Iceland Review,   18 January 2025 11:30 AM
Fish Farming Reaches Record Levels in 2024

54,789 tonnes of farmed fish were produced in Iceland last year. This is a 9.6% increase from 2023, marking an all-time high for the fish farming industry. While some consider Iceland’s fishing industry to have faded out with the rise of tourism, the proliferation of fish farms across the country tells a different story. According […] more

mbl.is,   17 January 2025 7:47 PM
Start preparations for strikes

The union of secondary school teachers (FF) agreed today to start preparations for indefinite strikes in a “certain number” of secondary schools next month. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       17 January 2025 4:21 PM
RÚV English Radio - THE REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY

At the capital's Museum of Photography, around 7 million images are held. Of those, tens of thousands can be viewed and even bought, online, or on special screens at the museum.

Today, the Icelandic Photography Festival 2025 kicks off at the museum with Weathered, an exhibition by FÍSL, The Icelandic Con­tem­por­ary Photography […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       17 January 2025 3:15 PM
Yellow alerts across the country

Yellow weather warnings have been issued for the entire country on 18 January 2025 due to deteriorating weather conditions with northeasterly gales and snowfall.

Teitur Arason, meteorologist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, reports that the weather front approaching from the south will bring heavy snow and strong winds to the southernmost regions late this evening.

"Shortly after, the storm will move […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       17 January 2025 1:41 PM
"Less and less enthusiasm for English, I feel"

Bjarni Daníel Þorvaldsson, a musician with the band supersport!, shared their approach to staying true to their Icelandic roots at the Eurosonic festival.

"If we manage to put on a great gig, that's our main focus," Bjarni said. "We're not overly concerned with networking cocktail nonsense."

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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       17 January 2025 1:33 PM
Rural housing association acquires property in capital

Brák, a housing association established to address rural housing needs, has purchased 49 apartments in Reykjavík - despite its charter stipulating that its operational area should be outside the capital region.

The chair of the board stated that the purchase was initiated by the Housing and Construction Authority (Húsnæðis- og mannvirkjastofnun) to resolve financial challenges faced by another rental association.

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mbl.is,   17 January 2025 1:30 PM
Never before have there been more Icelandic-farmed fish

54,789 tonnes of farmed fish were produced in Iceland last year, which is more than ever before. This is 9.6% more than was produced in 2023. The biggest difference is in salmon, whose production increased by 5,730 tonnes between years, but the largest increase in relative terms was in Senegalese flounder, which was 43% higher in 2024 than the previous year. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       17 January 2025 1:29 PM
Record number of quakes near Grjótárvatn

An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 was recorded near Grjótárvatn yesterday morning, marking the strongest earthquake in the area since increased seismic activity began in August of last year.

Close to 100 earthquakes above magnitude 1 have been recorded at significant depth near Grjótárvatn so far this month.

This figure matches the number of earthquakes recorded for the entire month of December, which was […] more