15 Apr 2015The two young brothers who ended up in the waterfall in Hafnarfjörður, a town next to Reykjavík, Iceland yesterday, were possibly trying to retrieve a ball that fell into the river according to police. A ball was retrieved in the water. Their eleven year old sister was the first to call for help. The younger brother, aged 10 is being kept under and is on a respirator. The older brother, aged 12 has been allowed to go home with his family.
15 Apr 2015The two boys who were in the river accident in Hafnarfjörður yesterday afternoon are both in hospital in grave condition. One of them regained consciousness after CPR but the other is on a respirator and has not gained consciousness. The two boys, brothers, are aged 10 and 11 and got stuck in the waterfall that comes of the Reykdalsstífla dam.
9 Apr 2015Kex Hostel proudly present a concert tonight, Thursday, featuring the legendary Apparat Organ Quartet. Admission is free and the concert starts at 9 p.m.
5 Apr 2015In the last of our Eurovision Preview series, we take a look at the seven entries automatically qualified to the grand final of Eurovision 2015.
3 Apr 2015Icelandic photographer Sigurþór Hallbjörnsson, better known as Spessi, has now become a model in the latest ad campaign for BMW motorbikes. Spessi is well-known in Iceland for his love of Harley Davidson motorbikes and is currently working on a documentary on Harley Davidson riders in the US.
2 Apr 2015This week saw the recording of one of RÚV’s most popular spring-time television treats, Alla leið (‘All the Way’), Iceland’s Eurovision preview programme.
2 Apr 2015An exhibition at the Reykjavik Museum of Photography by Icelandic photographer Sigga Ella It is currently on exhibit at the Reykjavík Museum of Photography and will be featured in May at the Warsaw Festival of Art Photography has made CNN news. The exhibition presents 21 portraits of people with Down Syndrome, aged nine months to 60 years old.
1 Apr 2015Or possibly not, but Tempo, a project and portfolio management solutions company made an impressive press release today for the new Tempo Vision, which "tranforms the way teams experience their work reality with holograms." They had us April fooled.
31 Mar 2015Icelandic artist Arnar Ásgeirsson and Palestinian artist Yazan Khalili created a mountain on a man-made island in Dubai as an installation for Absolut at the Art Dubai art fair this March. The installation, titled, The Island, was only up for four days but created quite a stir.
30 Mar 2015"Those who posted up my photograph have no power over me anymore because my body belongs to me," wrote eighteen year old Hrafnhildur Lára Ingvarsdóttir in a caption to a photograph which she shared on Twitter last week in the #FreeTheNipple revolution in Iceland. She is topless in the photograph, a photograph which was once used to shame her.
29 Mar 2015The British stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard supports the #FreeTheNipple cause that caused an immense stir in Icelandic society this week, breaking down norms, raising questions and making a strong feminist statement.
25 Mar 2015University and high school students in Iceland will free their nipples tomorrow in support of a high school student who was mocked by a young man for having posted a picture online that showed her nipple.
24 Mar 2015Representatives of the four opposition parties have reacted angrily in Alþingi today to the Speaker decision to schedule discussions on a possible EU referendum for after Easter.
