Iceland Review,   17 January 2026 9:17 PM
Oil Companies’ Fuel Surcharge Reaches Record Levels

An analysis by the Icelandic Confederation of Labour (ASÍ) suggests oil companies are taking a historically large share of fuel prices, despite recent falls at the pump. The study reviewed how prices have moved since changes introduced at the start of the year, when an Icelandic króna-based tax on fuel was scrapped and replaced with […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       16 January 2026 4:15 PM
RÚV English Radio - NÚNA

Núna is the project of musician and painter Scott, working on Hrísey using home-made analogue synthesisers.

So far he has released three albums, one for each of the last three months of the year.

Darren spoke to Scott about his love of making and playing analogue synths, and the music he's made in Iceland's far north.

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

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       16 January 2026 2:23 PM
Residents will meet to discuss spending unwanted grant

The country’s smallest municipality, Tjörneshreppur, in the Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla area of north-east Iceland, has a population of around 50. An unexpected ISK 248.000.000 population-decline grant was recently given to the municipality by the Jöfnunarsjóður sveitarfélaganna (Municipal Equalisation Fund).

The municipal council wanted to decline the grant, but it has now emerged that it cannot do so - and therefore plans to call a […] more

mbl.is,   16 January 2026 2:00 PM
Sexist coastal fishing regulation

Karen Stephensen Halldórsdóttir, a small-boat fisher, suggests that draft regulations on coastal fishing, published in the government consultation portal, are sexist. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       16 January 2026 1:42 PM
Report: collision between aircraft and snow-clearing vehicles narrowly avoided

Only about six seconds separated a collision between a cargo aircraft and snow-clearing vehicles at Keflavík Airport on 2 December 2024.

The incident occurred after an air traffic controller allowed snow-clearing vehicles onto the aircraft’s runway before the aircraft had taken off. He had shortly beforehand issued the aircraft with take-off clearance but then forgot this when he allowed the snow-clearing vehicles onto the runway.

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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       16 January 2026 12:25 PM
Right decision by Guðbrandur to quit: “Painful to lose a good colleague”

Guðbrandur Einarsson, an MP for Viðreisn (Reform Party), has decided to resign his seat in parliament.

He was the subject of a police investigation in 2012 due to an attempt to purchase sexual services.

Guðbrandur has been an MP for the South Constituency since 2021 and chair of the Environment and Transport Committee since last year.

At the time he was called in for police […] more

mbl.is,   16 January 2026 11:54 AM
“Always moving closer and closer to the end”

“I guess that if there is an eruption, it will probably be the last one. That’s just my guess,” says volcanologist Þorvaldur Þórðarson about a possible eruption along the Sundhnúkagígar crater row. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       16 January 2026 7:43 AM
Suing the state over Sóltún

A group of relatives at Sóltún intend to sue the Icelandic state over construction work at the nursing home. The relatives believe that the construction constitutes a violation of the residents’ human rights. This is stated by Einar Stefánsson, whose wife, Bryndís Þórðardóttir, has Alzheimer’s disease and has lived at Sóltún for three years.

The operation of Sóltún is based on a contract with the Icelandic state through […] more