Happy summer – The Arctic Tern has arrived
Summer officially arrived in Iceland yesterday with festivities and parades throughout the country even if many roads around the island are still cove...
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President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson will run for a sixth term
Mr president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson made it known in a press conference this afternoon that he does intend run for president again in the coming elect...
Crowd funding for investigative journalism
The release of the so called Panama Papers famously caused an uproar in Icelandic society of late starting with the infamous interview with former pri...
Spring storm – Forty meters per second
Icelanders haven’t heard the last of the weather despite the long expected summer around the corner in Iceland.
Northern lights cause car crash
A driver lost control of his car at midnight last night and crashed into a lamp post.
Latest presidential candidate – Andri Snær Magnason
Author Andri Snær Magnason is holding a public meeting in the National Theatre of Iceland today at 5 pm to formally announce his candidacy for the pre...
No confidence rejected – Poll shows discontent
The two ruling parties, the independent and progressive party failed the motion of no confidence submitted by the opposition yesterday.
A motion of no confidence under a steady drum of protest
A motion of no confidence of the ruling Progressive and Independent party´s government led by the newly appointed prime minister Sigurður Ingi Jóhanns...