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mbl.is,  05 December 2023 6:00 PM
Concerning PISA survey showing Icelandic students lagging behind
The latest Pisa survey introduced. Þórdís Jóna Sigurðardóttir director of the Directorate of Education. 40% of fifteen year old students in Iceland do not have basic skills in reading comprehension. This is stated in the results of the 2022 PISA survey, which was published today. more

Iceland Review,  05 December 2023 5:34 PM
Artist Stipends Awarded for 2024
The Icelandic Centre for Research (Rannís) has announced that artist stipends for 2024 have been allocated. 9,336 Months of Salary Applied For There were some 1,600 months of salary to be allocated for 2024, representing 6 different funds for designers, visual artists, writers, performing artists, musical performers and composers. Applications to the fund totaled 1,032, including […] more

mbl.is,  05 December 2023 3:00 PM
Ólafsson has the best classic album of the year according to The Sunday Times
Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson photographed this fall by our photographer Kristinn Magnússon. Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson’s album Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach has been selected as the best classic album of the year by the British newspaper The Sunday Times. The album was released by German publishing house Deutsche Grammophon and Víkingur has been touring the world for the past few months to follow it up. more

mbl.is,  05 December 2023 1:17 PM
Bishop of Iceland has no administrative duties until a new bishop has been elected
Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir, the bishop of Iceland will serve until Whitsunday 2024 but will not be responsible for any administrative tasks of the office. The inaugural bishops of Skálholt (Kristján Björnsson) and Hólar (Gísli Gunnarsson) have now taken over the administrative tasks that the bishop of Iceland has. They will be responsible for these administrative tasks until the new bishop has taken office, so that their legitimacy of their decions are not subject to doubt. more

Iceland Review,  05 December 2023 10:27 AM
Grindavík Residents Demand Pension Funds Lower Interest Rates, Loan Repayments
A group of Grindavík residents visited the offices of Gildi pension fund to demand that Gildi and other funds to lower interest rates and repayments on housing loans, RÚV reports. The major commercial banks have agreed to lower interest rates and repayments on housing loans for three months due to the natural disaster in Grindavík, […] more

Iceland Review,  05 December 2023 9:52 AM
Frost Across Much of Iceland
Cold temperatures are forecasted across the nation today, December 5. The Icelandic Met Office’s latest update states that winds from the east are expected today, measuring 3-10 m/s, with widely scattered light clouds. Northwest Iceland can expect the occasional snowstorm, but conditions are mostly clear. Winds are expected to grow stronger in South Iceland tonight. […] more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  05 December 2023 8:00 AM
True Beauty Behind A Graffitied Door: A Visit To Óx
Óx dazzles from start to finish I don’t know if it’s the scary and uncertain few years we’ve all been... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  05 December 2023 8:00 AM
Disappearing In Plain View: A Documentary Captures Glacial Decline
In a State of Change provides much-needed food for thought “Sorry, that it made you feel sad,” says director Donal... more

mbl.is,  04 December 2023 3:35 PM
Getting close to the BLue Lagoon
The work on the defensive walls near Svartsengi powerstation have been going well and a group of 60-70 people have been working on it 24/7 in the past weeks. Ari Guðmundsson, engineer at Verkís, says that the work on constructing a defensive wall around Svartsengi is going well, and the work began in mid-November. more

Iceland Review,  04 December 2023 12:23 PM
Left-Green Movement Polls Historically Low
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir’s Left-Green Movement would have trouble winning any seats in Parliament if an election were held today, according to the latest poll from Gallup. The party’s support has never measured as low in Gallup’s national pulse since it first entered Parliament in 1999. RÚV reported first. Support for government dropping The poll […] more

Iceland Review,  04 December 2023 11:50 AM
Icelander Extradited to Norway in Controversial Custody Dispute
An Icelandic woman was extradited to Norway last week in a case that has caused broad controversy, RÚV reports. The woman, Edda Björk Arnardóttir, was accused of taking her children from Norway to Iceland without permission last year. The boys’ father has legal custody of the children. Last year Edda Björk flew to Norway on […] more

mbl.is,  04 December 2023 8:00 AM
Social Democrats on the rise
Kristrún Frostadóttir is leading the Social Democrats. The Social Democrats would have the largest number of votes if parliamentary elections were held today. This is reflected in Gallup’s new national poll on party support in parliament. more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  04 December 2023 12:51 AM
The Cozy Crime Conference Caper
Iceland Noir brought big names and dark conversations to town If you’ve ever wondered how to commit the perfect murder,... more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  04 December 2023 12:36 AM
Continuous-Rave Radar
Continuous-Rave Radar It’s a cold night. The mind races. You think about the club. The one friend who hasn’t betrayed... more

mbl.is,  03 December 2023 12:00 PM
The dike might have expanded
Land continues to rise at Svartsengi and it has been rising approximately 1 cm each day in the last few days. The devastating earthquakes that occurred on Friday, November 10, may also have expanded the magma's dike from a deeper chamber to a shallower one. As a result, more magma flows higher into the earth's crust now than before. more

mbl.is,  03 December 2023 10:10 AM
The Christmas market at Elliðavatn open
There is a lot on offer at the crafts market. The Christmas market at Elliðavatn farm in Heiðmörk opened yesterday. There you can find a craft market, Christmas tree sales, writers’ readings and Christmas decorations. more

mbl.is,  03 December 2023 2:57 AM
Kicked in the head in a mass fight
It is suspected that one man was kicked in the head, which automatically makes it a major assault. The police were called to Austurstræti in Reykjavík just before 4 am Saturday morning because of a major assault. Allegedly one man had been kicked in the head. more

mbl.is,  02 December 2023 6:51 PM
An actor writes a thriller
The actor Richard Armitage was in Iceland recently and talked to mbl.is about his career and his new thriller. The great actor, and now author, Richard Armitage, welcomes the journalist with a broad smile and a big hug. Armitage is probably best known for his role as Thor­in Oa­kens­hield in the trilogy Hobbit­, based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s books. Many­ people also ­know him from the British spy-show Spooks, the movie Ocean’s Eight, or the recently launched love-scand­al show Obsession. But now ­the actor ­has tried his hand in the literary field, as the exciting thriller Geneva has been published.­ That ­is ­why the British actor­ was­ invited to Iceland for the book­festival­ Ice­land Noir, which took place in Reykjavík recently. more

mbl.is,  02 December 2023 4:03 PM
Car rolled over by the Reykjavik pond
The car rolled over today but what caused it is still not known. A car rolled over on Fríkirkjuvegur by the pond in downtown Reykjavík earlier today. more

mbl.is,  02 December 2023 12:37 PM
Fixing cables and pipes in Grindavík
It takes quite some time to fix each end of the electric cable. HS Veitur employees have been working in Grindavík to repair electrical cables and hot water pipes that were severed in the earthquakes in the town. more

Reykjavík Grapevine,  01 December 2023 8:11 PM
Gallery Port’s Christmas Market Is Back!
Deck the halls with brand new artwork! Fa la la la la, la la la la! There are a few... more

mbl.is,  01 December 2023 6:57 PM
The speed of the land rise is great
The GPS monitor is northeast of the Blue Lagoon. Land is now approaching its previous position at the GPS detector in Svartsengi before land began rising in late October. Land has risen by 23 centimeters in eighteen days, but in recent days land has risen by one centimeter per day. more

The Icelandic Meteorological Office,  01 December 2023 2:30 PM
Seismic activity still decreasing
Updated 1. December at 16:50 UTCThe seismicity on the peninsula continues to decrease. For the past few days, the automatic earthquake location system has been detecting relatively few earthquakes, mostly micro-earthquakes below magnitude one. The most recent seismicity is concentrated in the area between Sýlingarfell and Hagafell, where most likely the dike is fed by magma accumulating beneath Svartsengi. Some deformation is still detected at the cGPS stations located close to the dike, but the signal is now mainly interpreted as the response of the crust to the inflation ongoing in the Svartsengi area.more

The Icelandic Meteorological Office,  03 October 2023 4:10 PM
The uplift in Askja has slowed down
There is evidence of recent changes in the deformation data (cGNSS) around Askja. The deformation rate has decreased since the beginning of August and the signal has flattened at several stations within or around the caldera. At this stage it is uncertain what process is causing this pressure reduction, possibly the source of the inflation has been shut off or it could be related to an outflow of magmatic fluids.more

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