Category: News - Iceland Monitor

Jón Þröstur Jónsson was last seen in Dublin on February 9.

Icelander Still Missing in Dublin

16 Apr More than two months have passed since the disappearance of Icelander Jón Þröstur Jónsson in Dublin, Ireland.

President Vladimir Putin and President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson shake hands.

Icelandic President Meets with Putin

11 Apr Icelandic President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, Russia, yesterday.

Pedestrian Streets Planned in Reykjavík

10 Apr Planning is underway to transform certain streets in downtown Reykjavík into permanent pedestrian streets.

WOW Pilots Seek Jobs Abroad

9 Apr Pilots and aircraft maintenance technicians, who worked for the bankrupt Icelandic airline WOW, are actively searching for jobs, mainly abroad.

Icelanders have taken out their gas grills. Spring is here.

Signs of Spring: Smiles and Grills

9 Apr Spring is in the air in Iceland.

Free Bus Today for Air Quality

8 Apr Strætó bus service offers free rides in Reykjavík today.

Skúli Mogensen is attempting a new takeoff.

New Take-Off for WOW?

5 Apr Skúli Mogensen, founder of WOW Air, is planning a new takeoff for the airline, which was declared bankrupt a week ago.

The new lighthouse by Sæbraut is now in place.

WOW’s Founder Could Lose ISK 4 Billion

4 Apr

Airport Train Still a Possibility

3 Apr Plans to build a tunnel for a train that would connect Keflavík International Airport and Reykjavík are still under consideration, Morgunblaðið reports.

The commute was slow this morning in the metropolitan area, due to both snowfall and the strike of bus drivers.

Bus Service Interrupted Today

1 Apr Bus service in Reykjavík will be interrupted today on ten routes, due to the strike of bus drivers.

Scammers Call WOW Ticket Holders

1 Apr The credit card service company Valitor warns consumers of scammers, who in the wake of the bankruptcy of WOW Air last week have been calling customers, asking for their credit card information.

Gylfi Þór and Benjamin Pavart at the Stade de France last night.

France beat Iceland 4:0 last night in UEFA Euro qualifiers in Paris

26 Mar Last night Iceland played France at the Stade de France in Paris to be beaten with a whooping 4:0.

WOW air scramble to save company

26 Mar Last night creditors and investors of WOW air met for the third time. The aim was to secure enough signatures to secure a deal to exchange their financial claims against WOW air into shares that amount to 49 percent ownership.