Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       12 February 2025 4:10 PM
RÚV English Radio - QUESTIONS ABOUT LOVE

This Valentine's Day, and Saturday, singer Marína Ósk, guitarist Kjartan Baldursson, and double bassist Leifur Gunnarsson will perform a wide selection of music in honour of Saint Valentine, trying to "shed light on questions about love..."

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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       12 February 2025 4:04 PM
Questions remain over Reykjavík Airport runway closure

Reykjavíkurborg (City of Reykjavík) and Samgöngustofa (Icelandic Transport Authority) are meeting today to discuss the closure of the east-west runway at Reykjavíkurflugvöllur (Reykjavík Airport) and the continuation of tree felling in Öskjuhlíð.

The chair of the Welfare Committee in Alþingi says that the uncertainty surrounding air ambulance services is a matter of grave concern and must be resolved.

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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       12 February 2025 3:56 PM
Formal negotiations on creating majority

Negotiations between the leaders of the five city council parties, who have held informal talks about forming a new majority in Reykjavík City Council yesterday and today, have been progressing well. The party leaders have now decided to begin formal negotiations.

This was announced in a statement from Líf Magneudóttir, leader of Vinstri græn (Left-Green Movement) in the city council.

The statement says that […] more

Iceland Review,   12 February 2025 2:10 PM
Finns Patrolling Icelandic Air Space for the First Time

Less than two years after joining NATO themselves, Finland will be patrolling Iceland’s air space for the first time. Little help from our friends Iceland has been a member of NATO since 1949, but has no standing army of its own. Up until 2006, the NATO base in Keflavík was occupied by the US Navy […] more

mbl.is,   12 February 2025 1:30 PM
Salary costs have increased significantly

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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       12 February 2025 1:22 PM
Capital party leaders met this morning

The leaders of the left-wing parties in Reykjavík City Council continued their discussions this morning on the possible formation of a new majority in the capital's council.

The party leaders also met yesterday at the home of Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir, leader of Samfylkingin in the city.

On last night's RÚV television news, the party leaders stated that the negotiations had not yet reached a formal […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       12 February 2025 1:09 PM
Finns police NATO ops in Iceland for first time

The head of the Finnish air squadron conducting NATO air policing in Iceland says that their presence here marks an important milestone.

The squadron consists of fifty personnel, and this is the first time the Finnish Air Force has undertaken this mission off the coast of Iceland since Finland joined NATO in 2023.

The deployment arrangements will remain the same as in previous years and are in line with the […] more

mbl.is,   12 February 2025 12:28 PM
City councilors meet again to form a majority

City councilors from five parties will meet soon or are already meeting to form a majority in the city council. This is reported by sources at mbl.is. more