Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       07 October 2025 4:30 PM
RÚV English Radio - SEQUENCES 2025

Sequences is an artist-run international art festival held every other year in Reykjavík.

Running this year over ten days from 10 October, in a number of city venues, it is curated by Daría Sól Andrews.

Darren spoke to Daría in one of the venues, The Living Art Museum at Marshallhúsið.

RÚV English Radio is heard around the world and in Iceland, and covers […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       07 October 2025 3:14 PM
"Conversation bench" installed in Laugardalur

A "conversation bench" has been installed in Laugardalur to mark Loneliness Week, which is currently underway (Icelandic).

Steinunn Ása Þorvaldsdóttir, of the Human Rights Office of Reykjavíkurborg (City of Reykjavík), welcomes the initiative and says that disabled people, like others, are at risk of isolation.

Loneliness Week is an awareness campaign organised by […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       07 October 2025 1:08 PM
Almost all teachers satisfied with job - but pay worries persist

94% of teachers in Iceland are satisfied with their jobs, even though 21% report experiencing very high stress at work.

However, only a small fraction are satisfied with their pay, and the same proportion believe their work is valued in society.

The results of the TALIS study, an international survey of teachers, school leaders and teaching practices, show that most teachers in Iceland are happy in their […] more

Iceland Review,   07 October 2025 12:32 PM
Yellow Weather Warnings For South and West Iceland Tomorrow

The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) has issued yellow weather warnings for large parts of southern Iceland tomorrow, with strong westerly winds expected to build through the day. Travellers are advised to monitor forecasts and take care, particularly in exposed areas, as reported by RÚV. According to the IMO, conditions will begin to worsen from midday […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       07 October 2025 11:44 AM
Storms hit south tomorrow

The Icelandic Meteorological Office has issued yellow warnings for the southern part of the country tomorrow due to westerly gale and storm conditions.

The weather will begin to intensify around midday and continue into the evening in the south and west, and until Thursday in Southeast Iceland.

The first warning takes effect at 1 pm tomorrow for Faxaflói. There, […] more

mbl.is,   07 October 2025 10:00 AM
Plan for daycare next spring and reopening of schools next fall

The Independence Party branch in Grindavík passed a resolution at its annual meeting this evening outlining plans to resume daycare services in Grindavík next spring and reopen schools in the fall of 2026. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       07 October 2025 6:43 AM
State visit of presidential couple to Finland underway

The two-day state visit of President Halla Tómasdóttir and her husband, Björn Skúlason, to Finland begins today. The visit is at the invitation of Finnish President Alexander Stubb and his wife, Suzanne Innes-Stubb.

The Finnish presidential couple will formally welcome the Icelandic presidential couple to Finland at 10 am at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki. The presidents will meet in the palace, followed by a press conference.

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mbl.is,   06 October 2025 1:00 PM
Says Directorate of Immigration is violating rights

An Icelandic woman is harshly criticizing the Directorate of Immigration’s decision to deport her husband and impose a two-year re-entry ban. She says the process was confusing, unfair, and in violation of her fundamental rights as an Icelandic citizen. more