Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       11 December 2025 4:11 PM
Investigation committee on Súðavík avalanche completes work

The Alþingi investigation committee regarding the Súðavík avalanche on 16 January 1995, has completed its work.

The committee was appointed on the basis of a resolution of Alþingi on 30 April 2024. It was tasked with shedding light on the decisions and procedures of the authorities in the lead-up to the avalanche and afterwards.

The committee will hand over the report on the investigation to the Speaker of […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       11 December 2025 3:38 PM
“My daughter does not have the mutation”

The case of sperm donor 7069, who goes by the pseudonym Kjeld, attracted a great deal of attention yesterday. The European sperm bank in Denmark sold his sperm for 17 years before it was withdrawn from use because of a serious genetic mutation that causes cancer. Four children conceived with his sperm live in Iceland.

An Icelandic woman, the mother of a teenage girl conceived with Kjeld’s sperm, says in a conversation with RÚV that her […] more

Iceland Review,   11 December 2025 1:45 PM
Icelandic Games Studio Solid Clouds Adds Major Update to Starborne: Frontiers

Icelandic game studio Solid Clouds has released a new expansion for its tactical autobattler Starborne: Frontiers. According to a press release from the developer, the update is titled Voidbreach and introduces additional game systems and a redesigned cooperative mode aimed at broadening the scope of the studio’s free-to-play title. New Expansion Launches The expansion adds […] more

mbl.is,   11 December 2025 11:15 AM
Not this bleak since the pandemic

Sentiment in the Icelandic economy has taken a marked turn for the worse, according to the results of a regular survey conducted by Gallup for the Central Bank of Iceland and the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise (SA). More than half — 54% of respondents — say economic conditions are poor. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       11 December 2025 7:17 AM
Magma continues to accumulate; risk assessment unchanged

Magma accumulation beneath Svartsengi is similar to what it has been in recent weeks. Therefore the assessment is that the likelihood of a magma intrusion and an eruption continues to be increased.

The news comes in a statement from Veðurstofan (Icelandic Meteorological Office).

Before previous eruptions the underground influx rate [of magma] declined, but because magma accumulation has been steady over the past […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       11 December 2025 7:09 AM
Man back in custody in Kársnes death investigation

A man in his twenties has been remanded in custody for one week, on the basis of ongoing investigations into a manslaughter in a private home on Kársnes in Kópavogur last week.

The man had previously been in custody, the order for which then expired, and he was subsequently released.

A statement from lögreglan á höfuðborgarsvæðinu (capital area police) says that developments in the investigation led to […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       11 December 2025 6:56 AM
Fjölskylduhjálp Íslands to cease operations in March

Ásgerður Jóna Flosadóttir, chair of Fjölskylduhjálp Íslands (Family Aid of Iceland), says it is horrific that the twenty-two year history of the organisation is coming to an end in the coming months due to a lack of funds.

We are working our final days in Iðufell [the second-hand good shop] in the charity operation and will have two distribution days next week. But we will keep […] more

mbl.is,   10 December 2025 7:20 PM
Iceland will not participate in Eurovision

The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV) has decided not to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, next year. more