Iceland Monitor

08/10/2025

“The defendant has confessed to his role in the case concerning a 63-year-old woman who was shot to death in her home in Stockholm exactly one year ago,” said Alexandra Bittner, district prosecutor and lead prosecutor in the case against the Icelander, in an interview with mbl.is.

08/10/2025

The family of Margrét Kristín Blöndal, better known as Magga Stína, is urging the Icelandic government to do everything in its power to secure her immediate release, along with the rest of the crew of the so-called Freedom Flotilla.

08/10/2025

Increased visible steam has been observed along the national highway through Hveradalir.

07/10/2025

The Independence Party branch in Grindavík passed a resolution at its annual meeting this evening outlining plans to resume daycare services in Grindavík next spring and reopen schools in the fall of 2026.

07/10/2025

Icelandic mathematician Björn Birnir has become one of the world’s leading experts on air turbulence, and was recently interviewed by The New York Times about his groundbreaking research on the phenomenon.

06/10/2025

The airline Play, which declared bankruptcy last Monday, owed Isavia around half a billion Icelandic krónur in landing fees at Keflavik International Airport.

06/10/2025

An Icelandic woman is harshly criticizing the Directorate of Immigration’s decision to deport her husband and impose a two-year re-entry ban. She says the process was confusing, unfair, and in violation of her fundamental rights as an Icelandic citizen.

06/10/2025

Six people were transported to the hospital in Egilsstaðir following a traffic accident on Jökuldalsheiði around eight o’clock last night.

06/10/2025

Icelandic mathematician Björn Birnir has become one of the world’s leading experts on air turbulence, and was recently interviewed by The New York Times about his groundbreaking research on the phenomenon.

05/10/2025

The short documentary Fjallferð was filmed in Landmannaafréttur in the autumn of 2024. Three young American filmmakers — Jesse Smolan, Josh Fairmont, and Ollie Smith — contacted Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelsson, known as RAX, and were granted permission to join the annual sheep round-up in the highlands.

The short documentary Fjallferð was filmed in Landmannaafréttur in the autumn of 2024. Three young American filmmakers — Jesse Smolan, Josh Fairmont, and Ollie Smith — contacted Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelsson, known as RAX, and were granted permission to join the annual sheep round-up ...

03/10/2025

Halla Gunnarsdóttir, chair of the VR union, believes that municipalities have effectively given up on preschool issues. She says society assumes two wage earners, and preschools are one of the cornerstones of that system.