Iceland Review,   07 June 2025 12:00 PM
200 days waiting to open a bakery

Restaurant owner Axel Þorsteinsson dutifully changes a sign in the window of his bakery on Barónsstígur every day. The sign says that Hygge is waiting for a permit from the city authorities. Today marks 200 days since Axel first applied for a permit. “We applied in November last year when Nebraska was closed in the […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       06 June 2025 5:56 PM
RÚV English Radio - OPUS POP UP MARKET, BREIÐHOLT

Opus, which provides work and activity for people with disabilities, is hosting a POP-UP market tomorrow, Saturday 7 June, from 12-5pm.

Heimabakstur.is will bring cakes, three women will bring knitted products, another will sell ceramic pieces, NiMar Arts will be exhibiting paintings, and Opus will be selling their own products too.

Darren met Sif Maríudóttir at more

mbl.is,   06 June 2025 1:22 PM
Birdsong returns and the ground turns green in the North

After a fierce northerly storm earlier in the week, conditions have calmed in North Iceland—bringing signs of summer once more. The ground has turned green again and birds are singing, a welcome change from the hail and sleet that battered the region just days ago. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       06 June 2025 11:20 AM
Another cold start to summer threatens bird populations

According to Einar Ólafur Þorleifsson, a naturalist at the Northwest Iceland Nature Research Centre, the unusually cold start to June is having a highly negative impact on bird populations, especially since this is the second consecutive year of such conditions.

“Unfortunately, this kind of weather is repeating itself for a second year in a row,” he says.

Many birds are losing their nests, although Einar […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       06 June 2025 11:12 AM
400 more students than last year – all will be guaranteed places in upper secondary schools

This year, the number of students applying for a place in upper secondary school is about 400 higher than last year. Árni Árnason reports that applications are coming in large volumes and that all available resources have been directed toward processing them as quickly as possible. The admissions process is progressing smoothly.

Most students will get into their school of choice

“We expect that a […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       06 June 2025 11:06 AM
Icelandic youth lead Nordic countries in nicotine use

Youth in Iceland use nicotine more than their peers in any other Nordic country, warns Viðar Jensson, head of tobacco prevention at the Directorate of Health. According to him, swift government intervention is essential.

It’s important to respond to the growing nicotine consumption. Icelandic youth are using nicotine products to an alarming extent, and the scale of the problem is greater than in other Nordic […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       06 June 2025 10:55 AM
May 2025 the warmest in Iceland’s recorded history

A long stretch of stable, sunny weather produced the strongest May heatwave ever recorded in Iceland. For 11 days, temperatures exceeded 20°C in various parts of the country, and the ground remained snow-free throughout the entire month, both in Reykjavík and Akureyri.

Sunshine dominated across the country, particularly in Akureyri, which recorded 255.5 hours of sunshine, 84.5 hours more than the 1991–2020 average. Only three times in […] more

mbl.is,   05 June 2025 6:15 PM
Frostadóttir: “Big Words Were Spoken”

A heated exchange took place in Alþingi yesterday when Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir, chairwoman of the Independence Party, accused Víðir Reynisson, chair of the General and Education Committee, of unlawfully interfering in the asylum case of Colombian boy Oscar Boconegra. more