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Iceland Review, 25 April 2020 10:21 PM
Netflix Continues Production in Iceland, Crediting Strong COVID Response
With people quarantined around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, viewership on streaming services such as Netflix is way up, even as production on new content has basically come to a halt. Even so, Netflix is currently in production in both South Korea and Iceland, thanks to those countries’ strong response in containing and tracking […]
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mbl.is, 25 April 2020 8:06 AM
Ewe Plus Two = Spring
The lambing season has begun in Iceland.
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Iceland Review, 25 April 2020 2:24 AM
No Whaling for Second Summer in a Row
Hvalur, hf. will not do any whaling this summer, RÚV reports. CEO Kristján Loftsson attributes the suspension to difficult conditions, both on the Japanese market, where the company sells the vast majority of its catch, as well as social distancing regulations that make production difficult in Iceland. Kristján enumerated a number of hurdles that will […]
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Iceland Review, 25 April 2020 2:24 AM
Icelandair to Transport Medical Supplies Between China and Europe, US
Icelandair has signed a contract to operate at least 45 cargo flights between Shanghai, China and Munich, Germany, transporting medical and nursing supplies, RÚV reports. The airline will also fly from Shanghai to Chicago in the US with stopovers in Iceland. The flights will operate daily, starting on Saturday. Three of Icelandair’s Boeing 767s will […]
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Iceland Review, 25 April 2020 2:24 AM
Short-Term Tourism Indicators Show Significant Declines
Traffic on Iceland’s Ring Road decreased by a third in March as compared to the same time last year. Likewise, overnight stays in hotels last month went down significantly. This per a report on Short-Term Tourism Indicators published by Statistics Iceland on Friday. Comparing figures from March 2019 with March 2020, Statistics Iceland determined that […]
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 24 April 2020 4:31 PM
Fréttablaðið to drop Monday edition
Fréttablaðið, Iceland’s most-read newspaper, will stop publishing on Mondays from the start of May. The change is being made in the name of cost cutting as Torg, Fréttablaðið’s parent company, is dealing with financially challenging times along with... more
Reykjavík Grapevine, 24 April 2020 3:40 PM
Lowest Death Rate In Three Years Recorded In Iceland Despite Pandemic
The lowest number of deaths since 2017 were recorded in the Iceland as of April 15th, according to the latest...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 24 April 2020 3:38 PM
COVID-19 In Iceland: No New Infections, Bid To Move Parliament To Harpa
No new COVID-19 infections were recorded in Iceland on April 23rd, according to the latest figures released on the government’s...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 24 April 2020 3:31 PM
Plans To Open First Five-Star Hotel In Reykjavík On Schedule (For Now)
Preparations have begun to open the Reykjavík Edition hotel. Key positions have been filled, and further hiring will begin soon,...
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Iceland Review, 24 April 2020 3:25 PM
No New Infections for the First Time Since February
No new COVID-19 infections were reported in Iceland during the past 24 hours. Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir has hailed the news as an important milestone in the fight against COVID-19. A total of 193 tests For the first time since February 29, no new COVID-19 infections were reported in Iceland during the past 24 hours: […]
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 24 April 2020 3:17 PM
Coastguard crew saves tangled whale
The crew of the Icelandic coastguard patrol vessel Þór managed to free a whale that had become tangled in fishing gear this week, just south of the Langanes peninsula in northeast Iceland. more
Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 24 April 2020 2:22 PM
COVID-19: No new cases for the first time
No new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus were diagnosed in Iceland yesterday. It was the first day without new cases since the virus was first confirmed in Iceland at the end of February. There are 237 active cases of COVID-19 in Iceland at the... more
mbl.is, 24 April 2020 1:06 PM
No Landsmót this Summer
The horse show Landsmót, which was to be held at Hella, South Iceland, in July, has been postponed until July 2022.
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 24 April 2020 12:51 PM
No whale hunt once again this year
Hvalur hf. will not hunt whales or process whale meat in Iceland this summer, for the second year in a row. As Japanese authorities subsidise products sold by Japanese whaling companies, it is difficult for Icelandic whale meat to compete there, the... more
Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 24 April 2020 12:21 PM
Election opposition for president
Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson, economist and business analyst, has announced he is running for the position of President of Iceland. The news means incumbent President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson will not be re-elected without opposition and there will... more
Reykjavík Grapevine, 24 April 2020 11:44 AM
March Unemployment Highest In 9 Years; 600 Applications For Two Positions At Pizza Place
A new pizza place due to open in Kópavogur around the beginning of May, Spaðinn, has received over 600 applications...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 24 April 2020 11:34 AM
Second Year In A Row Of No Whale Hunting
2020 will mark the second year in a row that no whales will be hunted for profit. Hvalur hf. announced...
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mbl.is, 24 April 2020 10:29 AM
Vík í Mýrdal Covered in Volcanic Ash
The residents of Vík í Mýrdal welcome the prospect of volcanic ash over the coming weeks.
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mbl.is, 24 April 2020 9:29 AM
No Whaling this Summer
No whaling will be conducted in Icelandic waters this summer.
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mbl.is, 23 April 2020 8:40 AM
Japan Donates Anti-Viral Drug to Iceland
The Japanese government has decided to donate 12,200 tablets of the antiviral medication Favipiravir (a.k.a. Avigan) to Landspítali National University Hospital for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
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mbl.is, 22 April 2020 12:40 PM
Arriving Tourists to Be Placed in Quarantine in Iceland
Beginning Friday, anyone arriving in Iceland will be required to spend 14 days in quarantine.
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mbl.is, 22 April 2020 11:00 AM
Second Economic Stimulus Package Introduced
The Icelandic government introduced the second phase of its economic measures yesterday, intended to limit the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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mbl.is, 22 April 2020 10:03 AM
Survived Two Hours of Cardiac Arrest
The two teenage boys who were rescued from a vehicle that landed in the ocean by Hafnarfjörður Harbor in January suffered cardiac arrest for more than two hours.
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mbl.is, 21 April 2020 12:03 PM
COVID-19 Update
Only two new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed in Iceland yesterday.
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mbl.is, 21 April 2020 10:55 AM
Icelander Elected President of ECHR
Róbert Ragnar Spanó, judge of the European Court of Human Rights since November, 2013, has been elected president of the court.
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mbl.is, 21 April 2020 9:55 AM
Unemployment Rate Soars in Iceland
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the unemployment rate in Iceland has soared.
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mbl.is, 20 April 2020 12:16 PM
Want to Make Helguvík Harbor Suitable for NATO Vessels
There is interest among officials at Reykjaneshafnir harbors to make Helguvík Harbor, on the Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland, suitable for receiving NATO vessels.
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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
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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