The EU plans to bring forward its decision on sanctions against Iceland and the Faroe Islands over the ongoing mackerel dispute. Irish officials say it will be difficult to discuss fishing in Iceland's accession talks before the dispute is resolved. Continue Reading

Greenland’s ice sheet could melt at much lower temperatures than previously thought, according t a new study published in the Journal of Nature Climate Change. The lives of millions of people could be threatened if the melting of land ice raises sea levels by several metres as predicted. Continue Reading

Fishing for capelin in Icelandic waters has been going exceptionally well in recent days. Many huge shoals of the small fish were being fished from off the Reykjanes peninsula at the weekend. Continue Reading

It would be profitable for Iceland to sell electricity to Europe through undersea cables; although more than one new power station would need to be dedicated to the project to make it worthwhile, a new report claims. Continue Reading

The President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, yesterday gave the opening address at the World Oceans Summit in Singapore. Continue Reading

The year's first migratory birds have arrived in Iceland, giving the country's land dwellers their first glimpse (and sound) of spring. Continue Reading

According to visitors at the Grímsborgir Guest Houses in Southwest Iceland, Northern Lights sightings are still frequent despite the season slowly coming to an end for this side of the year. Continue Reading

This week's Reykjavík mackerel fishing negotiations between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one side and the EU and Norway on the other have ended without agreement and with the EU's fishing chief blaming Icelandic and Faroese unwillingness to properly engage in negotiations. Continue Reading

The results of a survey on birdlife in Iceland suggest that snipes and meadow pipits enjoy large areas of lupines, where a different selection of insects can be found. The golden plover, however, dislikes the blue flowering introduced flower species and the insects that live in it. Continue Reading

Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, Iceland's Minister of Fisheries, has told the media that he is optimistic for a positive outcome to new mackerel negotiations which began in Reykjavík yesterday. Continue Reading