Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       14 March 2025 5:49 PM
One injured after explosion at Grundartangi aluminium plant

A fuse blew at a substation in Norðurál’s aluminium plant in Grundartangi today, injuring one worker.

This has been confirmed by Sólveig Bergmann, Norðurál’s spokesperson, though she says she currently has no information on the condition of the injured employee.

She states that an electric arc was formed, which happens when an electrical current travels through gas.

The area […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       14 March 2025 5:38 PM
RÚV English Radio - THE SNORRI PROGRAMS

The Snorri Programs are three different travel opportunities that connect North Americans and Icelanders with their relatives, heritage, and identity.

Darren spoke to co-managers Julie Summers and Atli Geir Halldórsson.

RÚV English Radio can be heard freely around the world and in Iceland, and covers everything Icelandic - news, culture, music, language, events, people, places & more […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       14 March 2025 5:20 PM
Egill Heiðar is new director of Borgarleikhúsið

Egill Heiðar Anton Pálsson has been appointed as the new director of Borgarleikhúsið (The City Theatre of Reykjavík). He will officially assume the position at the end of April.

In a statement from Borgarleikhúsið, he is described as one of Iceland’s leading theatre artists at present. He has extensive experience in the performing arts, both in Iceland and internationally.

He has 25 years of […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       14 March 2025 5:17 PM
Eruption could occur with “very little warning”

Around 700 earthquakes have been recorded in the seismic swarm that began off the south west coast of Iceland on Wednesday.

It is only a matter of time before the stress from magma accumulation is released in a magma intrusion and an eruption, which could begin with very little warning, according to a natural hazard specialist.

There has been a significant decrease in the earthquake activity offshore at […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       14 March 2025 5:07 PM
Man missing in east for five days is found

The man, who was found between Seyðisfjörður and Loðmundarfjörður yesterday with a foot injury, had to sleep outdoors under the open sky in the cold, night after night.

He is from the United States and has visited Seyðisfjörður several times in recent years.

His friends there had begun to fear for his safety, and one of them, who wished to remain anonymous, said that they had organised a search […] more

Iceland Review,   14 March 2025 4:00 PM
Coast Guard to Deploy New Submarine for Surveillance

Iceland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Þorgérður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, has stated recently that the government needs updated policies in light of a changing geopolitical landscape.  Recent acts of vandalism targeting key infrastructure—such as the Nord Stream gas pipelines near Denmark and submarine cables in Finland and Sweden—have raised concerns over Iceland’s own undersea communications links. The […] more

mbl.is,   14 March 2025 2:30 PM
Earthquake swarm at Reykjanestá subsides

The earthquake swarm that began near Reykjanestá the previous day has significantly diminished. Over the past 12 hours, nearly 70 tremors have been recorded in the area—down from more than 200 the night before. more

mbl.is,   14 March 2025 11:00 AM
Police do not rule out further house searches in homicide investigation

Jón Gunnar Þórhallsson, chief of police for South Iceland, says he cannot disclose further details about the sequence of events leading to the death of the man found in Gufunes on Tuesday morning. The case is being investigated as a possible homicide, extortion, and deprivation of liberty. more