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Reykjavík Grapevine,  28 September 2022 12:46 PM
Vínbúðin Might Expand Opening Hours
Vínbúðin could be allowed to be open on Sundays and other holidays if a bill that five members of the... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  28 September 2022 12:36 PM
RVK Newscast 217: Limited Evidence In Terrorism Case
In this episode of RVK Newscast, Grapevine editor-in-chief Valur Grettisson is in Grafarvogur, the home of two suspects in the... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  28 September 2022 12:34 PM
Major Damage Was Done Due To Stormy Weather
The fire station in Reyðarfjörður was heavily damaged during the weekend’s stormy weather, reports RÚV. In addition, many buildings in... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  28 September 2022 12:22 PM
Iceberg Size Of Football Pitch Spotted North Of Iceland
An iceberg roughly the size of a football pitch has floated its way north of Siglufjörður and west of Grímsey,... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  28 September 2022 11:49 AM
Bus Fare Increase Sharply Criticised
The announcement from capital area bus service Strætó that they would be raising their fares from October 1st has raised... more

mbl.is,  28 September 2022 8:00 AM
Two thousand people got vaccinated
Many people came yesterday to get vaccinated in Laugardalshöll. Around two thousand people went to Laugardalshöllin yesterday to get the fourth booster shot for Covid-19 or an Influenza shot. All residents in the capital region 60 years or older got an invite to come. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  27 September 2022 7:47 PM
Capital bus fares to go up
A single adult fare on Strætó buses in the capital region will increase to 550 krónur from Saturday, the 1st October, the bus company announced online today. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  27 September 2022 6:55 PM
Íslandsbanki report still delayed
The state auditor’s office will not submit its long-anticipated report into the sale of state shares in Íslandsbanki before the end of this month, the state auditor, Guðmundur Björgvin Helgason, confirmed to RÚV this week. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  27 September 2022 4:31 PM
New breast clinic makes a big difference for women
The new breast clinic of Landspítali, located at Eiríksgata 5 in Reykjavík, has been officially opened. The facilities make a difference and offer all available treatments in one place, except for more extensive breast-related surgeries. more

mbl.is,  27 September 2022 3:07 PM
Do you know this man?
The man the Police is trying to locate. The police in the capital region is looking for a man they need to talk to in regard to a case they are working. more

mbl.is,  27 September 2022 2:00 PM
Millions worth of damages in Urrðaholt due to an eletrical failure
Holtsvegur in Urriðaholt in Garðabær where the electrical malfunction occurred on Friday. Residents in a few dozen apartments in Urriðaholt in Garðabær suffered millions worth of damages last Friday when a malfunction in an electric box run by HS Veitur caused the voltage to soar from 220V to almost 400V in some of the apartments that were connected to this electric box. more

mbl.is,  27 September 2022 8:00 AM
Iceland in 5th place on the SPI Index 2022
Iceland drops down one place and is now in the 5th place of 169 nations in the Social Progress Index (SPI) which is conducted by the independent US non-profit company Social Progress Imperative. Every year a lot of variables are measured to reach their conclusion of social progress. This year's index was introduced yesterday. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  26 September 2022 9:04 PM
North Iceland earthquake alert cancelled
The civil protection agency uncertainty alert due to the earthquake swarm off North Iceland has today been cancelled. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV),  26 September 2022 8:19 PM
“Worst storm in living memory”
Residents of North and East Iceland are only now starting to assess the damage caused by this weekend’s storm—described by many in the East Fjords as the worst in living memory. The last of the storm has still yet to fully clear Iceland, and roads in the southeast of the country are still closed this evening. The final yellow weather alert expires at 23.00 tonight. more

mbl.is,  26 September 2022 8:00 PM
Iceland prominent in the first trailer of Heart of Stone
Here is a screenshot of an explosion by Harpa Concert Hall in the movie, Heart of Stone. The thriller and action movie Heart of Stone was partially filmed in Iceland and at one point the downtown area near Harpa Concert Hall was closed. The film premieres on Netflix next year. more

mbl.is,  26 September 2022 4:30 PM
Denies planning terror attacks
The Special Forces were a part of the operation last week when four men were arrested believed to have been plotting a terrorist attack. "I think the arrest was not aggressive. It was a big operation, but the man was not thrown on the ground or anything like that," says Ómar Örn Bjarnþórsson, the defense attorney for one of the the men in police custody who was apprehended in Holtasmári last week. more

mbl.is,  26 September 2022 5:00 AM
Reyðarfjörður is like a warzone
One side of the Eimskip building collapsed in the strong winds. A lot of buildings and vehicles were badly damaged in the storm on Sunday. Damages are visible all over the town, broken windshields, roof damages all over, mostly in the industrial buildings. more

mbl.is,  26 September 2022 1:05 AM
Over 200 calls to the Rescue teams
Rescue teams have been very busy in the Eastfjords and in the North today because of the weather. The weather has been very bad, with gale winds and very high sea in the North of Iceland and in the East. The last 24 hours the ICE-SAR Landsbjörg Rescue teams have had over 200 emergency calls which 350 people have been involved in taking care of. more

mbl.is,  24 September 2022 11:34 AM
Icelandic journalist on the way to Donbas for the referendum
Erna Ýr Öldudóttir has already managed to get new camera equipment for her trip to Donbas in Ukraine. The journalist, Erna Ýr Öldu­dótt­ir, has landed in Turkey and is going to Ukraine to witness the referendum in Donbas this weekend, where the vote is about whether these Russian occupied areas will be a part of Russia. more

mbl.is,  23 September 2022 11:00 PM
Looking to Anders Breivik as a rolemodel
The neo-nazi Andes Breivik killed 77 young people on the 22nd of July in 2011. That is the biggest mass murder of a lone wolf in the history of terrorist attacks against the public. The men who were arrested by the Special Forces yesterday have a role model in extreme nationalists in Scandinavia, such as the notorious Anders Breivik, who killed 77 young people on the 22nd of July in 2011, which to this day remains the biggest mass murder by a lone wolf in recent history. more

mbl.is,  23 September 2022 9:34 PM
Terrorist attack averted in Iceland
The Special Forces in the capital Region. Icelanders have been in shock since yesterday when the police arrested four Icelandic men in their twenties under the suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack on the public and state institutions. Two of the men have remained in police custody. more

mbl.is,  22 September 2022 2:00 PM
Discussed the bilateral agreement and the backlash in equal rights
The Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir andNancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Government had a lot to talk about in their meeting yesterday. Iceland's Prime Minister, Katrín Jak­obs­dótt­ir, met with Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Government in Capitol Hill in Washington. This is reported on the website of the Icelandic Government. more

The Icelandic Meteorological Office,  14 September 2022 2:56 PM
Fagradalsfjall eruption unusual in many ways compared to other eruptions
The precursors to the eruption at Fagradalsfjall last year were unusual compared to many other eruptions across the world and the composition of the lava changed as the eruption continued. These are among the findings of two papers published in the latest issue of Nature by scientists at the University of Iceland and the Icelandic Meteorological Office along with a large number of colleagues. more

The Icelandic Meteorological Office,  24 August 2022 11:28 AM
„We need to control our footprint on mother Earth“
The president of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, opened the science symposium Cryosphere 2022 in Harpa concert hall this morning. The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) is organizing the conference focusing on ice and snow in a warming world. About 330 scientists participate in the symposium from 33 countries of 6 continents.more

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