Reverend Guðni Már Harðarson, pastor at Lindakirkja, has been appointed pastor to the Icelandic congregation in Denmark and Iceland’s embassy pastor in Copenhagen.

Guðni has been prominent in church and youth work for years, served at Lindakirkja for 18 years and been involved in the popular children’s programme Daginn í dag as a scriptwriter and driving force.

I applied for the position of […] more

Ming Ting Mancel, who is charged with killing her daughter together with her husband at the Edition hotel last year, says her daughter actively took part in her own death. She says her daughter told her parents that she would want to die first.

The main hearing in the Edition case began this morning, where Mancel is answering the charges against her. She was first in the witness box and her testimony has been fairly long and detailed. It […] more

Járngerður, the residents’ interest group on the future and reconstruction of Grindavík, agrees with the newly elected Grindavík town council, which says the government’s stance towards the swift rebuilding of the town is negative and hostile.

This is stated in an appeal that Járngerður has sent to all MPs. Erla Hjördís Ólafsdóttir and Valgerður Ágústsdóttir from Járngerður were guests on RÚV yesterday. They say the […] more

On average, 2,055 individuals are diagnosed with cancer each year and 1 in 3 Icelanders develop cancer during their lifetime. Vísindasjóður Krabbameinsfélagsins has awarded grants every year since 2017 to promote progress in cancer research.

Over ten years, the fund has awarded 119 grants totalling ISK 774 million. This year, the fund’s total grant allocation was the largest ever, at ISK 118 million, and thirteen grants were […] more