Icelandic officials declare a state of emergency after a new volcanic eruption cuts off hot water for approximately 20,000 people south of Reykjavík. 2024-02-8
Three people are killed when a small Cessna plane crashes in Eastern Region, Iceland. 2023-07-9
Geologists predict an imminent eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland due to land uplift and earthquake swarms in the Reykjanes Peninsula. The volcano last erupted in 2022. 2023-07-6
Iceland announces it will end the practice of whaling by 2024, citing the decreasing price of whale meat. 2022-02-4
Iceland reports a record 672 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2021-12-27
The final results of yesterday's election in Iceland show that the ruling left-right coalition strengthened its majority despite Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir losing ground. The Independence Party won the most seats, with 16. 2021-09-26
Iceland begins to require international travellers who have been vaccinated or who have recovered from COVID-19 to present a negative PCR or Antigen test result from the previous 72 hours due to the spread of the Delta variant. 2021-07-27
Iceland will close schools, swimming pools, gyms, and bars at midnight and lower the limit on gatherings from 50 people to 10 people. These measures will be enforced for the next three weeks following an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. 2021-03-24
Iceland orders all bars, gyms and entertainment venues to close, and cuts the number of people allowed to gather in public from 200 to 20 amid a rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country. 2020-10-5
The body of late chess legend Bobby Fischer has been exhumed in Iceland, in an effort to settle paternity questions. 2010-07-5