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Reykjavík Grapevine,  18 April 2019 12:44 PM
Icelandic Glacial Wants To Produce CBD Drink
The bottled water company hopes to sell a drink in Iceland containing CBD, a non-intoxicating component of hemp with some... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  18 April 2019 11:57 AM
Bingo Tournie Gets Out Of Hand, Police Called To The Scene
What started as a typical bingo evening became a storm of drama, accusations and assault, prompting the police to intervene.... more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  18 April 2019 10:00 AM
Dog and cat quarantine “unnecessary”
A long-awaited risk assessment report commissioned by the agriculture and fisheries ministry has concluded that there is little risk posed by the import of dogs and cats from Northern Europe. MAST is now investigating the possibility of changing the... more

mbl.is,  18 April 2019 8:00 AM
New Film on Geirfinnur Missing Person Case
Journalist and film director Boris Quatram delved deep into the Geirfinnur case. The most notorious unsolved missing person case in Iceland, that of Geirfinnur Einarsson, received renewed attention this week. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  17 April 2019 4:25 PM
Unemployment creeps up
Unemployment in the Suðurnes region is currently 5.4 percent—the highest rate anywhere in Iceland at the moment. Unemployment has grown faster in Suðurnes, largely thanks to lay-offs at Keflavík International Airport, and in aviation-related... more

mbl.is,  17 April 2019 3:44 PM
Breeds Icelandic Sheepdog in Poland
Mariusz Kopieccy, in good company in his backyard in Konin, Poland. Mariusz Kopieccy is the first person to breed the Icelandic Sheepdog in Poland. more

Iceland Review,  17 April 2019 3:06 PM
Homespun
For years, producing yarn in Iceland has meant selling your wool raw to a large-scale producer. Now farmers around Iceland have been finding new ways to produce yarn on a smaller scale, ensuring more wool is utilised and creating new products in the process. more

Iceland Review,  17 April 2019 2:48 PM
Breakthrough in Dýrafjörður Tunnel Celebrated
The final explosion to clear the Dýrafjörður tunnel will be performed tomorrow. A special ceremony will be held to celebrate the fact that the construction of the tunnel has gone extremely well. Minister of Transport Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson will attend the ceremony and assist with finishing the job with a special ceremonial explosion at 14.30. […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  17 April 2019 2:08 PM
Coach companies responsible for safety
Þórólfur Árnason, director of Samgöngustofa (the Icelandic Transport Authority), says that responsibility for the roadworthiness of buses and coaches lies entirely with their licence holders. A new report into a fatal accident two years ago, when a... more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  17 April 2019 1:34 PM
New class for asylum seeker children approved
The City of Reykjavík’s schools and recreation committee has agreed to concentrate its services to the children of asylum seekers at Háaleitisskóli school. more

mbl.is,  17 April 2019 12:00 PM
High Winds Prevent Use of Walkways
For some time, high winds prevented the passengers of 11 aircraft from disembarking yesterday. Due to high winds, walkways could not be used for some time yesterday at Keflavík International Airport. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  17 April 2019 11:51 AM
Easter TV highlights on RÚV
From Icelandic movies subtitled in English, to live music, Hollywood blockbusters, and global TV hits, RÚV English has got you covered this Easter weekend! more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  17 April 2019 11:47 AM
Icelandic Government May Soon Review Laws On Importing Cats And Dogs
A new report commissioned by the Icelandic government has concluded that Iceland could relax its pet quarantine laws without significantly... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  17 April 2019 10:44 AM
WOW Air Sculpture Torn Down By High Winds
Yesterday’s gale force winds in Reykjavík claimed one victim, and with uncanny timing: a sculpture owned by WOW Air CEO... more

Iceland Review,  17 April 2019 10:14 AM
Hallgrímskirkja Tower Closed for Five Weeks
Hallgrímskirkja tower will be closed to visitors for five weeks while its lift is replaced. According to Vísir, the new lift is both faster and safer than the current one, which has been taking visitors up and down the landmark for 50 years. The tower is a popular tourist site due to its panoramic view of […] more

mbl.is,  17 April 2019 9:52 AM
Puffin Arrives in Vestmannaeyjar Islands
The puffin has made a landing in Vestmannaeyjar islands. The puffin has arrived in Vestmannaeyjar islands. more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  16 April 2019 5:14 PM
Trans Solidarity Campaign Continues, With Growing Interest And Support
Last Sunday, a group of trans activists and their allies arrived at Árbæjarlaug swimming pool for the third iteration of... more

Iceland Review,  16 April 2019 1:41 PM
No Fatal Traffic Accidents in Iceland This Year
There have been no fatal traffic accidents in Iceland so far this year, Vísir reports. It has been nearly 80 years since the country has reported no fatal traffic accidents this late in the year. An expert says better driver education and higher rates of seatbelt use are among the factors working together to reduce […] more

mbl.is,  16 April 2019 12:59 PM
Icelander Still Missing in Dublin
Jón Þröstur Jónsson was last seen in Dublin on February 9. More than two months have passed since the disappearance of Icelander Jón Þröstur Jónsson in Dublin, Ireland. more

Iceland Review,  16 April 2019 12:22 PM
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose in Iceland
Greenhouse gas emissions directly under government responsibility rose by 2.2% between 2016 and 2017, RÚV reports. The data comes from a recent report by the Environment Agency of Iceland. Emissions from road transport, oil use on fishing vessels, domestic animals, refrigeration equipment, and landfills are the main sources of emissions that fall under government resposibility. […] more

Iceland Review,  16 April 2019 11:30 AM
Financial Supervisory Authority Demands Closure of Crowdfunding Website
A group purportedly aiming to resurrect WOW air has been ordered to close their crowdfunding website by Iceland’s Financial Supervisory Authority. The site is requesting 10-20,000 shareholders for the purpose of resurrecting the recently-bankrupt airline or founding a new low-cost airline to take its place. RÚV reported first. According to a statement released by the Financial Supervisory […] more

Iceland Review,  16 April 2019 11:04 AM
Number of Sheep in Iceland Decreases Considerably
The number of sheep in Iceland has decreased by around 42,000 since 2016, when the animals numbered 474,704, RÚV reports. In 2018 there were just 432,740 in the country, the lowest number recorded since 1948. Guðfinna Harpa Árnadóttir, chairperson of the Association of Icelandic Sheep Farmers, says the decrease can be largely attributed to the […] more

mbl.is,  16 April 2019 9:45 AM
Gale Warning for Parts of Iceland
The wind forecast for 3 pm today. The Icelandic Met Office has issued a yellow alert and a gale warning for the capital region, for Faxaflói bay in Southwest Iceland, for West-Northwest Iceland and the central highlands. more

mbl.is,  16 April 2019 9:00 AM
Reykjavík Blues Festival Tonight
Halldór Bragason, the prime mover behind the Reykjavík Blues Festival. This is the time of year when blues fans can’t be blue. more

mbl.is,  15 April 2019 4:15 PM
Road to Dettifoss Closed
From Dettifoss waterfall, Northeast Iceland. Archive photo. Substantial amounts of meltwater have led to the temporary closure of road 862 toward Dettifoss waterfall in Northeast Iceland, according to the Facebook page of Vatnajökull National Park. more

mbl.is,  15 April 2019 3:14 PM
Adventure in Northeast Iceland
From the Geosea geothermal sea baths in Húsavík, Northeast Iceland. Húsavík, the” harbour of houses,” is a pretty coastal town in the remote North of Iceland, less than an hour away by flight. more

Iceland Review,  15 April 2019 2:23 PM
Closure at Dettifoss
The area around Dettifoss waterfall in Vatnajökull National Park has been closed off from traffic due to flooding, according to a post on the park’s Facebook page. Thawing of ice and snow in the area have caused excessive water flow, which has now cowered road 862 that leads to the waterfall. Furthermore a river of […] more

Iceland Review,  15 April 2019 1:53 PM
Whaling Company Hvalur Ignores Permit Stipulations
The Directorate of Fisheries hasn’t received copies of diaries of whaling vessel captains working for the company Hvalur in 2014, 2015 and 2018, despite repeatedly asking for them, Vísir reports. The head of the Directorate of Fisheries says they do not have the legal wherewithal to force the whaling company to hand the information over. […] more

Iceland Review,  15 April 2019 12:58 PM
Children of Asylum Seekers to be Schooled at Háaleitisskóli
The city of Reykjavík has decided that a special school department for the children of asylum seekers be created at Háaleitisskóli, RÚV reports. A report by the city revealed that between 2017 and 2019, around 57 children of asylum seekers ages 6 to 16 years old received education in Iceland. Up until now, however, these […] more

mbl.is,  15 April 2019 11:11 AM
Support for Asylum Seeking Children
The children of asylum seekers will receive extra support in Reykjavík this fall. The Reykjavík City Committee for Education and Recreation has voted to approve the establishment of a support department for children of asylum seekers. more

mbl.is,  15 April 2019 9:41 AM
Arrival of Belugas Postponed
The beluga whales, Litla Hvít and Litla Grá (Little White and Little Gray). The arrival of two beluga whales from Shanghai, scheduled for Keflavík International Airport tomorrow, has been postponed. more

mbl.is,  14 April 2019 8:00 AM
CNT Nomination for Deplar Farm
Deplar Farm, Fljót, North Iceland. The luxury hotel Deplar Farm in Fljót, North Iceland, has just been nominated for the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Award. more

The Icelandic Meteorological Office,  25 January 2019 2:51 PM
The weather in Iceland in 2018
The year 2018 was wet and relatively warm. The precipitation was well above average in most parts of the country and the number of precipitation days was considerably higher than normal both in the South and in the North. The summer months were relatively cold in the southwestern part of the country compared to the last ten years while it was warm in the northeastern part. There was exceptionally little sunshine in the southwestern part of the country during the year. The number of bright sunshine hours in Reykjavík have not been as few since 1992. June and July were particularly gloomy in the South West. The last two months of the year were warm. Wind speed was close to averagemore

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

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