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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 16 April 2020 3:40 PM
Companies drop compensation claim to ease COVID blow
Five of seven companies claiming around ten billion krónur in compensation from the Icelandic State over a 2011-2014 mackerel fishing quota dispute have decided to drop their claims in light of the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis. more
Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 16 April 2020 2:42 PM
Call for help finding missing woman
Police in the capital region are looking for Björg Ólavía Ólafsdóttir, aged 48, who lives in Kópavogur. She was last seen on Hlégerði in Kópavogur on Monday, a statement says. more
Reykjavík Grapevine, 16 April 2020 2:09 PM
Police Search For Missing Icelandic Woman Björg Ólavía Ólafsdóttir
Reykjavik police have asked the public for information about a missing a 48-year-old local woman. Björg Ólavía Ólafsdóttir was last...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 16 April 2020 1:42 PM
Foreign Media Spotlight On Iceland’s COVID-19 Response
Numerous foreign media outlets have praised Iceland’s COVID-19 response in recent weeks, highlighting its exemplary virus screening programme. American news...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 16 April 2020 1:37 PM
Eurasian Oystercatcher Returns To Iceland
When the plover returns, spring is on its way. When the Eurasian oystercatcher returns, spring is officially here. The noisy...
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 16 April 2020 1:29 PM
COVID-19: "Not time to relax yet"
A slight easing of the assembly ban has been announced from 4th May, but Iceland is still in the midst of the crisis and people absolutely must stick to the rules, the civil protection chief of the State police has pleaded. Teenagers and... more
Iceland Review, 16 April 2020 1:22 PM
Five Seafood Companies Withdraw From Lawsuit Against Icelandic State
Five seafood companies have decided to withdraw from a joint lawsuit against the Icelandic state due to a dispute over the allocation of mackerel quotas between 2011-2018, RÚV reports. Seven companies had decided to jointly sue the state, demanding over ISK 10 billion ($69.6 million/€63.9 million) in compensation. A statement from the five companies says […]
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Iceland Review, 16 April 2020 12:30 PM
City of Reykjavík’s Foreign Staff Inform Immigrants on COVID-19
City of Reykjavík employees with a foreign background have been crucial in informing the immigrant community during the COVID-19 pandemic, says City Councillor Sabine Leskopf, who also chairs the city’s Intercultural Committee. While translation of key information got off to a slow start, now many organisations are co-ordinating their efforts to ensure that foreigners living […]
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 16 April 2020 12:01 PM
Industrial Hemp Farm Still Trying To Convince Authorities That They’re Not Growing Drugs
A married couple who started a modest industrial hemp farm in Gautavík, East Iceland, are still having a hard time...
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 16 April 2020 11:55 AM
Studded winter tyres became illegal yesterday
Studded winter tyres are illegal on Iceland’s roads between 15th April and 31st October each year, except where weather still calls for them. Drivers on studs will not be fined just yet, but police ask people to change onto summer tyres as soon as... more
mbl.is, 16 April 2020 11:50 AM
Singers Honor Former President on Her 90th Birthday: Video
Yesterday, some of Iceland’s best known opera singers gathered in front of the home of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former president of Iceland, and sang for her in celebration of her 90th birthday.
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 16 April 2020 11:19 AM
COVID-19 Antibody Tests May Reveal Likelihood Of Second Wave In Iceland
Dr. Kári Stefánsson, CEO of deCODE Genetics, has announced that the company has started screening Icelanders for COVID-19 antibodies. The...
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 16 April 2020 11:12 AM
Four arrested over serious assault case
Capital region police carried out a coordinated swoop to arrest four men, both Icelandic and non-Icelandic citizens, at midday yesterday. The men are all suspected of involvement in a serious physical assault in Hafnarfjörður 11 days ago. more
mbl.is, 16 April 2020 10:52 AM
Only 99 Passengers at KEF Airport over Easter
Over the Easter weekend, 99 passengers went through Keflavík International Airport, compared with more than 84,000 during the same weekend last year.
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Iceland Review, 16 April 2020 10:24 AM
In Focus: Avalanche Barriers
On January 14, 2020, three large avalanches fell in quick succession in the Westfjords of Iceland. One avalanche fell in Súgandafjörður, directly across from Suðureyri, causing a tidal wave to strike the town that, ultimately, did little damage. The other two fell in Flateyri, causing more significant destruction. The timing of the avalanches was noteworthy. […]
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mbl.is, 16 April 2020 9:54 AM
KEF Airport Fire Fighters Dance and Delight
A video of a group of dancing fire fighters at Keflavík International Airport has been widely watched since it was posted on YouTube.
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Iceland Review, 15 April 2020 10:13 PM
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir’s 90th Birthday
“When the fourth president of the Icelandic republic was formally inaugurated at the Althing in Reykjavik on August 1, 1980, history was made in more ways than usual at such ceremonies previously. The new president is a woman, and not only the first woman to become president of Iceland, but the first woman in the […]
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IceNews, 15 April 2020 3:30 PM
#Takk Vigdís
The Icelandic nation has celebrated the 90th birthday of its former president Vigdís Finnbogadóttir in recent days with the hastag #TakkVigdís or Thank you Vigdís. Vigdís became the world’s first woman to be democratically elected president in 1986 and served that post until 1996. For decades she has been an inspiration for generations of women […] more
mbl.is, 15 April 2020 1:34 PM
Article on COVID-19 in Iceland in New England Journal of Medicine
An article on the spread of the novel coronavirus in Iceland was published by the New England Journal of Medicine yesterday.
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mbl.is, 15 April 2020 11:13 AM
Drug Use in Prisons Less than Ever
We’ve hardly ever seen as little drug use in our prisons as these days.
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mbl.is, 15 April 2020 10:04 AM
Former President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Turns 90 Today
Today is the 90th birthday of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former president of Iceland.
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Iceland Review, 15 April 2020 8:16 AM
New COVID-19 Study Provides Both “Assurance and Alarm”
A new study published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine, examining the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus among the Icelandic populace (via targeting testing and by open-invitation and random-population screening), found that children under the age of ten had a lower incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection than adolescents or adults and that females had […]
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mbl.is, 14 April 2020 1:19 PM
Some Restriction to be Lifted May 4
At a press conference this afternoon, Minister of Health Svandís Svavarsdóttir announced the next steps to be taken in Iceland toward lifting restrictions on public gatherings.
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mbl.is, 14 April 2020 11:32 AM
Vaccination is Our Only Hope
“Our only hope of eradicating the coronavirus is if enough people develop an antibody.”
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mbl.is, 14 April 2020 10:02 AM
Ten Percent of Icelanders Have Been Tested for Coronavirus
No fewer than 35,488 people have been tested for the novel coronavirus in Iceland.
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mbl.is, 13 April 2020 8:07 AM
Beauty in Black and White
Many parts of Iceland saw heavy snowfall earlier this month.
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mbl.is, 12 April 2020 8:08 AM
Kitesurfing Across the Icelandic Highlands: Video
Last month, three experienced mountaineers took, equipped with skis and kites, took off from Hrauneyjar, in the central highlands, and headed northeast toward Þórshöfn in Northeast Iceland.
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mbl.is, 11 April 2020 8:06 AM
Stunning Icelandic Landscape: Video
Most of us are no doubt in need of something to take our minds off the pandemic that is part of almost every news story these days.
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IceNews, 03 April 2020 7:08 PM
Amidst COVID-19 Iceland based Saltverk has found a way to support the global food-service industry
Restaurants and other food-service establishments are taking a massive hit due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Local eateries are closing their doors and many workers have been laid off until further notice. However, one silver lining during this uncertain and unprecedented time is witnessing people and companies come together as one global community. Icelandic salt company […] more
The Icelandic Meteorological Office, 02 April 2020 4:31 PM
More
research is needed to decipher the on-going activity at the Reykjanes Peninsula
as a whole
On Thursday the
26th of March an on-line Scientific Advisory Board meeting was held
to discuss the ongoing unrest in the Reykjanes peninsula. Scientists from IMO,
University of Iceland, ISOR and representatives from Civil Protection, HS-Orka,
ISAVIA-ANS, and the Environment Agency of Iceland attended the meeting.more
The Icelandic Meteorological Office, 19 March 2020 3:26 PM
Continued inflation around Mt. Þorbjörn
From the most recent crustal
deformation measurements, it is now clear that the inflation that occurred in
Þorbjörn in January-February has started again. This is confirmed by both GPS
and satellite data Scientists from the Icelandic Met Office, University of
Iceland and ISOR met Wednesday (18.03) to review the latest data. The deformation is occurring in the same
location as before, but at a slower rate. The uplift started in January and
halted temporarily at the end of February. The most recent data show that since
the beginning of March the uplift is about 20 mm.more
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