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Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir, Inga Sæland and Sigríður Andersen.

Major abuse of ministerial power

28 Jan “I find this news very concerning if it is true. If Inga [Sæland] has become a minister at this time, then this is a major abuse of ministerial power, which I would say is very serious.”

Here Ted is standing in the doorway of the so-called "Sæluhús", built by Örlygur Kristfinnsson with hand-carved stones like the old turf farms. He likes to stay there.

"You're sitting on a gold mine"

26 Jan "I first came here in 2018," says Ted Karlberg of Siglufjörður, but since then he has traveled there annually. Karlberg is a Swedish photographer and filmmaker who participated in the making of the Netflix film The Abyss. He is a trained chef and a big herring enthusiast, which is how the connection to Siglufjörður comes about.

Ellen says she wants to open the discussion about suicide, as she lost her father as a teenager and recently a wonderful family friend to suicide.

"My dad just gave up"

26 Jan Mjálmar, Ellen Kristjánsdóttir's cat, is sitting on a journalist's lap as we sit down at the kitchen table. Ellen serves tea, cookies, and a bowl of licorice pieces for the guest, who reaches for the candy. Meanwhile, Mjálmar chats loudly with Ellen about life and existence. She talks about her life with warmth and sincerity and holds nothing back.

The airlines have flown around four hundred passengers to Zagreb each.

Airlines ready for flights

24 Jan Icelanders are eagerly awaiting tonight's match at the World Handball Championship, when they will face the home team in Croatia, led by Dagur Sigurðsson.

Offering children and young people free swimming

22 Jan The innovation at Seltjarnarness Swimming Pool has been well received, offering free access to the pool to children and young people up to the age of 18. The Seltjarnarnes Municipal Council unanimously approved last year to abolish the fee for this group and this arrangement took effect at the turn of the year.

Neskaupstaður. Photo from mbl.is's photo archives.

Three avalanches fell yesterday

21 Jan Three medium-sized floods fell in Neskaupstaður last night but did not threaten settlements. The weather is now good in Neskaupstaður and the evacuation in East Iceland is expected to be lifted soon after noon.

Ryan Green, Chief Transformation Officer at Southwest, Andrew Watterson, Chief Operating Officer at Southwest, Tómas Ingason, Chief Revenue, Service, and Marketing Officer at Icelandair, Helgi Már Björgvinsson, Head of International Relations at Icelandair, along with crew members from both airlines.

Icelandair and Southwest Airlines Announce Partnership

18 Jan Icelandair and Southwest Airlines have officially signed a partnership agreement, marking Icelandair as Southwest’s first-ever partner airline. The agreement, formalized at the Icelandic Ambassador’s residence in Washington, will go into effect in February and aims to provide passengers with enhanced connectivity across the two airlines’ networks.

It might have been better to listen to the residents

16 Jan “We have built bridges like this before that have proven successful, but it is quite clear that something has gone wrong,” says Pálmi Þór Sævarsson, regional director for the Icelandic Road Administration in West Iceland, about the bridge over Ferjukotssíki that collapsed yesterday due to high water levels in the Hvítá River.

Anna Lind Ragnarsdóttir is a native of Súðvík. She tells her story in an interview with mbl.is.

"Something horrible has happened"

15 Jan "I remember it vividly. As if it had happened yesterday. Incident by incident. It's just stuck in my mind and has always been there," says Anna Lind Ragnarsdóttir, a native of Súðavík, who experienced the avalanche in Súðavík 30 years ago.

Tourists rescued from car roofs

15 Jan Last night, at around 4 a.m., rescue teams in Borgarfjörður were called out due to reports of tourists in trouble at Kattarhryggur, on their way up to Holtavörðuheiði.

Daníel Ágúst and Björn Jörundur have worked together since 1987 and work as one man who writes almost all the lyrics for the band's songs. They are extremely happy with Raunheimar.

A perfect vehicle in the Real World

12 Jan The band Nýdönsk's latest album and fourteenth, Raunheimar (Real World), will be released on Friday, January 31. The band will perform at a release concert in Harpa's Norðurljósasalur at 7 pm on the same day and at a side concert at 10 pm.

Dröfn Ösp Snorradóttir Rozas lives in Los Angeles. At least ten of her friends have lost their homes in wildfires there.

"Never been this scared"

10 Jan "This is all so scary that I've never been this scared since I moved to Los Angeles."

From the starlit swimming pool of KR. Swimming culture is rich in Iceland.

Christmas swim in the wind and snow

24 Dec A swim on Christmas Eve is a rich tradition for many.

The couple are working together on the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

"The marital bed becomes a battlefield"

22 Dec Director Þorleifur Örn Arnarsson and visual artist Erna Mist Yamagata are creating their world in a new home. They met over a year ago and are now working together for the first time on Tennessee Williams’s play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, which will premiere at the City Theatre on December 28. The couple is expecting a child in January, but Arnarson has a 13-year-old son from a previous marriage.