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Reykjavík Grapevine,  06 December 2018 4:09 PM
Jónsi Nominated For Golden Globe
Jón Þór Birgisson, or Jónsi from Sigur Rós, has been nominated for a prestigious Golden Globe award, for his song... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  06 December 2018 2:38 PM
A Flying Visit: Keflavík’s Hotel Berg Is A Tucked-Away Gem
We streak out of Reykjavík along Route 41, escaping snarls of Saturday morning traffic and shooting into the snowy wilderness... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  06 December 2018 2:11 PM
Fiiiiiive Goooooold Riiiings: Christmassy Goings-On In Reykjavík City
Reykjavík is a cosy and festive place to be at Christmas, from the decoration-festooned downtown streets to pop-up markets, special... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  06 December 2018 2:00 PM
Quality, Ambition, Originality: Kraumur Music Awards Unveil Diverse Longlist
As the year draws to a close, music journalists, bloggers and critics are starting to draw up their end-of-year-lists of... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  06 December 2018 12:33 PM
Icelander Cleans Attic, Finds Mortar
An Icelander cleaning out their attic found an old explosive, a mortar, from the bygone era of Iceland’s occupation by... more

mbl.is,  06 December 2018 10:58 AM
Man charged with holding his three-year-old son over a balcony railing
The Reykjavik district court. The district attorney in Reykjavik has placed charges against a man for having in an "unscrupulous and serious manner" having placed his son in immense danger to his life by swinging him backwards and forwards over a balcony railing and threatening to drop him. more

mbl.is,  06 December 2018 10:24 AM
Storm warning for today - road closures in South East Iceland
A yellow weather warning has been issued by the Iceland Met Office for many parts of Iceland today and there will be disruption to communications in some areas. The route no.1 beneath the Eyjafjöll mountains has been closed due to the storm. more

mbl.is,  05 December 2018 9:16 PM
Minister of Culture calls MP's in bar recording scandal "Perpetrators of violence"
Awful misogynistic remarks were made about Minister Alfreðsdóttir in the Klaustur bar conversation that was leaked. Iceland's Minister of Culture Lilja Alfreðsdóttir appeared on the Kastljós news programme tonight, speaking for the first time about her reaction to the comments made about her in bar conversation two weeks ago, recorded by a witness. more

mbl.is,  05 December 2018 3:54 PM
Group from Indigo Partners arrive in Iceland to discuss WOW acquisition
A group of people from investment company Indigo Partners are currently in Iceland to discuss the possible acquisition of WOW air with its directors. One of them is Bill Frankie, one of the founders of Indigo Partners and self-crowned king of low cost airlines. more

mbl.is,  05 December 2018 1:31 PM
Yellow weather alert for South and South East Iceland tomorrow
Vindaspáin kl. 8 á morgun. The Iceland Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for South and South East Iceland for a heavy winds especially by the Eyjafjöll mountains. Drivers, especially those driving larger vehicles are urged to take great care. more

mbl.is,  05 December 2018 10:51 AM
Big freeze at beautiful lake Mývatn in North Iceland
Það var kalt á Mývatni í dag. Mynd er úr safni. Yesterday temperatures at Mývatn, a lake in North Iceland were measured at -22°C and in the northern highlands they went down to -22°C. more

mbl.is,  04 December 2018 12:00 PM
"Must have been the wheels on my wheelchair skidding"
Freyja Haraldsdóttir was an MP for Bright Future. She suffers from brittle bone disease. Centre party leader Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson said yesterday evening that the seal noise made at the Klaustur bar was not one of the MP's but probably a bike skidding to a halt outside the bar. His chair sound theory was proved wrong by journalists. Disabled former MP Freyja Haraldsdóttir has responded on Twitter that it must have been the sound of the wheels on her wheelchair skidding. more

mbl.is,  04 December 2018 10:55 AM
Reykjavik covered in thick layer of snow
Snow fell on Reykjavik last night and this morning snow ploughs were clearing major lanes. More snow could fall in the space of the next few hours. more

mbl.is,  03 December 2018 5:21 PM
Akureyri covered in over a metre of snow
Akureyri this morning. Snow fell on Akureyri, the largest town in North Iceland last night. The snow was measured this morning at 105 cm by the Iceland Met Office. more

mbl.is,  03 December 2018 3:48 PM
Bar conversation scandal could be violation of parliamentary ethics regulations
Steingrímur J. Sigfússon addresses parliament today. President of Parliament in Iceland, Steingrímur J.Sigfússon read a statement at Parliament today where he apologized on behalf of Parliament for the derogatory remarks made by six MP's about women, disabled people and the queer community. The matter is now under investigation by the parliamentary ethics regulations committee. more

mbl.is,  03 December 2018 1:22 PM
Former PM apologizes to disabled former MP and says seal noises were actually a chair moving
Freyja Haraldsdóttir doesn't want any more phonecalls from men in powerful positions who try to explain to her what prejudice against disabled people is and isn't. "He called to apologize and also explain to me how apparently I had misunderstood everything," says disabled activist Freyja Haraldsdóttir about a phonecall she received from leader of the Centre party, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson. more

mbl.is,  03 December 2018 10:19 AM
Extreme winter cold on its way to Iceland
Temperatures will plunge to below zero tomorrow. Snowfall is expected in many parts of Iceland, including the capital area tonight but tomorrow temperatures will plunge to well below zero, going up to -18 in some parts of the country. more

The Icelandic Meteorological Office,  16 October 2018 9:17 AM
EUROVOLC is bringing the European volcanological community closer together
The European Network of Observatories and Research Infrastructures for Volcanology EUROVOLC is a H2020 Research and Innovation Project of the European Commission. It will construct an integrated and harmonized European volcanological community able to fully support, exploit and build-upon existing and emerging national and pan-European research infrastructures, including e-Infrastructures of the European Supersite volcanoes. The harmonization includes linking scientists and stakeholders and connecting still isolated volcanological infrastructures located at in situ volcano observatories (VO) and volcanological research institutions (VRIs). more

The Icelandic Meteorological Office,  12 October 2018 8:03 AM
100 years since Katla erupted
Today, 12 October, is the 100-year anniversary of the 1918 eruption of Katla. The volcano is considered one of the most hazardous of Iceland's 32 active volcanic systems. During the last 1100 years, Katla has erupted at least 21 times, with an average repose interval of around 50 years. The current one-hundred-year repose marks the longest period since a Katla eruption. The Katla volcanic system is located in the eastern volcanic zone. It is characterized by an 80-km-long fissure swarm and an ice-clad central volcano. The central volcano is covered by the Mýrdalsjökull ice-cap and it includes a 9 by 14 km caldera, with ice-thickness up to 700 m.more

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