Iceland Review,   27 January 2026 2:50 PM
Handball Popularity Peaks with Iceland vs. Sweden Viewership

Television audiences in Iceland set a new national record for handball viewership during the European Men’s Handball Championship this week, with the match against Sweden attracting unprecedented attention. As reported by RÚV, broadcast measurement data show Iceland’s game against Sweden achieved an average viewership of 59.1% and a cumulative reach of 68.9% across the country. What’s […] more

mbl.is,   27 January 2026 2:08 PM
Icelander caught in the whirlwind of protests in Minneapolis

“I’ve been around many of the actions that have been taking place. I’ve lived here in Minneapolis for three years, and I live downtown,” says Karvel Ágúst Schram in an interview with mbl.is. He has been following the large protests and unrest among residents in recent days, after agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) killed Alex Pretti and Renée Nicole Good in cold blood in the city two weeks apart. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       27 January 2026 12:12 PM
Attempt made to smuggle cocaine base in wine boxes

Three men, one from Brazil, one from France and the third from Spain, have been charged with attempting to smuggle into Iceland nearly one litre of cocaine base, hidden in two red wine boxes.

The intention was to further process the material in Iceland and sell it.

The indictment by héraðssaksóknari (District Prosecutor) describes how the French man brought the red wine boxes in a French Peugeot SUV on board […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       27 January 2026 11:53 AM
Fire in unmanned Breiðholt bus

Slökkviliðið á höfuðborgarsvæðinu (Capital Area Fire Brigade) extinguished a fire in a bus at the junction of Grýtubakki and Arnarbakki in Breiðholt shortly before 10am.

The bus was unmanned and not in service when the fire broke out.

A duty officer says that the call-out was received at 9:37 am and that two pump appliances were sent to the scene

Foam was used to extinguish […] more

mbl.is,   27 January 2026 11:31 AM
Over 40 Icelanders aged 100 and older

Forty-one Icelanders are aged 100 and older. Two of them still have a spouse living. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       27 January 2026 6:54 AM
Municipal elections 2026 - don't miss your chance to vote

Iceland goes to the polls on May 16 2026, to elect councillors in municipalities across the country.

Unlike elections to choose MPs to sit in Alþingi, and therefore the Icelandic government, or in votes to select the President, you don't necessarily need to be an Icelandic citizen to vote in municipal elections in Iceland.

Here's who can vote in […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       27 January 2026 6:02 AM
Over 800 submissions in government consultation portal on aquaculture bill

Hundreds of people have submitted comments to the government consultation portal on the draft bill by the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries on aquaculture. Among other things, it is pointed out that there are no penalties for escapes or fish mortality.

Most of the comments are from individuals who criticise salmon farming in open sea cages on grounds of nature conservation, but in some submissions the proposed legislation is […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       27 January 2026 5:45 AM
Neighbour tried to extinguish fire and rescue woman

Late on Sunday night, Slökkviliðið á Suðurnesjum (Suðurnes fire brigade) received a report of a fire in an apartment building on Vatnsholt in Reykjanesbær.

The fire broke out in an apartment on the ground floor and the woman who lives there was trapped inside the apartment. Flames met the fire brigade when it arrived at the scene. Smoke specialists found the woman quickly and she was taken to Reykjavík to hospital. The woman’s dogs […] more