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Small matters

Man who thought he was in a taxi gives the police five stars – “best ride I’ve ever had downtown”

Taxi drivers complain of unfair competition from the state.

Yesterday, 14:31
Sport

Sports journalists redefine “the Icelanders’ team” – it is now enough for an Icelander to have bought a shirt

Under the new criteria 94 percent of all football clubs in Europe are Icelanders’ teams. The other six percent are under investigation.

Yesterday, 14:31
Big issues

Landsvirkjun board clarifies: the meetings without the CEO were formally informal

The minutes will be released as soon as the board has held a meeting on whether that meeting was formal.

Yesterday, 14:08
Sport

Manchester United supporters in Iceland form a self-help group – they meet in secret and claim to support Liverpool in public

Meetings begin with everyone saying how many years it has been since the club won the league. That now takes quite a while.

Yesterday, 10:14
Big issues

Blue Lagoon goes public – magma build-up under Svartsengi listed in prospectus as “untapped growth potential”

Investors are promised the company is literally on the rise, by a few millimetres a week.

Yesterday, 10:09
Big issues

Young couple bought a flat without help from their parents – Statistics Iceland investigates

Experts say the result is statistically impossible and have run the models three times.

Tuesday, 07:52

Grindavík

The situation, or lack of one

Big issues

Magma under Svartsengi at record levels – eruption expected “in the coming days”, as it has been for eight months

Geologists disagree on almost everything, except that they are right.

Friday, 08:10 · 3 min read
Big issues

State property company unveils plan to draw up a plan for Grindavík residents to buy back their homes

Residents will find out when they can move home as soon as it has been decided when that will be decided.

Friday, 08:50 · 3 min read
In depthBig issues

Archaeologists find an older “new hospital” beneath the new hospital

The ruins are believed to date from a previous attempt to build a new hospital. Beneath them they found another.

5 November 2026 · 3 min read