Iceland 

Justice Minister Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir intends to present a bill that could extend international protection to Ukrainians for up to five years, an announcement from government offices stated

The Naming Committee, an independent body that determines whether a new name can be authorised or not, added several new names; among the criteria is whether it has a historical precedent and whether it's believed that a child can be bullied for the name

After a viral trend on TikTok recommending recipes led to a very strong growth in demand for cucumbers, Icelandic supermarkets have run out of stock, leaving suppliers scrambling to keep up

South Iceland is the region of the country with the largest population increase since December 2023, at 3,1% according to new data from Registers Iceland

The Icelandic economy may not be able to provide immigrants with quality employment commensurate with their education: 53% of foreign-born workers are over-educated compared to their position, recent Eurostat data show

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs intends to introduce a mileage tax for petrol and diesel vehicles, applied to electric, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen vehicles at the beginning of the year, to replace the current taxes on oil and petrol

A new technical trade school will be built in Hafnarfjörður, to be completed in the autumn of 2029, following an agreement among the government, the city of Hafnarfjörður and Tækniskólinn

The continued decline of affordable housing in the capital region is one of most important trends shown in the June report of the Housing and Construction Authority

The public is invited to participate in an ongoing project that aims to clean Iceland's coastline, scheduled every Sunday until July, with Ocean Missions as pricinpale organiser

Dozens of people in Iceland accidentally ran for the presidential elections to be held in the country today: to do so, all they had to do was register on a webpage, the same one they could use to support someone else's candidacy, and many got confused

Guðrún Karls Helgudóttir, recently elected as the new bishop of Iceland, stated that the attitude of the Icelandic Church 'failed' towards LGBTQ+ people as the approach towards homosexuality was based on denial

UNHCR expressed concern about a proposed amendment to Iceland's international protection laws, highlighting, among other things, problems with the imposition of limits on asylum seekers and delays in family reunification