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,...
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mbl.is, 17 May 2021 5:13 PM
A simplified guide to Iceland’s Covid-19 travel rules
Iceland Monitor has put together a clear and concise outline of the current restrictions and requirements.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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.
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mbl.is, 15 May 2021 5:53 PM
Fish skin helped local man recover from severe burns
Doctors used fish-skin grafts from Kerecis, a Westfjords company, to help a local man recover from severe burn wounds.
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mbl.is, 15 May 2021 2:05 AM
Updated quarantine rules for travelers take effect Tuesday
People coming from some countries must stay in the quarantine hotel while others may get an exemption.
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mbl.is, 14 May 2021 10:24 PM
Partial solar eclipse in Iceland in June
The moon will block out around 70% of the sun
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mbl.is, 14 May 2021 12:03 AM
Dangerous bridge will be taken out of use
Icelandic authorities plan to replace a nearly 50 years old bridge which has seen many accidents.
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mbl.is, 13 May 2021 11:13 PM
Wine importer finds way around state monopoly
A sister company in France sells the wine online but the product is stored in Iceland.
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mbl.is, 12 May 2021 11:52 PM
Icelandic game developer aiming for IPO
Solid Clouds produces a futuristic MMO space strategy game
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mbl.is, 12 May 2021 7:10 PM
Police investigates Icelanders on OnlyFans
Content sold through popular website may violate Iceland's pornography ban
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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.
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mbl.is, 11 May 2021 12:09 PM
Ocean Diamond to Sail Around Iceland This Summer
Four cruise lines have announced the arrival of cruise ships in Reykjavík this summer.
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mbl.is, 11 May 2021 10:07 AM
Direct Flights from Israel to Iceland This Summer
“If all goes as planned, between 50 and 70 groups from Israel will be coming to Iceland in the summer.”
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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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