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The polar bear was taken down with one shot.

The only way was to kill the bear

12:41 GMT The only way to ensure the safety of people on Höfðaströnd was to kill the polar bear that walked ashore there yesterday. This is what Hlynur Hafberg Snorrason, a senior police officer at the police in Vestfjörður, says in an interview with mbl.is.

The photo is from Morgunblaðið Photo archives.

Report of a polar bear in Jökulfjörður

yesterday A little while ago, law and order received a report that a white bear had come ashore on Höfðaströnd in Jökulfjörður in the Westfjords. This is stated in a notification from the Westfjord Police on Facebook.

The Minister of Justice, Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir.

Foreign prisoners sent abroad?

yesterday Minister of Justice Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir says that she will consider negotiating with other countries to deport prisoners with foreign citizenship who have been sentenced in Iceland.

Yasan has lived in Iceland just over a year.

Yazan will not be deported now

yesterday The Palestinian boy Yazan Tamimi and his family will not be deported before next Saturday, and the family will therefore be able to request material treatment. This is due to lack of time. This is stated in the response of the National Police Commissioner to mbl.is' inquiry.

The eruption at Sundhnúkagígar crater row last month.

"Likely quiet until mid-November"

18 Sep "It's a repeat scenario. We see a process very similar to the one after the last eruption," says Benedikt Gunnar Ófeigsson, Head of Deformation Measurements at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, when asked about the situation at Sundhnúkagígar crater row.

Kolfinna Eldey lived in Grafarvogur in Reykjavík.

Talked to the girl's classmates

18 Sep "It is essential that we do not take part in promoting rumors on social media and that we help our children distinguish between what are facts and what are just rumors," says Reverend Arna Ýrr Sigurðardóttir in an interview with mbl.is.

Grímur Grímsson, yfirlögregluþjónn miðlægrar rannsóknardeildar á höfuðborgarsvæðinu.

Nothing to suggest that the father kidnapped his daughter

17 Sep "There is nothing to suggest other than that they were in normal communication that day and he had permission to be with his daughter," says Grímur Grímsson, senior police officer of the central investigation department in the capital area, about the man who is now in police custody as a suspect about killing his 10-year-old daughter Sunday night.

The deportation of Yazan Tamini was halted yesterday morning and the case is being discussed by the government.

Yazan was moved to the hospital again

17 Sep A request came from within the government for further discussion on the deportation of Yazan Tamimi before he was deported yesterday. Minister of Justice Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir agreed to that request.

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Police at the scene today in an unmarked police vehicle near Vatnsskarð on Sveifluháls, north of Kleifarvatn Lake.

A man in custody suspected of killing his daughter

16 Sep A man suspected of killing his daughter has been remanded in custody until September 24. This is stated in an announcement from the police in the Metropolitan area.

Yazan awakened in hospital and on his way out of the country

16 Sep Last evening, the Icelandic authorities picked up Yazan Tamimi, an eleven-year-old boy from Palestine with Duchenne disease, in Rjóðrið, the nursing and rehabilitation department of Landspítali Hospital for chronically disabled children, where he was sleeping.

Research has repeatedly demonstrated the benefits of LARPing, which is often compared to a therapeutic technique used to improve social skills.

"Geek class" instead of psychotherapy

15 Sep Nexus Noobs' three-month youth LARP course kicked off this weekend and is part of a psychological study looking at social relationships, self-empowerment and other developmental factors in young participants.

Iceland ranks 10th among European nations in the field of cyber security.

Iceland among the best countries in the field of cyber security

15 Sep Iceland's cyber security capacity has increased dramatically in recent years according to the International Telecommunication Union's newly published cyber security index for 2024.

Watched giant icebergs in the sunset

15 Sep "It was absolutely magnificent and one of the most beautiful things I've seen in Iceland," says Pálmar Ragnarsson in an interview with mbl.is.

The writer Salman Rushdie received the Halldórs Laxness International Literary Award yesterday.

Rushdie happy with his stay in Iceland

14 Sep "I've been meaning to come to Iceland for a long time, so I'm glad I finally made it and I've had a great time here. Thank you to everyone who has welcomed me," said the British-Indian writer Salman Rushdie after receiving the Halldórs Laxness International Literary Award at Háskólabíó yesterday.

Foreign Minister Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir and Kurt M. Campbell, US Deputy Secretary of State, shake hands here at the beginning of their meeting yesterday morning.

Discussed cooperation in the field of technology and innovation

14 Sep Increased cooperation between the United States and Iceland, i.a. in the fields of technology and innovation, and bilateral relations between the nations were among the topics discussed at the meeting between Foreign Minister Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir and Kurt M. Campbell, US Deputy Secretary of State, which took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday morning.