3+ hour, 57+ min ago   (189+ words) Low sun appears to have contributed to a three-car collision on Hellisheiði on Saturday morning that involved 12 people and temporarily closed the road to eastbound traffic. One person was taken to the South Iceland Health Institution with minor injuries, according…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (337+ words) Iceland plans to reduce the number of police offices while strengthening the capacity of the remaining commands under a major restructuring due to be presented in November. The changes form part of Justice Minister Þorbjörg S. Gunnlaugsdóttir’s 17-item legislative agenda…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (433+ words) For all the warnings about a mass rush across western Iceland, most Icelanders appear to have stayed remarkably close to home for the August 12 eclipse. A Gallup survey reported by Vísir found that 91% of residents in the capital area and…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (398+ words) Icelandair carried 577,000 passengers in August, a 5% decline from the same month last year. Connecting passengers fell 27%, while passengers travelling from Iceland increased 12%; Icelandair said eclipse demand contributed to strong traffic to Iceland. The decline in Icelandair’s overall passenger numbers masks…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (115+ words) Iceland’s labour market weakened markedly in the second quarter, with unemployment rising to 6.5%, according to Statistics Iceland. An average of 15,400 people were unemployed and actively seeking work, up from 8,400 a year earlier, while employment fell by 9,000. Statistics Iceland counted 237,700 people…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1716+ words) It’s been a decade since I quit smelling the hydrogen sulfide in Icelandic hot water. That rotten egg musk floating around Reykjavik has become completely…well, it’s already invisible…un-smellable, I guess? During the herring era in the Westfjords, the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (126+ words) Applications for Icelandic residence permits based on study have fallen significantly compared with last year, according to RÚV. The decline comes after Alþingi approved stricter conditions for foreign students in June. Iceland Review reported in June that Parliament tightened student-visa…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (161+ words) Iceland has introduced new blood-donation rules that assess donors under uniform criteria regardless of sex or sexual orientation. The regulation takes effect September 1 and replaces categorical restrictions that had long limited blood donation by gay and bisexual men. The change…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (490+ words) I mean just look at the cover of the first edition in August/September 1963: Not bad, right? Hand painted, expressive, and very, you know, real. It wasn’t until I started going through our back catalogue and reading these old issues…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (181+ words) Iceland’s EU referendum exposed a pronounced geographical divide between Reykjavík and much of the rest of the country. Final results in Reykjavík North were 57.5% Yes and Reykjavík South 54.5% Yes, while the Northwest voted 62.9% No and the South 60.5% No. The strongest…...