Iceland Review,   26 April 2025 4:05 PM
Overcrowded Prisons Put People in Danger, Says Guard Chairman

Iceland’s prisons are dangerously overcrowded with people who do not belong there, according to Heiðar Smith, chairman of the Prison Guards Association. The Icelandic Prison and Probation Service operates four prisons with around 160 places. All are now full, Heiðar told the news agency, Vísir. “Everything is overcrowded here. There is almost no free prison […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       26 April 2025 4:00 PM
Last days of intergenerational exhibition at Korpúlfsstaðir

The FÍM (Félag íslenskra myndlistarmanna) exhibition Hinn mildi vefur kynslóða (The gentle weave of generations) closes this Sunday, 27 April at Korpúlfsstaðir.

The exhibition highlights the role FÍM has played — and can continue to play — in fostering stronger connections between generations of artists and across diverse artistic […] more

mbl.is,   26 April 2025 3:25 PM
One of Iceland’s oldest photographs lost at auction

One of the oldest known photographs from Iceland—a rare 19th-century image of Reykjavík harbor—has been lost while in the care of the Stockholms Auktionsverk auction house, shortly after being sold to the highest bidder. more

mbl.is,   25 April 2025 7:00 PM
Raised ISK 11 million in just two days for Reykjadalur Pool renovations

More than 11 million krónur has been raised in just two days to support essential upgrades to the Reykjadalur swimming pool, a cherished facility where the Paralympic and Disabled Support Association has hosted summer camps for children and youth with disabilities for over six decades. more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       25 April 2025 4:26 PM
RÚV English Radio - AKUREYRI INDUSTRY MUSEUM

The industrial and manufacturing history of Akureyri is a big part of the city's story, and of the wider north part of Iceland.

Darren is again guided by museum director Haraldur Þór Egilsson, around the Industry Museum.

RÚV English Radio is heard freely around the world and in Iceland, and covers everything Icelandic, in English.

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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       25 April 2025 2:44 PM
11 million raised in two days for Reykjadalur swimming pool

Styrktarfélag lamaðra og fatlaðra (Support Association for the Disabled) has been running summer camps for disabled children and young people in Reykjadalur for 62 years.

Andrea Rói Sigurbjörns, manager of Reykjadalur, says that over time the swimming pool there has become the heart of the summer camp. However, it has aged considerably and maintenance is necessary so that it can be reopened this summer.

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Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       25 April 2025 2:17 PM
As many as 20,000 different sexes in nature

While some species in nature reproduce asexually, there are others that possess over twenty thousand sexes. This is among the information presented in the response by Arnar Pálsson, professor of bioinformatics, to a question on Vísindavefurinn (University of Iceland Science Web) regarding the number of sexes in nature.

Various kinds of questions about sex have been received by Vísindavefurinn recently, and Arnar discussed this interest in […] more

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV),       25 April 2025 1:01 PM
Upgrading wastewater treatment near Lagarfljót could cost up to ISK 1.5 billion

The tendering process has begun for a new sewage treatment facility at Melshorn near Lagarfljót, but construction has been delayed due to uncertainty over required purification standards. If local authorities are forced to implement a two-stage treatment process in accordance with evolving EU environmental rules, total costs could surge to ISK 1.5 billion.

Previous system partly more effective — but incomplete

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