Iceland Review

Young people meeting at the Westfjords Youth Parliament in Suðureyri have made better public transport between municipalities their clearest regional priority.

South Iceland’s health-inspection committee has begun formal procedures to end staff employment as a major reorganisation of Iceland’s municipal health-inspection system approaches on January 1, 2027.

Ukrainian authorities say Iceland and Ukraine are working toward an agreement on cooperation involving unmanned systems, including drones, after a meeting in Reykjavík between Foreign Ministers Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir and Andrii Sybiha on Saturday.

There is something about walking alone in Iceland that invites a different kind of listening.

A man in his twenties has been arrested and confessed to a series of farm break-ins and property-damage offences in Southwest Iceland, according to Capital Region Police.

A Coast Guard helicopter airlifted one passenger to Reykjavík after a vehicle carrying seven people rolled two or three times on Barðastrandarvegur in the Westfjords on Friday afternoon.

A new Health Ministry report says Icelandic children and teenagers face overlapping public-health challenges ranging from worsening mental wellbeing and violence to low physical activity, heavy caffeine intake and nicotine use.

Some phones and devices that otherwise worked normally on Iceland’s 4G networks were unable to call the emergency number 112 during the transition away from 2G and 3G, according to a new government review.

Iceland’s new state infrastructure company, Göng og brú, has presented itself and a pipeline of major transport projects to international advisers and investors.

Landspítali has formally taken delivery of a new emergency assessment unit with 20 patient spaces.

The owner of Toppstöðin in Reykjavík’s Elliðaárdalur is warning people not to enter the fire-damaged building.

A Justice Ministry working group has proposed six fixed constituency seats in each of Iceland’s six electoral districts.

Around 60 couriers working through Wolt temporarily stopped accepting deliveries on Wednesday and gathered outside the company’s Icelandic headquarters in Ármúli, Reykjavík.

A project led by the Siglufjörður company Grænafl is moving into the implementation stage.

Icelandair is preparing to cancel all flights departing Iceland on September 23 and 24 if an indefinite strike by aircraft mechanics begins as announced.

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Plans have been unveiled for a data centre costing more than ISK 120 billion at the Bakki industrial area near Húsavík.

Iceland’s government ministries have adopted a new advertising-buying practice that directs spending toward media outlets as part of the government’s media action plan.

Iceland’s general government recorded an estimated ISK 48.3 billion deficit in the second quarter of 2026.

Iceland’s first wind farm, Vaðölduver, was formally brought into operation on Tuesday, marking a new phase in the country’s electricity generation.

The share of children living in households below Iceland’s low-income threshold fell to 12.6% in 2024 from 16.5% in 2000, according to a government-commissioned report.

All available Capital Region fire-service personnel were called to the hydroelectric power plant Toppstöðin in Reykjavík’s Elliðaárdalur on Monday evening.

Officials in Langanesbyggð say uncertainty over a new state-supported air-service contract is threatening an important transport link for Þórshöfn and Vopnafjörður.

The Icelandic Coast Guard says around 15 tuna-fishing vessels from Japan and South Korea are operating just south of Iceland’s exclusive economic zone.

Icelandair aircraft mechanics have voted to begin an indefinite strike on Wednesday, September 23, after months of unsuccessful contract negotiations with the airline.

Justice Minister Þorbjörg Sigríður Gunnlaugsdóttir says around 30 prisoners have already been sent out of Iceland as the government works to reduce pressure on the prison system.

The wooden boat Jökull sank overnight in Hafnarfjörður harbour, marking the third time the vessel has gone to the bottom there.

Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir says planned increases in state fees could be reduced if ongoing tripartite talks with representatives of labour and employers produce an agreement.

September is the first month of the academic year, and even those who are not officially enrolled at university try to educate themselves elsewhere.

The Icelandic Coast Guard sent two helicopters on a long-range medical evacuation on Sunday to reach an ill crew member on a foreign service vessel roughly 200 nautical miles from land.

Rain and strengthening southeasterly winds are expected across southern and western Iceland on Sunday as another low-pressure system moves across the country.