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Reykjavík Grapevine, 22 May 2020 7:10 PM
Abandoned Iceland #5: Jökulsárlón—Glacier Lagoon
In this edition of Abandoned Iceland, we visited Jökulsárlón and found a handful of Icelanders, expats and one seal roaming...
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Iceland Review, 22 May 2020 5:04 PM
Fewer Earthquakes in Reykjanes
Earthquake activity has gone down significantly on the Reykjanes peninsula in Southwest Iceland, RÚV reports. The Icelandic Met Office measured 200 quakes over the last week, which is a significant drop from the 350 that were measured there the week before. Also heartening is perhaps that the measured earthquakes were all quite small, particularly compared […]
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 22 May 2020 4:11 PM
Hack the Crisis Iceland is the name of a hackathon taking place this weekend which is billed as an opportunity for solutions-orientated people to create ideas. Despite the name, there is no requirement for participants to know computer programming, organisers promise. more
Reykjavík Grapevine, 22 May 2020 3:48 PM
Rediscovering Paradise: The Unexpected Side Effects Of Covid-19
It was 2010 when Eyjafjallajökull erupted. I went with a group of friends from work (I was working for the...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 22 May 2020 3:21 PM
Kaffitár’s CFO Objects To Homeless Shelters
Guðrún Drífa Hólmgeirsdóttir, CFO at Kaffitár, apparently objects to the construction of tiny homes for Reykjavík’s small homeless population. She...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 22 May 2020 3:14 PM
Introducing Ultraflex: 80s Soviet Aerobics Meets Modern Disco
There’s a new band on the block and its transporting intrepid listeners to the future by way of 1980s Russia...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 22 May 2020 1:54 PM
COVID-19 In Iceland: Two Active Cases, State Of Emergency Lifts On Monday
The national emergency rating will be lowered on Monday, May 25th as Iceland enters the next phase of relaxing COVID-19...
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 22 May 2020 1:51 PM
Expired visas and residency permits are being extended during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, while argument continues over relaxing quarantine rules, how to save Icelandair and whether unions should relinquish on workers’ rights. more
Iceland Review, 22 May 2020 1:03 PM
Snow-Covered Road in East Iceland Takes Four Days to Clear For the Summer
Summer may have officially started in Iceland on April 23, but you definitely couldn’t tell from the weather in Mjóifjörður, East Iceland, where authorities just spent four days digging a traversable roadway through snow walls of up to five meters [16 ft] in height. RÚV reports that the road into the village there has been […]
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mbl.is, 22 May 2020 12:37 PM
Search for Missing Fisherman Continues
The search for a fisherman, believed to have fallen overboard in Vopnafjörður fjord, Northeast Iceland on Monday, continues today.
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Iceland Review, 22 May 2020 11:46 AM
Daði Freyr Releases New Quarantine Jam
Knitwear trendsetter and fan favourite of this year’s Eurovision-That-Wasn’t Daði Freyr has released “Where We Wanna Be,” a new song that finds the fun in our current quarantine moment. “Stuck at home right now,” sings Daði Freyr, dancing in what does appear to be a playroom in his house. “But let’s enjoy ourselves somehow. That’s […]
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 22 May 2020 11:40 AM
Alþingi this week passed a new bill on supervised injection sites at the end of the bill’s third reading. The new law allows municipalities to apply for Directorate of Health licences to open spaces for drug addicts to inject in safe, controlled surroundings. It is not yet clear whether any municipalities will choose to set up such spaces. more
mbl.is, 22 May 2020 11:17 AM
Man Rescued from Fire in Akureyri Dies
The man rescued from a burning house in Akureyri the night before last has died.
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mbl.is, 22 May 2020 10:43 AM
Icelandair’s Fate Won’t Be Decided Today
An Icelandair shareholder meeting is scheduled today.
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 22 May 2020 9:59 AM
The 67-year-old man pulled from a house fire in Akureyri on Tuesday evening died in intensive care in Reykjavík late on Wednesday, doctors have confirmed. more
IceNews, 21 May 2020 8:06 PM
Awarding Destination Iceland campaign to M&C Saatchi UK leads to a lawsuit
In Iceland, like elsewhere, authorities have reacted in diverse ways to the negative economic impact of COVID-19. Amongst projects included in the government’s a stimulus packages aimed at protecting jobs and businesses in the country’s all-important tourism industry, was the funding of a 300 million ISK marketing project for Íslandsstofa, Promote Iceland. That project is […] more
Iceland Review, 21 May 2020 3:38 PM
Alþingi Legalizes Safe Injection Sites
Alþingi has passed a bill which will make it legal for municipalities around the country to open safe injection sites (SIS) for intravenous drug users, Vísir reports. Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir, chair of the City of Reykjavík’s Welfare Committee, has praised the bill as a step in the right direction and believes that in Reykjavík, such […]
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Iceland Review, 21 May 2020 2:27 PM
Expired Visa and Residence Permits Temporarily Extended
Expired visas and residence permits for foreign nationals who are currently in Iceland and cannot leave the country for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic have been automatically extended by the Minister of Justice, RÚV reports. The extension applies to those who are unable to leave Iceland because of the travel restrictions that went into […]
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 21 May 2020 9:27 AM
Today is Ascension Day and is a public holiday in Iceland. more
mbl.is, 21 May 2020 8:04 AM
One New Case of COVID-19 in Iceland
One new COVID-19 case was confirmed in Iceland yesterday.
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IceNews, 20 May 2020 2:50 PM
Reykjavík is getting ready for the post-COVID-19 era
Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center in Reykjavík announced today that it is ready for the post-COVID-19 era When social distancing measures were put in place in Iceland on March 16, Harpa had to close temporarily. Before the outbreak, 2020 was on track to be a record year for Harpa in international events. “It was confusing […] more
mbl.is, 20 May 2020 11:55 AM
Man Rescued from Burning House in Akureyri
A man, rescued unconscious from a burning house in Akureyri last night, was transported by medical flight to Reykjavík.
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mbl.is, 20 May 2020 11:08 AM
Moss-Covered Area Damaged in Wildfire: Video
About 15 hectares (37 acres) of a moss-covered lava field in Norðurárdalur valley, West Iceland, were severely damaged by wildfire the night before last.
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mbl.is, 20 May 2020 10:03 AM
Icelandair Might Consider Talks with New Union
The establishment of a new union of flight attendants in Iceland has been discussed.
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mbl.is, 19 May 2020 12:06 PM
Wildfire in West Iceland Overnight
About a hundred firefighters fought a wildfire in Norðurárdalur valley, West Iceland, yesterday and overnight.
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mbl.is, 19 May 2020 11:03 AM
Nauthólsvík Beach to Reopen Monday
Although swimming pools in Iceland reopened yesterday, Nauthólsvík geothermal beach, Reykjavík, remains closed.
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mbl.is, 19 May 2020 10:05 AM
Opening Borders Gives Businesses Breathing Space
“This simplifies matters and makes it possible for companies to deliver their services.”
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mbl.is, 18 May 2020 1:05 PM
Up to 1,000 Tourists Could Be Tested a Day
Samples collected from travelers arriving in Iceland once the country’s borders open in mid-June will be transported to Reykjavík and analyzed at the lab of the Department of Microbiology at Landspítali National University Hospital.
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mbl.is, 18 May 2020 11:00 AM
Quarantine Facility in Reykjavík Closed
Fosshotel Lind in Reykjavík, which in early March was converted into a quarantine for tourists and others unable to be in quarantine at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been closed.
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The Icelandic Meteorological Office, 04 May 2020 1:15 PM
Seismic activity around Mt. Þorbjörn has decreasing
significantly
In the beginning of April the uplift in Þorbjörn
decreased and, in the second part of the month, it stopped. The area around
Þorbjörn is now most likely recovering after the large induced stress, and the
injected magma is cooling down and contracting. Along with reduced deformation,
seismic activity has decreasing significantly. These data indicate that the
injection of magma beneath Þorbjörn has stopped and this second phase of uplift
due to magma intrusion can be considered closed. This data was presented during
a Scientific Advisory Board, which met on 30th of April to discuss and review
the current activity in Reykjanes Peninsula.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
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