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mbl.is,  15 September 2023 4:44 PM
Tickets sold out in minutes
Laufey has been gaining popularity fast. Tickets for two Laufey concerts sold out in Harpa Concerthall in Reykjavik in March. Ticket sales for the second concert began this morning and sold out in a span of a few minutes, with around 1600 seats available for each concert. Laufey is set to tour Europe in the new year to promote her recently released album, Bewitched. more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  15 September 2023 1:40 PM
Grapevine New Music: Mugison, MSEA, Kári Egilsson & More
We’re hitting the middle of the month with real mixed reviews: the whale-killing millionaire continues his rampage as protest mounts,... more

mbl.is,  15 September 2023 11:55 AM
“We take hate speech seriously”
The Reykjavík City Council is proud to collaborate with Samtökin 78, the queer organization of Iceland, when it comes to queer education as well as with the equality school and other city staff involved in education on equality education, human rights and sexual health. more

Iceland Review,  15 September 2023 11:22 AM
University of Iceland Fined Over Surveillance Practices
The Icelandic Data Protection Authority fined the University of Iceland ISK 1.5 million ($11,000/€10,000) for failing to comply with legal requirements on electronic monitoring and personal information processing. Absence of visible markers As noted in a press release from September 6, the Icelandic Data Protection Authority has imposed a fine of ISK 1.5 million [$11,000/€10,000] […] more

Iceland Review,  15 September 2023 10:59 AM
Attic Skull Sparks Ashtray Theory
The human skull fragments discovered last week in the Minister’s residence are believed to belong to a female individual, based on size, according to experts, Vísir reports. The possibility that the fragments were historically used as an ashtray is also under consideration. May have belonged to a “small woman” Fragments of a human skull were […] more

Iceland Review,  15 September 2023 10:23 AM
Deep North Episode 43: To Catch an Oystercatcher
Under the regular ascent and descent of Keflavík jet traffic, out past the old American radar stations, at the northwestern tip of the Reykjanes peninsula, sits the Suðurnes Science and Learning Centre. Much like the airport terminal a few kilometres from here, this spit of low-flung land is a place where many visitors to this […] more

Iceland Review,  15 September 2023 8:58 AM
Footballer, Sports Commentator Bjarni Felixson Passes Away
Veteran sports journalist and former Icelandic national footballer Bjarni Felixson passed away at the age of 86 yesterday, RÚV reports. Known as “the Red Lion,” Bjarni Felixson had a storied career in football before transitioning to journalism, where he became a household name. “The Red Lion” Veteran sports journalist and former Icelandic national footballer Bjarni […] more

Iceland Review,  15 September 2023 8:41 AM
Fatal Collision in Downtown Reykjavík Under Investigation
A man in his thirties was killed in a Reykjavík traffic accident involving a delivery van and a telescopic handler, Vísir reports. The accident has prompted an investigation by local police and the Icelandic Research Committee for Transportation Accidents. Front fork in a lowered position A male in his thirties was fatally injured in a […] more

mbl.is,  14 September 2023 4:00 PM
New sheep colours found in Iceland
The ram Úlfur (Wolf) has a wolf-gray colour that has not been seen in Icelandic sheep before, which might be caused by a mutation in the genes. “What seems to me to be that there is a really remarkable genetic phenomenon happening. This is definitely a mutation in the genes of colour,” commented agricultural scientist Jón Viðar Jónmundsson, who told Morgunblaðið that “two previously unknown sheep’s colours have been discovered here. more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  14 September 2023 3:56 PM
Pirate Party Tables Bill To End Whaling In Iceland
The Pirate Party tabled a bill in Alþingi, Iceland’s parliament, today that would legislate the end to commercial whaling in... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  14 September 2023 3:36 PM
In Tune With Nature
Two days of hiking, pooling, horseback riding and more in Dalir Every time I spend too long in Reykjavík –... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  14 September 2023 3:36 PM
Side Hustle Of The Issue: The Receptionist
An introvert’s hell, an extrovert’s paradise Like many other young people, Johanna Gascoin moved to Iceland to work as an... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  14 September 2023 3:35 PM
Meteorite Spotted In Raufarhöfn
On September 12, an astronomy enthusiast Sævar Helgi Bragason together with a group of photographers spotted a meteriorite at the... more

mbl.is,  14 September 2023 12:04 PM
Eskimo changes its name to EY Agency
Tinna Aðalbjörnsdóttir, Andrea Brabin AND Eva Lena Brabin run the newly rebranded EY Agency. The Eskimo agency will be called EY Agency from today. The reason for the name change is that company officials started receiving suggestions two years ago that the word Eskimo would no longer be acceptable to the Inuit community and that the younger generation in Greenland would take it especially hard and even consider it racist. more

mbl.is,  13 September 2023 5:00 PM
Concerned over farmed salmon runaways
Daníel Jakobsson, director of business development at salmon farming company Arctic Fish. “What is most important is that we offer to scan these rivers in question and if we find farmed salmon they are taken out,” said Daniel Jakobsson, director of business development at salmon farming company Arctic Fish, in response to questions about the release of farmed salmon from a sea cage in Kvígindisdalur valley in Patreksfjörður, revealed on August 21. more

mbl.is,  13 September 2023 12:38 PM
The new budget bill: 3.5 billion ISK increase in income from property tax
The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Bjarni Benediktsson, introducing the Budget bill yesterday. Bjarni Benediktsson, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, introduced next year’s budget bill yesterday. The bill includes a deficit of 46 billion ISK on the total state budget next year, which corresponds to 1% of GDP. more

mbl.is,  12 September 2023 2:00 PM
A skull is found in the Ministerial House
The two bones put together by the bone specialist of the National Museum of Iceland. Workers carrying out renovations at the Ministerial Building on Tjarnargata found fragments of a skull beneath the floorboards of the building's top floor last week. more

mbl.is,  12 September 2023 11:15 AM
Emergency meeting with the minister
A lot of farmed salmon has been found in Icelandic rivers lately. A meeting was yesterday with the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Svandís Svavarsdóttir. An emergency meeting was held yesterday at the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries in order to discuss the genetic mixing of farmed salmon with wild Atlantic salmon. Gunnar Örn Petersen, director of the National Federation of Fishing Societies, says he hopes that the Minister of Food, Agrculture and Fisheries will act immediately on the situation. more

mbl.is,  11 September 2023 3:00 PM
More grave cases of domestic violence
Kolbrún Benediktsdóttir, the Deputy District Prosecutor. Deputy District Prosecutor Kolbrún Benediktsdóttir says she sees the number of serious domestic violence cases increasing. She also says she suspects that steroid use may be linked to cases of domestic violence, although this has yet to be investigated. more

mbl.is,  11 September 2023 10:56 AM
A lot of farmed salmon in Blanda river
Guðmundur Haukur Jakobsson, Hildur Kristín og Jakob Þór Guðmundsson with some of the farmed salmon they caught yesterday. Between them they saved Blanda river from getting nine farmed salmon into it yesterday. Nine farmed salmon were caught from the salmon ladder in Blanda river at noon yesterday. Mbl.is flyfishing (Sporðaköst) were present and filmed the scene when Guðmundur Haukur Jakobsson, the vice chairman of the fishing association, went with his daughter and father to investigate the situation. more

mbl.is,  10 September 2023 4:00 PM
The hope of a good shot a great incentive
Jón Gauti Jónsson won the photography competition from the Icelandic travel website of mbl.is recently with the photograph “A traveller in his own world in the Kerlingarfjöll mountains. Jónsson works as a project manager for the company Icelandic Investment, but enjoys his spare time going to the mountains with the camera throughout the year. more

mbl.is,  10 September 2023 1:00 PM
Shelters for displaced people on hold
A few prefabricated houses have been built in the city and a few of them now house kindergartens. Preparation of Skjólgarðar shelters for refugees is on hold, according to information obtained by Morgunblaðið. more

The Icelandic Meteorological Office,  29 August 2023 5:01 PM
Flood in Skaftá
Updated on 29 August, at 17:00  Hydrological measurements in Skaftá at Sveinstindur show that the increase in discharge has slowed down.The discharge is estimated 620 m3/s at 15:00 compared to 600 m3/s at 9:00 this morning. more

The Icelandic Meteorological Office,  23 August 2023 3:51 PM
No visible changes in geothermal activity around Askja and Víti
The field trip conducted by a team from IMO last week has been completed succesfully. Preliminary results indicate no changes in the gases or waters compared to previous years while further sample and data analyses are ongoing. Visual inspections and temperature and pH measurements do not point to any clear changes in geothermal activity around Askja including in Víti. The observation on 12 August at the edge of Bátnshraun which was reported as a possible steam plume is now recognized as dust caused by a minor rock fall on a steep slope of the caldera wall.
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