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The government with the President of Iceland at Bessastaðir on September 5.

These are the favorite childhood books of Iceland’s Ministers

24 Sep The ministers of Iceland’s government have shared their favorite childhood books — the ones they loved most when they were in elementary school.

Ólafur Haraldsson, resident of Sóleyjarimi.

City accused of neglecting green space as form of punishment

2 Jul Residents of Grafarvogur took matters into their own hands last night and mowed the field near Sóleyjarimi, after Reykjavík City repeatedly ignored their requests to tend the area this year.

New Fissure Opens in Fagradalsfjall - Area Evacuated: Video

5 Apr 2021 A new fissure opened shortly after noon, about 500 meters (550 yards) northeast of the eruption that began March 19 in Fagradalsfjall mountain.

From the Reykjanes peninsula, just east of Grindavík.

Earthquakes Send Rocks Rolling Down Mountains

25 Feb 2021 Two tremors in excess of magnitude 3 hit Southwest Iceland overnight.

“ This will not have an effect on the salmon entering the river now."

Salmon numbers in Hítará river could go down by 20%

10 Jul 2018 An expert at the Iceland Marine Institute says that salmon fishing in the Hítará river will be affected this summer and that salmon numbers will go down by 20 percent due to the effect of the landslide that occurred on Saturday.

The leaders of the eight parties that won seats in Iceland's parliament in the 2017 general elections discuss the results on RÚV, Iceland's national broadcaster.

FINAL RESULTS: 2017 Elections

29 Oct 2017 Icelanders wake up to a different political landscape after Saturday’s general elections.

Reykjavik Folk Festival starts today!

2 Mar 2017 Reykjavik Folk Festival will take place over the weekend at Kex Hostel. The festival is known for being diverse within its genre and this year it’s no different. The age gap between the oldest and the youngest performers is a whopping 60 years.

Ólafur Ólafsson was sentenced to four and a half years. He has been released after spending just over a year in prison, but has to wear an electronic ankle tag and return daily to a halfway home.

Release of jailed bankers: Ólafsson returns to his office

11 Apr 2016 Ólafur Ólafsson, owner of shipping company Samskip and one of the three jailed bankers released years early, with an electronic ankle tag for surveillance, has now returned to working at his company's headquarters in Reykjavik.

Ólafur Ólafsson, Sigurður Einarsson and Magnús Guðmundsson.

Icelandic bankers released from jail years early

7 Apr 2016 Three bankers from the defunct Iceland bank Kaupþing are to be released from jail today – after serving just one year of their 4/5-year sentences.

Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson (left), Sigurður Einarsson middle) and Magnús Guðmundsson (right).

Acquittal of Icelandic bankers appealed

7 Mar 2016 Iceland’s public prosecutor has lodged an appeal against the acquittal of three senior Icelandic bankers cleared of lending unauthorised money back in January.

“Shock” acquittal of Icelandic bankers

26 Jan 2016 Three senior executives of Iceland’s now defunct Kaupþing bank accused of lending unauthorised money have been cleared of all charges by a Reykjavik court this morning.

Einarsson has received two prison sentences of one and four years.

Iceland’s biggest personal bankruptcy

14 Jan 2016 Former director of Kaupþing bank Sigurður Einarsson has been declared bankrupt to the tune of ISK 254 billion (approx. €1.8 billion).

Epic Kaupþing abuse trial begins

20 Apr 2015 Today sees the start of the main court proceedings in the Kaupþing market manipulation case, the biggest case of this type in Iceland’s history. The trial is expected to take up to 22 days to complete.

Sigurður Einarsson was sentenced to four years in prison.

Einarsson's Order of the Falcon may be revoked

13 Feb 2015 Sigurður Einarsson, one of the Kaupthing four sentenced to prison yesterday received Iceland's Order of the Falcon in 2007 for the part he played in exporting the Icelandic banks. The committee of the Order will be meeting soon to discuss whether Einarsson's medal should be revoked.

Above on the picture are Sigurður Einarsson and Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson. Below are Magnús Guðmundsson and Ólafur Ólafsson.

Kaupthing four receive prison sentence

12 Feb 2015 Today, the Supreme Court of Iceland sentenced the four directors and owners of Kaupthing bank in the Al-Thani case to prison. Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson received a sentence of five and a half years, Sigurður Einarsson received a sentence of four years and Magnús Guðmundsson and Ólafur Ólafsson received a sentence of four and a half years.