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Floods expected in Skaftá

Within the past 24 hours, the level of the Skaftá river at Sveinstindur has risen.

My opinion: Jón Gnarr - Tattoo

The use of tattoo has grown a lot in Iceland during the last decades. Earlier, people had to go abroad to get a tattoo. It was mostly sailors who sported this kind of treasure, usually on the upper arm. The tattoos were usually connected to seafaring, one way or another. And Iceland. Some even got a tattoo of some lady and had the name of their girlfriend written below. But the sailor theme was most common, an anchor, waves and such things.

Live from Iceland: Ministers explain their plan for lifting of capital controls

The Icelandic government has called for a media conference at noon explaining their plans on winding down of capital controls.

“He told me I'd never be able to walk again”

"I have to admit that it is extremely difficult to get up after an accident like the one I suffered. To learn to walk wearing splints, the balance and everything. Nobody does that.”

My Opinion: Jón Gnarr - Many People Are Becoming Pretty Crazy

Iceland has big problems. We face complicated tasks; currency restrictions, health care, purchasing power and poverty, housing problems, and then there is the whole financial system.

Serious allegations made against prime minister in blackmail scheme

Two Icelandic women, sisters and known journalists, were arrested last week after an unsuccessful attempt to blackmail the Icelandic prime minister.

Apartment under siege by Icelandic police for six hours turns out to be empty

Reports of gunshots in an apartment building still an unsolved mystery.

Iceland Siege: Police surround a gunman

The Icelandic police force has evacuated an apartment building in Hlidarhjalli, Kopavogur. An inhabitant is believed to have fired a shotgun from his apartment building around 3 pm local time today.

Journalists and sisters arrested on suspicion of trying to blackmail the Icelandic prime minister

The Icelandic police arrested two women last Friday under the suspicion that they tried to blackmail millions of ISK out of the prime minister, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson.

My Opinion: Jón Gnarr - Animal Life

Former Icelandic Prime Minister Ásgrímsson dies

Iceland's former prime and foreign minister Halldór Ásgrímsson has died at the age of 67.

Reality TV live from Iceland: 24 hours of sheep giving birth!

Today you have the chance to watch a new kind of reality TV when the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, RÚV,

Inga Leads a Revolution in the Fashion World

Alda Women in a 8 page spread in Glamour Iceland

My Opinion: No Man Is an Island, and Neither is Iceland

Sometimes Icelanders have been honored in other countries by something being named after us, our country, places in Iceland, or even famous Icelanders.

The Pirate Party the biggest in Iceland by far

The latest national polls in Iceland show an unprecedented 30,1 per cent support for The Icelandic Pirate Party.

On a mission to save long lost messages from members of the U.S. Air Force

"This has a great significance for them“

Tourism in Iceland to suffer as ten thousand workers go on strike

Ten thousand workers in Iceland go on strike at noon tomorrow. Severe effect is expected on all tourism, fish industry, meat processing and more lines of work.

My Opinion: Jón Gnarr - To Be Yourself

For the last few weeks I have been working hard at finishing the third, and last, volume of my trilogy of youth memoirs.

Made a new trailer for Star Wars using a clip from Interstellar

"Good Morning America and ABC News have already contacted me," says Óskar Örn Arnarson.

Here we go again: Icelanders expected to celebrate summer with snow

Icelanders celebrate the First Day of Summer this Thursday. As is so often the case there won't be much summer-esque on the annual public holiday.

My Opinion: Jón Gnarr - To Conquer the World

A video that will make you smile: This is how you propose to a Pirate

Inga Audbjorg Kristjansdottir proposed to Icelandic member of Parliament Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson by arranging a flashmob during their trip to Germany earlier this month.

My Opinion: Jón Gnarr - Blood-puddingism

I am very interested in the so-called “Icelandic national culture”.

María Ólafs sings Euphoria with style

You can hear a great performance by María Ólafs when she sings the winning song from Eurovision 2012, Loreen's Euphoria.

Björk puts her summer house on sale

Fans of Iceland have a chance of a lifetime if they can come up with 200,000 USD.

Iceland's Image

Most politicians seem to think that the backbone of Icelandic culture is the roast saddle of lamb, and that nothing is properly Icelandic unless you can eat it.

Eight out of 50 whales did not die instantly

Two Norwegian veterinarians say that a greater proportion of fin whales die instantly than measurement of the time of death of whales in Norway shows.

My Opinion: Jón Gnarr - Toxic law

"Last week was pretty historic in my life. As I now have an American ID number, I decided to try to apply for a change of name in a court of law here in Houston."

Former world's strongest man claims Icelandic state for damages

Former strongest man in the world and weight-lifter Magnús Ver Magnússon has claimed the Icelandic state for damages, amounting to about ten million Icelandic kronas for unlawful wrongdoing.

New working procedures for Icelandair and Wow Air

Both Icelandair and Wow Air are going to adopt the working procedure that there must be at least two crew members in the cockpit.