Iceland Review,   12 January 2025 5:56 PM
Interest in Darts Soars in Iceland Following World Championships

The sport of dart-throwing is sweeping the Icelandic nation following the World Darts Championships, as originally reported by RÚV.  The PDC World Darts Championships took place between December 15 2024 to January 3 2025. 17-year old darts prodigy, Luke “the Nuke” Littler, came away with the win. In the wake of the competition, sales of […] more

mbl.is,   12 January 2025 5:24 PM
A perfect vehicle in the Real World

The band Nýdönsk's latest album and fourteenth, Raunheimar (Real World), will be released on Friday, January 31. The band will perform at a release concert in Harpa's Norðurljósasalur at 7 pm on the same day and at a side concert at 10 pm. more

mbl.is,   11 January 2025 4:03 PM
Wanted Iceland's control over Greenland

The situation in Greenland has once again come into the international spotlight after Donald Trump, who will take office as US President later this month, once again declared that the country needed to come under US control. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       10 January 2025 4:30 PM
RÚV English Radio - SKAFTÁRSTOFA: VATNAJÖKULL NATIONAL PARK VISITOR CENTRE

Skaftárstofa is the Vatnajökull National Park visitor centre, located by Kirkjubæjarklaustur on route one.

It serves also as an information centre for Skaftárhreppur municipality.

The facility sits in a beautiful new building - a great place to stop and learn about the Vatnajökull glacier and the wider area.

Darren went to Skaftárstofa to meet […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       10 January 2025 3:07 PM
Both drivers in fatal accident under drug influence

On 13 September 2023, a Volkswagen van collided with a construction vehicle with attached forklift tines, at the intersection of Vonarstræti and Lækjargata.

The van drove directly into the path of the construction vehicle, resulting in the forklift tines penetrating the passenger compartment of the van. The van’s driver, who was alone in the vehicle, suffered severe injuries and died at the scene.

Toxicology […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       10 January 2025 2:44 PM
Cocaine 'smuggled in underwear and shoes'

Three foreign nationals—a man and a woman from Colombia and a Spanish man—have been charged with a serious drug-related offence for their involvement in smuggling over two kilograms of cocaine into the country.

The three arrived on a flight from Barcelona on 12 October and were apprehended at Keflavík Airport with the drugs in their possession.

It is claimed that the men had hidden the cocaine in their […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       10 January 2025 2:40 PM
Siglufjörður residents concern over shopping centre plans

Plans for a new shopping centre have divided opinions among the residents of Siglufjörður. Some are calling for a referendum, describing the project as a planning disaster that would overshadow the distinctive charm of the town centre.

The municipality has agreed to allow T. Ark Architects, on behalf of Samkaup and KSK Properties, to propose changes to the local development plan to facilitate the construction of a shopping centre. The […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       10 January 2025 10:55 AM
Five taken to hospital after two buses collide

Two buses, carrying nearly fifty passengers in total, collided at Gaddstaðaflatir near Hella, in South Iceland, this morning.

According to Sveinn Kristján Rúnarsson, Chief Superintendent of Police in South Iceland, five individuals with minor injuries were transported to the emergency department in Selfoss for examination.

Both buses were carrying foreign tourists. Sveinn stated that operations at the scene […] more