Footage was captured of an obscure phenomenon yesterday which appeared to be swimming in the glacial river Jökulsá í Fljótsdal, east Iceland. People speculate whether this may be the notorious snake-like monster Lagarfljótsormurinn.  more

The primary proceedings in the case of Sigurjón Þ. Árnason, one of Landsbanki’s two former CEOs at the time of its collapse in October 2008, against the bank over his pension savings are currently ongoing at Reykjavík District Court.  more

A man in his thirties underwent surgery at Landspítali, the national hospital, after being stabbed with a knife between 3 and 4 am this morning in Kópavogur, a neighboring town of Reykjavík. He suffered severe stab wounds.  more

The Icelandic Ministry of Economic Affairs has handed in a Pre-Accession Economic Program to the EU Commission, as revealed yesterday. The report is part of Iceland’s accession process to the European Union.  more

The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, which has a collection of ancient manuscripts, including the Icelandic sagas, recently received a donation of a rare book dating back to the 15th century.  more

The Blue Lagoon in Iceland is among the world’s most remarkable places, according to National Geographic. It is included in a list of 25 locations around the globe in the magazine’s special edition on wonders of the world.  more

A police officer who was testing the speed of cars by Gullinbrú, the bridge leading to the Reykjavík suburb of Grafarvogur, on Tuesday evening, was almost run down by a speeding driver.  more

A truck driver, who was the first to arrive at the scene of a massive mudslide which had collapsed on the Ring Road by Þvottárskriður in southeast Iceland during a rainstorm at 4 am yesterday, was lucky to escape unharmed after rocks flew through his windscreen.  more

Eiríkur Ingi (Rikki) Jóhannsson, the sole survivor of the four-person crew of the trawler Hallgrímur SI, which sank off the coast of Norway last week, appeared in an interview on RÚV’s news magazine Kastljós yesterday.  more

The current issue of the quarterly magazine Iceland Review includes for example an interview with world-renowned fashion designer Steinunn Sigurðardóttir as well as features on the successful biotech company ORF Genetics and the hot debate regarding the EU. If you subscribe now, you will receive a photo book by IR editor, photographer Páll Stefánsson of the eruptions in Eyjafjallajökull as a gift. Click here to subscribe to the magazine and here to buy a gift subscription.  more