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Reykjavík Grapevine,  17 May 2021 5:32 PM
RVK Newscast #103: New Cold War Meeting In Iceland And COVID At Eurovision
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov will meet American Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Iceland on May 20th,... more

mbl.is,  17 May 2021 5:13 PM
A simplified guide to Iceland’s Covid-19 travel rules
Those who are fully vaccinated should have a fairly easy time visiting Iceland. Iceland Monitor has put together a clear and concise outline of the current restrictions and requirements. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  17 May 2021 3:42 PM
Important for #MeToo to lead to change, PM says
Prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir says further work is needed to raise awareness in society of gender-based abuse. She says it is important that the personal stories women in Iceland have been sharing online lead to palpable change. more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  17 May 2021 3:01 PM
Finally, DesignM(ay)arch! Here’s Our Picks For The DesignMarch 2021 Festival
After delays due to some sort of world event, the 13th iteration of DesignM(ay)arch has finally arrived! And with over... more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  17 May 2021 2:33 PM
Eurovision Song Contest with English commentary
RÚV English proudly presents live coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  17 May 2021 2:30 PM
‘There’s The New Constitution’: Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson Will Never Stop Fighting
For almost 10 years, the cry of ‘Hvar er nýja stjórnarskráin?’ (‘Where’s the new constitution?’) has been heard around the... more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  17 May 2021 2:29 PM
Cool spring delays pollen season
High pressure over Greenland continues to control the weather over Iceland as it has for several weeks, bringing very dry, but cool, conditions. The temperature has rarely made it into double digits anywhere so far this spring, though that 10°C barrier could be broken if the sun comes out in the south this afternoon. The north is noticeably colder today. more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  17 May 2021 2:09 PM
The Poetics Of Technology: Sigurður Guðjónsson & The Unseen World
“The title of the exhibition is ‘Unseen Fields’, which is a direct reference to places, spaces or things that I... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  17 May 2021 1:17 PM
Iceland Holds Steady In ILGA Europe’s Ranking For Queer Rights
When it comes to queer rights, Iceland is 14th in Europe—where it was last year—indicating the the country has not... more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  17 May 2021 12:24 PM
The Week in Iceland, 17 May 2021
The weekly news programme from RÚV English: an entertaining look at what's been going on in Iceland over the past seven days. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  17 May 2021 11:25 AM
Trying to divert lava with earth banks
Work is well underway to build a protective wall to try and divert lava from the Geldingadalir volcano and hopefully protect the Suðurstrandarvegur road. The civil engineer in charge of the project, Ari Guðmundsson, says earthworks will be completed today and that the total cost is less than ten million krónur. more

mbl.is,  16 May 2021 11:00 PM
New Icelandic airline Play gets an air operator’s certificate
From left to right Halldór Guðfinnsson, Andri Geir Eyjólfsson and Friðrik Ottesen preparing TF-AEW for its first flight on the new AOC. Play will begin by offering flights to and from Paris, London, Copenhagen, Alicante and Tenerife. Flights to the US should start later in the year. more

mbl.is,  15 May 2021 5:53 PM
Fish skin helped local man recover from severe burns
The Kerecis Omega3 fish-skin graft is approved by the a FDA as well as European regulatory authorities. Doctors used fish-skin grafts from Kerecis, a Westfjords company, to help a local man recover from severe burn wounds. more

mbl.is,  15 May 2021 2:05 AM
Updated quarantine rules for travelers take effect Tuesday
The flow of tourists has begun to slowly increase. Those who have been fully vaccinated now have a fairly easy time visiting Iceland. People coming from some countries must stay in the quarantine hotel while others may get an exemption. more

mbl.is,  14 May 2021 10:24 PM
Partial solar eclipse in Iceland in June
According to Norse mythology a solar eclipse takes place when the Sun is eaten by ferocious wolf Skoll. The moon will block out around 70% of the sun more

mbl.is,  14 May 2021 12:03 AM
Dangerous bridge will be taken out of use
Crossing the Núpsvötn-bridge requires a great deal of caution. Icelandic authorities plan to replace a nearly 50 years old bridge which has seen many accidents. more

mbl.is,  13 May 2021 11:13 PM
Wine importer finds way around state monopoly
Arnar Sigurðsson, owner of Sante ehf. and Santewines SAS, is offering Icelandic consumers a new option. A sister company in France sells the wine online but the product is stored in Iceland. more

mbl.is,  12 May 2021 11:52 PM
Icelandic game developer aiming for IPO
From the PC game Starborne. Solid Clouds produces a futuristic MMO space strategy game more

mbl.is,  12 May 2021 7:10 PM
Police investigates Icelanders on OnlyFans
One of Iceland's more popular OnlyFans contributors is Klara Sif Magnusdottir. When interviewed by Mbl.is in April she claimed to have earned the equivalent of $US 120.000 from her profile on the website in a span of just nine months. Content sold through popular website may violate Iceland's pornography ban more

mbl.is,  11 May 2021 3:02 PM
Intensity of Eruption Increases
The lava discharge by Fagradalsfjall mountain, Southwest Iceland, has increased considerably during the past week. more

mbl.is,  11 May 2021 12:09 PM
Ocean Diamond to Sail Around Iceland This Summer
Ocean Diamond. Four cruise lines have announced the arrival of cruise ships in Reykjavík this summer. more

mbl.is,  11 May 2021 10:07 AM
Direct Flights from Israel to Iceland This Summer
From Tel Aviv. A Boeing Dreamliner from El Al. “If all goes as planned, between 50 and 70 groups from Israel will be coming to Iceland in the summer.” more

The Icelandic Meteorological Office,  05 April 2021 5:11 PM
Re-evaluation needed of the size of the hazard area
Updated 03.05 12:15The eruption in Fagradalsfjall continues through one main crater. The active crater is the fifth fissure opening that opened in the area on the 13th of April. Since the 27th of April, the volcanic activity was characterized by continuous lava fountains, while the activity changed at around midnight on the 2nd of May, and has since  been showing pulsating behaviour. Considering these changes in activity, the size of the hazard area at the eruption site is being re-evaluated.  more

The Icelandic Meteorological Office,  20 March 2021 5:11 PM
A minor eruption underway
Uptdated 29.3 at 09:30The Civil Protection and Emergency Management's Science Board held a meeting Friday (Mars 26.) to discuss the volcanic eruption in Geldingadalir on the Reykjanes Peninsula. A lot of data has been collected including on-site and remote measurements along with modeling work forecasting the event's possible behavior over the coming days. A report detailing the event's general status and proposals for regular monitoring will be released shortly. more

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