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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 25 May 2020 4:36 PM
Iceland’s Nasdaq verðbréfamiðstöð hf. Is today formally merging with Nasdaq CSD SE (Nasdaq CSD). The united company, Nasdaq CSD, will have operations in Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, and Iceland. more
Iceland Review, 25 May 2020 4:35 PM
Earmarking Sheep May Become Optional in Iceland
The practice of marking sheep by cutting notches into their ears may soon become optional in Iceland, Bændablaðið reports. Earmarking sheep and goats is required by law in Iceland, though most Icelandic sheep are now also tagged with plastic or metal plates on their ears. The legislative change is proposed on the basis of animal […]
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 25 May 2020 4:00 PM
Early voting starts today for Iceland’s presidential election. Those unable to attend polling stations in person on 27th June can vote early at Smáralind shopping centre, district commissioners’ offices around Iceland, and at Icelandic diplomatic missions overseas. more
Reykjavík Grapevine, 25 May 2020 3:30 PM
COVID-19 In Iceland: Public Health Leaders Hold Final Press Conference
The final scheduled pandemic press conference was held today as Iceland enters the next phase of de-escalating its COVID-19 response....
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 25 May 2020 3:06 PM
In today's round-up: Iceland has lowered its COVID-19 alert level from ‘emergency’ to ‘danger’ and is increasing the assembly limit from 50 to 200 people. Bars and gyms are opening again and the two-metre rule is becoming advisory. Icelandair investors last Friday voted unanimously in favour of a new stock offering in late June and early July. more
Iceland Review, 25 May 2020 2:56 PM
Icelandic Stock Exchange Merges With Baltic Nasdaq
Nasdaq Iceland, formerly known as the Icelandic Stock Exchange (ICEX) has formally merged with Nasdaq CSD, which will operate in Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, RÚV reports. An announcement about the merger states that in its wake, Icelandic operations will be able to make full use of the opportunities and connections that Nasdaq CSD’s securities […]
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 25 May 2020 1:34 PM
Play Airlines Seeks To Start Flights Over The Summer
Play’s CEO says that the airline could have scheduled flights with days or a week’s notice. The company has secured...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 25 May 2020 1:28 PM
Cannabis Cultivation Causes Catastrophe; Committee Calls For Compensation
The Housing Complaints Committee believes that a landlord is entitled to compensation from a tenant for damage caused to an...
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mbl.is, 25 May 2020 12:55 PM
Two-Meter Rule Optional in Iceland
New rules regarding public gatherings took effect in Iceland today.
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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV), 25 May 2020 12:06 PM
The weekly news programme from RÚV English: an entertaining look at what's been going on in Iceland over the past seven days. more
Iceland Review, 25 May 2020 12:05 PM
Two-Metre Rule Relaxed in Iceland as Gyms and Bars Reopen
Groups of 200 may gather together and gyms and bars may reopen today in Iceland as the second stage of lifting COVID-19 restrictions takes effect. The state of emergency declared on February 28 has been lifted. The two-metre social distancing rule, in effect since March 13, will also be somewhat relaxed in public spaces. Only […]
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 25 May 2020 11:30 AM
Sweets Laced With Cannabis And Morphine Hospitalise Two Teenage Girls
Two Suðurnes teenagers were hospitalised after consuming sweets containing morphine and cannabis over the weekend. The girls aged 13 and...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 25 May 2020 11:28 AM
Reminder: Numerous Coronavirus Restrictions Lifted Today
As reported, Iceland’s “state of emergency” due to the coronavirus lifts today. With it comes a number of eased restrictions...
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mbl.is, 25 May 2020 11:25 AM
Daily Flights in June? It’s up in the Air
It is not yet clear what sort of air service will be offered to and from Iceland once the country’s borders reopen June 15.
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mbl.is, 25 May 2020 10:15 AM
Icelandair Gets Green Light to Increase Share Capital
At a meeting Friday, Icelandair Group hf.’s shareholders voted to grant the board authorization to increase the company’s share capital by up to ISK 30 billion.
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Iceland Review, 25 May 2020 9:28 AM
What’s the Status of COVID-19 in Iceland?
On May 25, Icelandic authorities lifted the state of emergency implemented on February 28, when the first local COVID-19 infection was confirmed. Iceland is currently in the second stage of relaxing COVID-19 restrictions. The following are the latest statistics regarding COVID-19 in Iceland: Gathering ban Icelandic entered its second stage of loosening COVID-19 restrictions on […]
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Iceland Review, 24 May 2020 7:18 PM
Absentee Voting for President Starts Monday
This year’s presidential election will be decided via absentee voting, which begins on Monday, May 25, RÚV reports. There are two remaining candidates for president:
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mbl.is, 24 May 2020 8:05 AM
Twin Delivers Twin’s Twins
At the beginning of March, an Icelandic midwife in training, who is an identical twin, delivered the twins of a mother, who is a twin.
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mbl.is, 23 May 2020 8:06 AM
Swims to Greenland after Amazing Recovery
After an amazing recovery in Iceland, it took him just over two weeks to swim to Greenland – a distance of 550 km (over 340 miles).
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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
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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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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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
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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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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