The alleged hitman in the notorious South Africa honeymoon murder could escape trial due to a brain tumour, magistrates in the country have announced. Xolile Mngeni, who is accused of killing Swedish newlywed Anni Dewani in an apparent carjacking in Cape Town last year, may not be charged if he is deemed unfit to attend court. Read the full story

A group of British climbers, cut off on their route by rising floodwaters, have been rescued from polar bear territory in Greenland by pure chance. Read the full story

A 300 kilogramme bronze statue by the Icelandic sculptor Steinunn Thorarinsdottir has been stolen in Hull, UK. Read the full story

The EFTA surveillance authority, the ESA, has ruled that the Icelandic authorities are required to pay out the minimum insurance amount on Icesave deposits in the UK and Netherlands. Read the full story

Three men have been arrested in the UK for the murder of a Norwegian-Somali teenager and his friend. Read the full story

For a republic, it is quite remarkable how much Britain’s royal wedding today is making waves in Iceland. Read the full story

According to a new MMR poll conducted for Stod 2, Iceland will reject the so-called Icesave deal at this Saturday’s referendum. Read the full story

Steingrimur J. Sigfusson, Iceland’s Minister of Finance, and Katrin Jakobsdottir, Minister for Education, have urged members of their Left Green Movement to vote yes in this Saturday’s Icesave referendum in a column on the party website. Read the full story

So-called wholesale deposits taken by Landsbanki and Glitnir are to be treated as priority claims on the banks’ estates. The Reykjavik District Court passed judgement on the case this morning. Read the full story

A 30 year-old man has been arrested in the UK in connection to December’s suicide bombing in Stockholm. Read the full story