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mbl.is, 12 July 2024 7:25 PM
Sentenced to probation
The captain of the cargo ship Longdawn has been sentenced to 12 months' probation. The captain of the ship has been sentenced to 8 months' probation. They steered the ship when it collided with the coastal fishing boat Hadda.
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 12 July 2024 7:03 PM
Fungal Magic, Narrated By Björk
With a superstar narrator, biophilia meets mycophilia in the new documentary Fungi: Web of Life “I can’t actually take credit...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 12 July 2024 5:53 PM
Too Little, Too Late: Iceland’s Shambolic Housing Market
In the afternoon of June 25, 2020, a house on Bræðraborgarstígur in Reykjavík’s Miðbær neighbourhood was set ablaze. Smoke engulfed...
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 12 July 2024 5:00 PM
KEX Port ’24: Entertainment In The Front, Grilling In The Back
KEX Hostel’s block party KEX Port sees its final iteration Kex Hostel’s block party KEX Port, a regular fixture of...
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Iceland Review, 12 July 2024 4:13 PM
Do I need to get a SIM card when I travel to Iceland?
For a long time, purchasing an Icelandic SIM card was recommended for visitors to Iceland, even if it required buying a new unlocked phone. Though it can still be a great idea (especially for the less tech-savvy), it’s not exactly the must it once was thanks to a few changes in recent years: eSIMs are […]
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 12 July 2024 2:42 PM
Grapevine Events: KEX Port, PIKKNIKK & More
Very few places in Reykjavík have endured or garnered such a unique reputation as downtown institution Prikið. Known today as...
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mbl.is, 12 July 2024 12:00 PM
Great interest in the Reykjavík Marathon
It looks like there will be a record attendance in the Reykjavík Marathon, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
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Iceland Review, 12 July 2024 11:40 AM
Case of Alþingi Protestor Referred to District Prosecutor
According to Morgunblaðið, the case concerning an asylum seeker who protested this past spring at Alþingi has been referred to the district prosecutor. Highly-Criticised Immigration Bill Passed in Iceland The incident occurred on March 4 while Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir, the Minister of Justice, was at the podium presenting presenting proposed changes to the controversial immigration bill. […]
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Iceland Review, 12 July 2024 10:49 AM
New Kilometre Tax Proposed for Petrol and Diesel Vehicles
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs has announced plans to introduce a kilometre tax for gasoline and diesel vehicles. This tax was applied to electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen vehicles at the beginning of the year. The kilometre tax is intended to replace the current taxes on oil and gasoline, which are paid when […]
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Iceland Review, 12 July 2024 9:59 AM
Hornstrandir Film Festival Enters The Second Round
Hornstrandir Film Festival will be held for the second time after its premiere last July. The festival focuses on environmental topics and climate change, with 15 documentary films showing from July 14 to 22, 2024. Fifteen documentary films in five locations In their mission statement, the festival organizers state: “Health and the present situation concerning […]
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Iceland Review, 12 July 2024 9:07 AM
NASA Research Balloon Seen Over Iceland
The NASA research balloon SUNRISE-III recently passed over Iceland. Launched in Kiruna, Sweden, on July 10, the balloon is en route to Canada. Solar observatory The balloon is part of the 2024 Sweden Long-Duration Scientific Balloon Campaign. Four large scientific balloons will be launched from Esrange Space Center in Sweden, north of the Arctic Circle. […]
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Reykjavík Grapevine, 12 July 2024 8:00 AM
The Good’Ol Golden Circle: Taking another spin on the classic travel route
Whether you live in Iceland, you’ve visited Iceland before, or you’re simply Googled “Iceland” in anticipation of one day travelling...
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The Icelandic Meteorological Office, 11 July 2024 11:15 PM
Magma inflow continues into the Svartsengi
reservoir at a steady rate
Updated 5. July at 17:15 UTCSince the end of the eruption in Sundhnúks crater row
on 22 June, the level of seismicity in the Svartsengi region is still very low
with only a few small earthquakes detected daily.Ground deformation data show that the uplift in the
region continues. This is interpreted as continued magma inflow into the
Svartsengi reservoir. more
mbl.is, 11 July 2024 8:40 PM
“He seems to have escaped incredibly well”
A truck collapsed around 6 pm on the Ring Road in South Iceland, near the road to Reynisfjara black beach. One person was in the car, but he is not badly injured.
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mbl.is, 11 July 2024 2:30 PM
"Ukraine belongs among the NATO member states"
Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson says there is a strong solidarity between the countries at the NATO summit in Washington, DC. NATO is now the strongest defence alliance in history, 75 years after the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949. It is also clear that the European leaders can agree that assistance was delivered to Ukraine too late and that Ukraine should, indeed, be a member of NATO.
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mbl.is, 11 July 2024 12:33 PM
A chart shows changes in the magma inflow in Svartsengi
GPS and satellite data show that the inflation at Svartsengi is moving faster than before the eruption began on May 29.
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mbl.is, 10 July 2024 4:54 PM
First woman in the world to lift the "Fullsterkur" stone in Iceland
Sandra Bradley, a German power-lifter, became the first woman in the world to lift the massive, 154 kilo/340 lbs. “Fullsterkur” stone on the Snæfellsnes peninsula.
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mbl.is, 10 July 2024 11:22 AM
"We need to ask ourselves about Iceland’s security and defense interests"
The foreign minister Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir says the current international situation makes the power of NATO, the commitments of the member states and their close co-operation more important than ever.
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mbl.is, 09 July 2024 5:00 PM
Grindavík Golf Course: "It is probably the safest golf course in Iceland"
The Grindavík Golf Course opens for play on all courses of the golf course today.
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mbl.is, 09 July 2024 3:18 PM
New danger assessment – continuing lava accumulation
Inflation under Svartsengi is continuing and has been at a similar rate in the last few days. A satellite image from Sentinel 1 from June 25 to July 7 shows the same pattern. Model calculations indicate that magma flow is higher now than before the eruption on May 29. This data indicates that another magma outburst and/or eruption is likely in the coming weeks or months.
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mbl.is, 09 July 2024 11:26 AM
Extreme rainfall and a heat wave in the cards
A wave of warm air is entering Iceland from the southwest on Thursday, coming from North America, as meteorologist Einar Sveinbjörnsson reports on Blika.is, citing a map from the Icelandic Met Office.
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mbl.is, 08 July 2024 2:23 PM
Inflation ongoing - a new hazard assessment will be carried out tomorrow
Inflation on the Reykjanes peninsula continues to move along the same path as before the weekend, indicating a volcanic eruption in a few weeks according to Einar Hjörleifsson, a natural hazard expert at the Iceland Met Office.
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mbl.is, 08 July 2024 10:51 AM
Iceland is at the top in the World Senior Team Championship 2024
Iceland’s team is at the top of the Icelandic national chess team in the 50 and older category, after a 4-0 victory over Canada in the sixth round yesterday. The tournament will take place 2-11 July in Krakow, Poland.
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The Icelandic Meteorological Office, 16 April 2024 4:02 PM
One month since the start of the
eruption at the Sundhnúkur crater row
Today marks one month since
the beginning of the eruption that is ongoing at the Sundhnúkur crater row. The
eruption, which began on the evening of March 16, is the fourth in a series of
eruptions that started when magma began accumulating beneath Svartsengi in late
October 2023.more
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