mbl.is,   01 September 2025 5:00 PM
Google fixes the error that showed Reykjanesbraut as closed

Google Maps has now “reopened” Reykjanesbraut to traffic, after the road had been marked as closed on the app for the past 24 hours. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       01 September 2025 4:30 PM
RÚV English Radio - THE WEEK IN ICELAND: CLINICS, HEAT, MOUNTAIN TRAILS, LEIRHNJÚKUR, NAMES, ATMs

Darren is joined by his RÚV colleague Ólöf Rún Erlendsdóttir.

RÚV English Radio is heard around the world and in Iceland, and covers everything Icelandic, in English.

Let us know where you're listening to and reading RÚV English - english@ruv.is

Find this and previous shows & podcasts here, more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       01 September 2025 3:34 PM
Iceland remains world's most peaceful nation

Iceland remains the most peaceful country in the world, according to the 2025 Global Peace Index (GPI).

It recorded a two per cent improvement in overall peacefulness over the past year as only one of the country's indicators deteriorated: that of military expenditure (% GDP).

Iceland is the most peaceful […] more

Iceland Review,   01 September 2025 3:15 PM
Two Months of Population Growth Offer Hope for Grindavík’s Future

Grindavík’s official population has grown for the second month running, reversing a steep fall earlier in the year. Latest figures show 880 residents are now legally registered in the town, as reported by mbl.is earlier today. Fragile recovery The numbers remain far below pre-eruption levels, but local authorities say the increase suggests a shift in outlook. […] more

mbl.is,   01 September 2025 2:13 PM
Icelander missing in Bulgaria

Police in Bulgaria are searching for Ólafur Austmann, an Icelandic man in his fifties, who has not been seen since August 18. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       01 September 2025 1:29 PM
Icelandair flights to Höfn underway: good news for Ísafjörður?

Icelandair today took over domestic flights to Hornafjörður. The company’s Dash 8 200 aircraft landed at Hornafjörður Airport this morning, which serves Höfn.

Futhermore, increased use of the aircraft raises the likelihood that Icelandair will continue to operate them on flights to Ísafjörður.

This spring it was announced that Vegagerðin (the Road and Coastal Administration) had tendered the state […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       01 September 2025 11:26 AM
'Unacceptable disrespect' by minister

It is unacceptable that the minister of local government affairs, who is responsible for relations between the state and municipalities, shows municipal councils such disrespect as to ignore unanimous and long-standing demands for prioritisation of projects.

So says Jónína Brynjólfsdóttir, head of the municipal council in Múlaþing, regarding the words of Eyjólfur Ármannsson, minister of infrastructure, last week […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       01 September 2025 9:52 AM
Radiographers say task force overly focused on 'short-term solutions'

Nothing addresses the root of the problem of understaffing at the radiotherapy ward of Landspítali in the proposals of the health minister’s task force, says a statement from the board of Félag geislafræðinga.

The minister appointed the task force to submit proposals for improvements because the waiting time for cancer radiotherapy has doubled.

Only ten of fifteen positions at the radiotherapy ward of […] more