The first Alþingi debate of the new bill on fisheries management ran on and on yesterday evening; not finishing until 03.30. The matter was referred to committee, which will be followed by another parliamentary debate. Read the full story

The plant life in east Iceland is unusually green for the early time of year. Forest rangers can barely remember a greener March and say they worry a cold snap could cause great damage. Last May, for example, saw a sharp cold snap. Read the full story

The man arrested in Iceland in February for bomb and weapons offences, which he bragged about on Facebook, will remain in police custody pending trial once again. This time until 2nd April, the court decided. Read the full story

Iceland’s most internationally successful band, Sigur Rós, has announced it will release a new album in May. Read the full story

“He wanted to know whether there was interest in selling the collection and offered over ISK 30 million for it. But selling is out of the question, because the museum has to be in Iceland.” So says Hjörtur Sigurðsson, head of the Icelandic phalleological museum. Read the full story

Both of Iceland’s ruling coalition parties voted to pass the government’s new fisheries bill at their meetings yesterday. The bill will therefore be put to Alþingi for debate later this week. Read the full story

Icelanders’ earnings were spread more evenly in 2011 than any year since 2004 – when Statistics Iceland began its standard-of-living research. Read the full story

It is still not clear what sort of tech glitch led to an Icelandic man’s smart phone logging him in to the Facebook page of another Icelander, who he does not even know. Read the full story

The Icelandic finance company Lýsing several days ago paid around ISK 30 billion (EUR 179.3  million) to Deutsche Bank. Read the full story

It is important for the next Bishop of Iceland to be a woman, both for the church’s countenance and its equal rights policy. So says Agnes Sigurðardóttir, the priest in Bolungarvík, who is one of two who will go into the final round of voting. Her opponent is a man. Read the full story