One person dead and two injured in Avalanche in North Iceland
An avalanche that occurred on Thursday 7th April in Svarfaðardalur valley, North Iceland, has left one person dead and two others injured. The three p...
Treasurer of Church of Iceland in Norway resigns due to suspicion of embezzling funds
According to an announcement made by the Church of Iceland in Norway, the organization’s treasurer has resigned from the board of the congregati...
Iceland Airwaves returns for 2022: Arlo Parks, Metronomy set to headline
Popular music festival in Iceland, Iceland Airwaves, is returning for 2022 after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The news brings the announceme...
New remote coworking facility opening in Iceland’s Grímsey
According to RÚV, a new remote coworking facility for temporary remote workers will be opening on Grímsey, an island in the north of Iceland. The faci...
COVID in Iceland: 70 percent of population may have caught the virus
Since the COVID-19 pandemic first began, 130,000 people in Iceland have been registered of having the virus with an estimated 130,000 people have been...
Over a quarter of Icelanders battling obesity
According to Iceland Monitor, Iceland’s branch of Overeaters Anonymous (OA) has stated that 27 percent of the country is battling obesity. Overeaters ...
Electricity in Iceland: Only five percent of energy used in homes
As reported by Morgunblaðið, roughly five percent of electricity produced is used by the country’s homes. With a bulk of the energy used by large...
Hospital in Reykjavík sees 500 employees off ill due to COVID
Reykjavík’s Landspítali Hospital has recently seen almost 500 staff off sick due to COVID. Þórólfur Guðnason, Iceland’s Chief Epidemiologi...