Tickets for Söngvakeppnin 2019 go live today
Iceland’s Söngvakeppnin returns in early March to decide who will be entered into the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of the country. Tickets for th...
Scrapie returns to the Northwest
Scrapie, a fatal disease affecting the nervous system of sheep, has been found on the Álftagerður farm near Varmahlíð in Skagafjöður reports the Icela...
Man assumed dead reunited with family in Iceland
When Murtada Al-Saedi disappeared without trace in his home country of Iraq, everyone thought he was dead. His wife, Hanaah, and their five children, ...
Iceland into handball knockout stage
A strong and confident Icelandic men’s handball team has beat Macedonia last night to secure a place in the knockout stage of the 2019 world champions...
Iceland to change time?
After periodic chat for at least a couple of decades, Iceland is now seriously considering changing time zone. But why? And why now? Iceland adopted G...
“People Really Want to Find the Right Gift”
This holiday season, Kringlan Shopping Center in Reykjavík launched a service called the Emergency Package Button. The idea behind this service is to ...
Two whales to fly from China to Iceland
Two captive beluga whales, called Little White and Little Grey, are preparing for a gruelling journey from Shanghai to Iceland’s Westman Islands this ...
Iceland introduces new organ donor rule
Everyone in Iceland has, since the start of this year, been automatically registered as an organ donor. The new system means that people now have to o...