The Latest Breaking News from Iceland

Eruption began shortly after 9pm on Reykjanes Peninsula, with 4km fissure slicing through Sundhnúkur crater

It marks the sixth eruption in the island nation boasting of 30 active volcanoes

A volcano in southwestern Iceland is erupting for the sixth time since December, spewing red lava through a new fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula

A new volcano erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland late Thursday, spewing hot lava into the air in the sixth eruption to hit the region since December, authorities said.

This plucky documentary tells of the small town whose residents created its first football pitch, and the years that followed chasing their goal

Artist Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir explores consumerism at the Icelandic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024

Prehistoric communities from Iceland to the Eurasian Steppe sacrificed horses as part of their funeral rites. These Baltic tribes, known as the Balts, sacrificed horses longer than anywhere else in Europe, up until the 14th century. Christians despised this practice, however, and it quickly fell out of favour once a…

The recent volcanic eruptions happening on Iceland may have paved the path for many more to come — thanks to underground pools of lava.

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Recent research challenges traditional continent boundaries, suggesting North America and Europe may be a single landmass due to tectonic plate movements.

Halla Tómasdóttir, the second woman to be Iceland’s head of state, says her inauguration was ‘truly magical’