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Reykjavík Grapevine,  24 February 2020 4:10 PM
VIDEO: Bolludagur Is Today! Stuff Your Face With Buns!
Ostensibly a religious holiday, today Icelanders around the country will enjoy these sweet, rich pastries as a part of a... more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  24 February 2020 3:55 PM
Cintamani “to open again soon”
It is expected that the Cintamani outdoor clothing brand will soon re-start operations and open up shops—either at new locations or the same ones as before. Íslandsbanki has approved a bid to buy the bankrupt company’s stock, logo, branding material... more

Iceland Review,  24 February 2020 3:43 PM
Efling Union Invites City Back to Negotiation Table
Following a suspension of talks last week, Efling Union is inviting the City of Reykjavík to return to the negotiation table. Some 1,850 Efling workers employed by the city began an indefinite strike last Monday, affecting preschools, primary schools, welfare services, and garbage collection in the country’s capital. In a television interview last Wednesday, Mayor […] more

Iceland Review,  24 February 2020 3:13 PM
Expect to Sell 44,000 Cream Puffs on Bolludagur
Today is Bolludagur, or Cream Puff Day, the first of three food-filled Icelandic holidays leading up to Lent. Daníel Kári Stefánsson, restaurant manager at IKEA in Garðabær, told RÚV he expects the restaurant’s cream puffs sales to be above average this year, including between 8,000-10,000 of the sweet treat sold today alone. “We have sold […] more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  24 February 2020 2:52 PM
Love Ísland #7: Þorgerður María
As ever The Reykjavík Grapevine heads for world domination, and the first part of our complexed scheme is, of course,... more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  24 February 2020 2:39 PM
Seven years in Iceland’s biggest cocaine case
Three men were this morning sentenced in one of Iceland’s biggest ever cocaine smuggling cases. Reykjavík District Court handed down the harshest sentence to Brynjar Steingrímsson: seven years behind bars. Halldór Anton Jóhannesson was sentenced to... more

Iceland Review,  24 February 2020 2:18 PM
Garbage Cans Overflow in Reykjavík
It’s been one week since waste has been collected in Reykjavík, and garbage cans on the city’s streets are overflowing. Around 1,850 City of Reykjavík employees who are members of Efling Union have been on a general strike since February 17, partially or fully shutting down services at many preschools and primary schools, as well […] more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  24 February 2020 2:18 PM
Coronavirus Impacting Iceland’s Stocks Of Vape Supplies
One of the unforeseen consequences of 2019-nCoV, better known as the coronavirus, is that Iceland is fast running out of... more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  24 February 2020 1:49 PM
Grandmother gets five years for attempted murder
A roughly 70-year-old woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for stabbing her son-in-law with a knife in November 2018. more

mbl.is,  24 February 2020 12:38 PM
Today Is ‘Bun Day’
Today, Icelanders celebrate bolludagur, or “Bun Day.” more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  24 February 2020 12:14 PM
The Week in Iceland, 24 February 2020
The weekly news programme from RÚV English: an entertaining look at what's been going on in Iceland over the past seven days. more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  24 February 2020 11:43 AM
Best Of Reykjavík 2020: Best Sushi
The year 2019 wasn’t kind to many restaurateurs. Let’s be honest, it’s a tough business. Nevertheless, Iceland’s culinary scene is... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  24 February 2020 11:42 AM
Best Of Reykjavík 2020: Best Brunch
The year 2019 wasn’t kind to many restaurateurs. Let’s be honest, it’s a tough business. Nevertheless, Iceland’s culinary scene is... more

mbl.is,  24 February 2020 11:14 AM
Numerous Icelanders Stranded on Tenerife
Numerous Icelanders are stranded on the island of Tenerife, due to a sandstorm that has been raging in the area since yesterday. more

mbl.is,  24 February 2020 10:13 AM
Icelandic Family Returns from Wuhan, China
An aircraft, carrying the family, landed at Reykjavík Airport Friday. The Icelandic family of three that had requested permission to return home from Wuhan, China, where COVID-19, the novel coronavirus originates, returned to Iceland on Friday. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  24 February 2020 10:00 AM
Eurovision finalist 1 of 5: Ísold & Helga
Ísold and Helga met for the first time two or three months ago but are already firm friends. Ísold is a avowed Eurovision aficionado, while Helga is still feeling her way out of the Euro closet. more

Iceland Review,  23 February 2020 5:25 PM
In Focus: Municipal Mergers
It’s Monday morning. Katrín wakes up and gets her daughter ready for school. After dropping her off, she heads to the local library, where she does freelance work. On her way there, she notices the progress in the apartment housing being built across the street: she’s renting now but has put a down payment on an apartment there. During her lunch break, Katrín drives out of town for a walk at her favourite hiking spot. Since it was designated as a protected area several years ago, it’s been getting more popular. She works until 5.00pm. Her daughter participates in an after-school program until then. After picking her up, they head to the local pool for a bit of fun before dinner. One organisation has had a hand in every aspect of Katrín’s day, as well as her daughter’s: her local council. more

mbl.is,  23 February 2020 8:02 AM
Woollen Circle Offers Warm Welcome
Þórey Axelsdóttir and Anna Dóra Jónsdóttir at Þingborg. The next time you visit Iceland, you may want to take the Woollen Circle. more

Iceland Review,  22 February 2020 2:18 PM
Icelandic Youth Mark One Year of Weekly Climate Strikes
Students demonstrated in Austurvöllur square on Friday, demanding that the government take action on climate issues. Friday marked the one-year anniversary of the first weekly School Strike for Climate in Iceland. To mark the day, primary, secondary, and college students gathered in front of Hallgrímskirkja just before noon and marched to Austurvöllur square, in front […] more

mbl.is,  22 February 2020 8:08 AM
Big Birthday Party Planned for Vigdís
Irma Erlingsdóttir, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir and Julia Gillard at the Council of Women World Leaders in Reykjavík. At its last meeting, the Reykjavík City Council voted to allocate a grant of ISK 3 million to the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages for the celebration of the 90th birthday of former president Vigdís Finnbogadóttir April 15. more

mbl.is,  21 February 2020 12:16 PM
SMS about COVID-19 Sent out in Akureyri
From Akureyri Airport. As a preventive measure, the Northwest Iceland Police Department will be sending out an SMS in Akureyri today, intended for passengers arriving from abroad. more

mbl.is,  21 February 2020 11:29 AM
Expecting Booze and Burglar, Police Find Birth and Boiling Water
Archive photo. Things are not always what they seem. more

mbl.is,  21 February 2020 10:30 AM
Ruthless Attack on Teenage Boy near Reykjavík
A group of teenagers attack the 14-year-old. A group of teenage boys, aged 15-17, committed a ruthless attack February 10 against a 14-year-old boy by a bus stop at Hamraborg, Kópavogur. more

mbl.is,  20 February 2020 12:14 PM
Call to Strike Approved by 88 Percent of Workers
The overwhelming majority, or 87.6 percent, of members of BSRB – the Icelandic Federation of State and Municipal Employees – approve to go on strike. more

mbl.is,  20 February 2020 11:24 AM
Icelandic Family Asks to Come Home from China
An Icelandic family has requested permission to return home from China. more

mbl.is,  20 February 2020 10:17 AM
Hundreds of Tourists Stranded in Vík Last Night
“The hotels are booked up, and we’re looking for any tiny room to accommodate people.” more

mbl.is,  19 February 2020 12:05 PM
Will Public Services Be Paralyzed by Strike?
From a meeting of BSRB members. It will be clear tomorrow morning whether 18,000 members of BSRB – the Federation of State and Municipal Employees – will go on strike, starting March 9. more

IceNews,  13 February 2020 2:05 PM
Iceland is One of the Most Sought-After Locations in Film and Television
Iceland is known for its dramatic landscapes ranging from glaciers, geysers and hot springs to volcanoes and lava fields––the perfect place to film sweeping epics of all sorts. Filmmakers have long taken an interest in capturing Iceland’s awe-inspiring landscape on film. Back in 1920, Danish director Oskar Gislason was the first to shoot a major […] more

The Icelandic Meteorological Office,  07 February 2020 3:04 PM
The Scientific Advisory Board meets to discuss the unrest at Mt. Thorbjörn in the Reykjanes peninsula
The data collected over the past week (including those measured by the recently installed stations) were reviewed. The new results suggest that the magma body is located at a depth of 3-5km, whereas it was previously estimated to be at 3-9km. There are indications of changing patterns in the crustal movements. The earthquake activity has decreased over the past two days, but there are still signs of a continuing inflation. Until now, the maximum deformation observed from the GPS stations is about 5 centimeters. Similar volcanic crises in the country suggest that this might be a long-term event, for which changes can occur week after week without the possibility to anticipate with certainty if the activity is resolved. During the meeting, possible scenarios that could be triggered in the event of an eruption have been also considered.more

IceNews,  03 February 2020 4:48 PM
Reykjavik named #2 as the 2020 European fishing destination
February is a long month across most of Europe. The holidays are long gone but the back-to-work blues are still going strong. People want to escape the long nights and commuter crowds. To imagine themselves on a sandy beach or a remote river. For anglers, this is the time to start planning the next angling […] more

The Icelandic Meteorological Office,  26 January 2020 6:02 PM
Possible magma accumulation beneath Mt. Thorbjorn on Reykjanes peninsula
An inflation has been detected since January 21st and is centred just west of Mt. Thorbjorn on Reykjanes peninsula. The inflation is unusually rapid, around 3-4 mm per day and has accumulated to 2 cm to date. It has been detected both on continuous GPS stations and in InSAR images. The inflation is most likely a sign of magma accumulation at a depth of just a few km. If magma accumulation is causing the inflation, the accumulation is very small, with the first volume estimate is around 1 million cubic meters (0,001 km3).   This is the conclusion of a meeting held with the Scientific council of the Civil Protection at the IMO this morning.more

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