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Pregnant and undergoing chemotherapy

20 Feb 2015 Morgunblaðið journalist Ingveldur Geirsdóttir was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in her breast last autumn, four months pregnant with her second child. She underwent a masectomy immedately and started chemotherapy The treatment has gone well and seems not to have harmed her unborn child expected at the end of next month. Geirsdóttir is interviewed in Sunday's edition of Morgunblaðið.

Ritalin, a prescription drug used to treat attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and is abused by drug addicts who use it like amphetamine.

Illegal drugs sold on Icelandic Facebook pages

18 Feb 2015 Over 700 Icelanders are members of a Facebook group which offers drugs and weapons for sale. Many of the group members are college and even high school kids. Some of them are company directors and some are stay-at-home mothers. Among the drugs on sale are MDMA, cannabis and amphetamine as well as prescription drugs such as Ritalin and Contalgin. Police regularly investigate such pages with the help ofthe Facebook administration.

How to be a 101 hipster

14 Feb 2015 Love or hate the term hipster, it's probably the only usable word for alternative style that slides into mainstream fashion. There are of course many varieties of hipster in Iceland but here's a light-hearted guide at how to fit in with the 101 Reykjavík in-crowd to avoid sticking out like a sore thumb -or worse- a tourist, at any of the cool hangouts downtown.

1200 tourists in 24 coaches went hunting for the northern lights yesterday.

Record number of tourists on northern light trips

12 Feb 2015 Over 1200 people went on coach tours to the west of Iceland yesterday to see the northern lights with the Gray Line tour company. Twenty four coaches were dispatched on northern lights tours yesterday, a record number according to the company.

The sweat lodge in Elliðaárdalur. The practive begins by rituals connecting you with the four directions and mother nature. Stones are heated on a fire and brought into the tent where water is poured on them systematically.

The magic of sweat lodges

11 Feb 2015 A new documentary,Svitahof, explores the sweat lodge tradition in Iceland. Sweat lodges came to Iceland from Native American traditions and have been very popular for decades as a spiritual, cleansing practice.

Fortunately the coach didn't end up in the ditch on the road last night which filled up with water. Roads in the west fjords have been difficult due to snow melt this weekend.

Fifty students stuck in coach

9 Feb 2015 A group of students travelling back to Sauðarkrókur on a school trip have been stuck on a coach for the whole night on the Djúpvegur road in the west fjords. "There's a whole lake in front of us," says Auðunn Sigurðsson, group coordinator and parent. "We're lucky that the coach didn't end up in the ditch which had formed on the road. "

Soffía Kristín Jónsdóttir enjoyed herself at the Grammys which took place last night.

Seat-filler at the Grammys

9 Feb 2015 Icelander Soffía Kristín Jónsdóttir is interviewed by Morgunblaðið today explaining her role as a seat-filler at the Grammys. "I was really lucky to be selected. And yes, my job is to sit in the seats of famous people when they have to go to the toilet as the organisers don't want any empty seats on camera."

Very strong local wind gusts

8 Feb 2015 Very strong local wind gusts may by expected in the afternoon on Sunday near the mountains in the north and near Vatnajökull glacier, up to 45 to 55 m/s.

Harpa concert hall, whose LED lit facade is by artist Ólafur Elíasson, fits well into the Sónar concept.

Sónar brings 1500 concert goers to Iceland

5 Feb 2015 The Sónar Reykjavík music festival has grown from year to year and this year, 3.500 guests will be attending. Foreign guests are 1.500 this year excluding press and international artists. Björn Steinbeck, managing director of the festival says that the figures prove that Sónar Reykjavík is becoming a fixture on the international festival circuit.

The volcanic eruption in Holuhraun continues.

The subsidence of the Bárðarbunga caldera is still significant

3 Feb 2015 Scientists from the Icelandic Met Office and the Institute of Earth Sciences University of Iceland along with representatives from the Icelandic Civil Protection, Directorate of Health and The Environment Agency of Iceland met this morning at the Crisis Coordination Centre for a meeting.

Harpa concert hall in the city centre which has two restaurants and a catering service, all serving meat.

Meat is murder Morrissey cancels Harpa show

3 Feb 2015 According to True to You, a Morrissey fansite and a story in NME, Morrissey has cancelled a show at Harpa Concert Hall as it refused to go vegetarian on the night of the performance. "I love Iceland and I have waited a long time to return, but I shall leave the Harpa Concert Hall to their cannibalistic flesh-eating bloodlust," Morrissey apparently said in a statement.

Kristinn Gunnar Blöndal - DJ KGB says he is not a music elitist.

Are DJ's the rock stars of the 21st century?

23 Jan 2015 No, say three of the city's most popular DJ's, namely Kristinn Gunnar Blöndal aka DJ KGB, Atli Bollason and Einar Kristjánsson aka Einar Sonic who all bring a different sound to Reykjavik's most popular dance spots. Mbl.is gave them the third degree on ther favourite tracks and their experiences of the deep, dark underworld of the city's nightlife.

Harðfiskur is lightly salted, wind dried fish and is a healthy protein rich snack.

Dried fish receives a facelift

21 Jan 2015 The traditional food of "harðfiskur" - Icelandic dried fish- is about to marketed as a protein-rich health food internationally. Icelandic company Breki aims to reinvent the image of the product which once was a staple of an Icelandic diet and market it using new packaging and using production methods to lessen its distinctive fishy smell.

The Holuhraun eruption might be dwarfed by an even bigger Bárðarbunga eruption.

Eruption of Bárðarbunga still possible

20 Jan 2015 The Scientific Advisory Board of the Civil Protection has issued a new factsheet of their studies for Bárðarbunga and Holuhraun. They predict three possible scenarios: an ongoing eruption at Holuhraun which could last for months, the volcanic fissure lenghening and causing a jokulhlaup or a volcanic eruption in the Bárðarbunga caldera leading to a major jokulhlaup accompanied by ashfall.

Strong winds and snowfall are expected in south-west Iceland this evening and through the night.

Blizzard expected tonight

18 Jan 2015 According to the Icelandic met office, a blizzard is expected this evening and through the nght in the south-west of Iceland. Winds could go up to 23 meters per second and the weather will hit Reykjavík at around 10 p.m.