Iceland News MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that fetches the latest news from Icelandic news sources via RSS feeds.

Features

• Fetch news from 6 Icelandic news sources

• 60+ different news feeds across categories

• Support for Icelandic, English, and Polish language feeds

• Configurable number of articles (1-50)

• Built-in tool to list all available feeds

Supported Sources

RÚV (Ríkisútvarpið - Icelandic National Broadcasting Service)

Morgunblaðið (mbl.is)

Main News

Sports

Business & Industry

Culture & Lifestyle

Smartland (Lifestyle)

Morgunblaðið Newspaper

Other

Heimildin

Mannlíf

Landsbankinn

Háskóli Íslands (University of Iceland)

University-wide

School of Social Sciences

School of Health Sciences

School of Humanities

School of Education

School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Installation

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18 or higher

• npm

Build from Source

Configuration

Claude Code

Add to your Claude Code configuration file ~/.claude/claude_code_config.json:

Then restart Claude Code or run /mcp to refresh MCP servers.

Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Then restart Claude Desktop.

Cursor

Add to your Cursor MCP configuration file ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

Then restart Cursor or use the command palette to reload MCP servers.

VS Code with Continue Extension

Add to your Continue configuration file ~/.continue/config.json:

Windsurf

Add to your Windsurf MCP configuration file ~/.windsurf/mcp.json:

Zed

Add to your Zed settings file ~/.config/zed/settings.json:

Usage

Once configured, you can ask your AI assistant to fetch Icelandic news:

• "Get the latest news from Iceland"

• "Show me sports news from Morgunblaðið"

• "What's the latest international news from RÚV?"

• "Fetch 5 articles from the MBL English feed"

• "List all available feeds"

• "Get news from the University of Iceland"

Tool: get_news

Fetch news articles from a specific source and feed.

Parameters:

Example:

Tool: list_feeds

List all available feeds for one or all sources.

Parameters:

Example:

Development

Project Structure

Scripts

Testing

You can test the server manually by sending JSON-RPC messages:

Author

Ólafur Búi Ólafsson Email: olibuijr@olibuijr.com GitHub: @olibuijr

Changelog

v1.1.0 (2025-12-03)

New Features:

• Web UI: Added SvelteKit web interface for real-time voice conversation

• Voice Assistant: Integrated Gemini Live API for native audio responses

• Icelandic Speech Recognition: Added Whisper STT service with fine-tuned Icelandic model (language-and-voice-lab/whisper-large-icelandic-62640-steps-967h)

• Function Calling: Gemini can now fetch news using MCP tools (get_all_news, get_news_by_source, get_news_by_category)

• Voice Activity Detection (VAD): Auto-transcription when user stops speaking

• Auto-Headlines: App automatically reads 10 latest headlines on startup

• Multiple Voices: Choose from 5 different voices (Puck, Charon, Kore, Fenrir, Aoede)

Technical:

• News API endpoint for RSS feed aggregation

• Whisper service runs on CUDA (RTX 3080) for fast inference

• SvelteKit proxy for Whisper service requests

• Professional Icelandic news reporter persona

v1.0.0 (2025-12-03)

Initial Release:

• MCP server with 2 tools: get_news and list_feeds

• Support for 6 Icelandic news sources

• 60+ RSS feeds across categories

• Multi-language support (Icelandic, English, Polish)

License

ISC

Credits

• News content provided by:

  • RÚV (Ríkisútvarpið - Icelandic National Broadcasting Service)

  • Morgunblaðið (mbl.is)

  • Heimildin

  • Mannlíf

  • Landsbankinn

  • Háskóli Íslands (University of Iceland)

• Built with the Model Context Protocol SDK