The Central Bank of Iceland has today decided to keep its benchmark interest unchanged this month and has predicted ongoing economic growth, despite international economic turmoil. Read the full story

The case of Jón Magnússon, a Supreme Court of Iceland barrister and former member of parliament, against the Data Protection Authority of Iceland has been thrown out of the Reykjavík District Court. The given reason was that Jón could not prove that he had a legally significant personal interest in the case. Read the full story

Virðing hf. has, in partnership with other investors, completed a contract for the renovation of historic buildings in Fáskrúðsfjörður; the east Iceland village with strong ties to France. Read the full story

A man in his twenties is in police custody suspected of having killed a woman yesterday in Hafnarfjörður in the Reykjavík region, Icelandic police say. Read the full story

A video was recorded this weekend of what may or may not be the legendary Lagarfljóts Worm — Iceland’s answer to the Loch Ness Monster. Read the full story

Valdimar Össurarson runs a company called Valorka, which has designed a marine electric turbine by the same name. The generator won first prize at the International Inventors’ Awards 2011. The company hopes its turbine will create a steady and reliable supply of electricity. Read the full story

Icelandic tax payers are set to bear the heavy burden of recapitalising the government employees’ pension fund (LSR). Billions of extra krónur are needed by the fund over the coming decades so it can stand up to its responsibilities. Read the full story

Offers on the British supermarket chain Iceland Foods are close to the value which the resolution committee of failed Icelandic bank Old Landsbanki had hoped for. The likely Republican presidential candidate in the USA is connected to one of the bidding investment funds. Read the full story

The Icelandic phone book company has released stickers people can use to remove Egill Einarsson from the cover of the current book after the celebrity was accused of two rapes. Read the full story

Former Icelandic government minister Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson (1987-95) says that the battle for Iceland’s natural resources is not against the European Union and that is a purely domestic fight, he told a conference. Read the full story