A new majority government takes over today
A new government is taking over with a majority in parliament today. Bjarni Benediktsson is scheduled to take over government as prime minister...
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Artist salary in 2017 – 1606 artist applied, 391 received
The annual artist salary was made public yesterday. Each fall artists in Iceland sit down and go over the year a head of them, make a plan for the yea...
Majority in government to be announced on Tuesday
Deliberations for a majority government in Icelandic parliament is well underway with a tight majority comprised of the Independence party along with ...
A new earthquake in the volcano Katla. No signs of eruption
An earthquake of 3,5 on the Richter scale shook Katla caldera under the Myrdalsjokull icecap at 07:09 am this morning. The origin of the tremor was to...
Reykjavik feels an earthquake of 3.8 magnitude today
A powerful string of earthquakes shook Reykjavik and the nearby area around noon today. The tremors were centered south of Thingvallavatn lake in Sout...
Artist Ragnar Kjartansson among the twelve awarded the Order of the Falcon on New Years day
President Guðni Th. Johannesson, awarded twelve individuals the Order of the Falcon in an annual ceremony at the presidential residency Bessastadir ye...
20.000 tourists estimated in Iceland over New Year’s Eve enjoying 90 bonfires around the country
According to Morgunbladid six airplanes landed in Keflavik Airport on 31 December in 2010. Today 49 plains are scheduled to arrive in Iceland, with a ...
The annual fireworks mania is on – New Year’s Eve will be a spectacle
New Year’s Eve in Reykjavik is thought to be an experience, there are a few official firework displays in the city leading up to the main event but th...