PM Bjarni Benediktsson calls election for November, cites policy disagreements as responsible for gov’t collapse.
Two people are still missing and one person has been hospitalised after the ice cave collapsed on Sunday.
Met office reports eruption does not ‘present a threat to life’, Reykjavik’s Keflavik Airport says flights unaffected.
Tomasdottir wins 34.6 percent of the votes to become the Nordic country’s second female president.
No single issue has dominated the campaign period for the polls, which is likely to be a race between three women.
The fifth eruption since December is described by experts as the most powerful yet.
Sundhnukagigar volcano erupts for the fifth time this year with lava shooting 50 metres (164 feet) into the air.
The eruption was the fifth to occur on Reykjanes peninsula since December.
No confirmed deaths have been reported from the latest volcanic eruption, the fourth since December.
Sirens blared as a volcano erupted in Iceland for the fourth time since December.
Bashar Murad, a Palestinian singer based in Jerusalem, could represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest if he wins
Bashar Murad said he wants to use his song to ‘illustrate’ the difficulties Palestinians face in order to be heard.
Authorities had ordered residents to leave the fishing town of Grindavik hours before the volcano erupted.
Houses and other buildings were set on fire by lava flows after a volcano erupted near the town of Grindavik in Iceland.
