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The accident yesterday occurred on Suðurlandsvegur. Fortunately all passengers are recovering.

Injured tourists on road to recovery

16 Sep 2015 Following the car crash that occurred yesterday on Suðurlandsvegur, five Chinese tourists were injured and taken to hospital. Four of them have been allowed to go home and the fifth is on the road to recovery. Police say that the accident looked very grave yesterday and that the passengers were extremely lucky.

Eygló Harðardóttir, Minister of Social Affairs.

"Will do our bit - on our own terms"

15 Sep 2015 "We want to participate in this with our neighbours in Europe, but we will of course do that on our own terms as a sovereign country and not because the European Union dictates us to."

Every year, the number of tourists to Iceland increases.

1,5 million tourists to Iceland next year?

15 Sep 2015 According to Icelandair's predictions, tourists to Iceland could amount to 1,5 million in 2016.

"Icelanders are an open-hearted people," says meditation teacher Tristan Gribbin.

Coming closer to what gives life meaning

12 Sep 2015 Meditation is becoming an increasingly popular way for people to reduce stress, to increase productivity and raise the overall quality of their lives. Tristan Gribbin discovered meditation 15 years ago and has never looked back. She now teaches meditation and says that everyone who tries it finds something unique and beneficial.

The Minister presenting the budget to the press before putting it before Alþingi.

Budget Iceland 2016: highlights

9 Sep 2015 Icelandic Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Bjarni Benediktsson submitted his 2016 budget to the newly convened Icelandic Parliament (‘Alþingi’) yesterday.

Gëzim Haziri, who works at Morgunblaðið, received a warm welcome in Iceland upon his arrival as a refugee from Kosovo when he was only nine years old.

"The empathy of Icelanders saved my life"

8 Sep 2015 Gëzim Haziri was nine years old in 1999 when he arrived in Iceland with his family, along with a group of other refugees fleeing from war-torn Kosovo. In this interview with Iceland Monitor he describes his experience of war, refugee camps and the warm welcome he received in Iceland.

Where are Reykjavik's best burgers?

7 Sep 2015 You're craving for the perfect hamburger. But where do you go? Here are Iceland Monitor's reccommendations for that quintessential American comfort food.

RIFF: First 40 films announced

5 Sep 2015 The Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) will run from 24 September to 4 October.

Icelanders go wild after football victory

4 Sep 2015 Thousands of Icelanders celebrated at Dam square in Amsterdam after Iceland's victory of Holland yesterday and the centre of Reykjavik was packed with people rejocing.

Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur arrives with his wife, investor Lilja Pálmadóttir for the screening of the movie "Everest." Pálmadóttir wore Alexander McQueen and Kormákur a suit by Icelandic designer JÖR.

Icelandic director and wife shine at Everest premiere

3 Sep 2015 Director Baltasar Kormákur and his wife, investor Lilja Pálmadóttir were present at the premiere of Kormákur's film Everest at the Venice Biennale last night. The film opened this prestigious festival.

Refugees walk at the Greek-Macedonian border near the town of Idomeni, Northern Greece.

Heartfelt surge of Icelandic support for refugees

31 Aug 2015 As a consequence of statements by Icelandic Minister for Social Affairs and Housing, Eygló Harðardóttir urging all Icelanders to make a contribution towards assisting refugees in Iceland, a Facebook page of goodwill towards refugees was set up. A great number of Icelanders are pledging to offer help to Syrian refugees.

Six years of opposition to EU membership

31 Aug 2015 One has to go back to late 2008 to find a poll which showed majority support for EU membership among Icelanders.

The setting of the story is remote Kópasker in North Iceland.

Páll marries an elf woman

30 Aug 2015 In Öxafjörður where the farm hand works the longest, there are some impressive elf dwellings both in Snartastaðanúpi and in the rocks at Brekkuhól. There, the family go to visit relatives and friends on their days of celebration and it is always a joyous reunion. Páll has a saying in his later years, “I am never alone.”

Artisan food market this weekend!

28 Aug 2015 If you really want to find out what Icelandic food is all about, Búrið artisan food market in Harpa this weekend is the place to go.

Harriet has until now been known officially as 'girl Cardew'.

Harriet finally gets her passport

28 Aug 2015 Harriet Cardew, the half-British half-Icelandic girl who hit the news last summer when Registers Iceland refused to issue her with an Icelandic passport because of her name, has seen the controversial decision overturned.