line “Ósk um að fjarlægja brotna efni – Reykjavik Grapevine ...

New York-based Icelander Andrea Kristinsdóttir is an award-winning audio engineer, composer, sound designer. Currently she is working at Vox, the American media company famed for its explanatory ...

No, Halloween costume shopping isn’t the only thing on your to-do list this weekend! We’ll be getting out of the house, and so should you. Here are some events we recommend you check out this weekend: ...

The Directorate of Health has launched investigations into the prescription practices of about 20 doctors, primarily concerning addictive and narcotic drugs. This number represents a significant ...

When last I penned this ongoing series of (hopefully) informative and helpful articles on navigating Icelandic bureaucracy, society or just life in general — hey, those who can’t do, teach, amirite? — ...

Two Icelandic MPs, Bjarni Jónsson (Left-Green Movement) and Birgir Þórarinsson (Independence Party), have been blacklisted by the state of Azerbaijan, mbl.is reports. As a result, they will not be ...

On October 13, weather conditions in West Iceland presented good visibility to spot the comet Tuschinshan-ATLAS. The comet was at its lowest point last Saturday, RÚV reports. Discovered by China’s ...

The director of Vatnajökull National Park says there is reasonable agreement among tourism companies about new conditions set for ice cave tours following a fatal accident on Breiðamerkurjökull this ...

Reykjavík has once again packed the weekend with a variety of events to choose from. Gaukurinn invites you for some spook and chills. The Nordic House is hosting a live stream of the Pan Arctic Vision ...