A cargo vessel carrying the power cables docked in the Westman Islands yesterday. The cables are now awaiting installation.

Two new power cables to be laid to the Westman Islands

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Volcanologist Þorvaldur Þórðarson (right) on the Reykjanes Peninsula in April.

Sundhnúkagígar crater row: “Maybe running out of fuel”
Exploring new ways to improve recycling in Reykjavík.

Reykjavík to launch waste sorting pilot project
Þórsson was arrested near Krýsuvíkurvegur in September last year, suspected of having killed his daughter, who was found dead at the scene.

Father sentenced to 16 years for killing his daughter
Stefán Sveinsson says that more high-purity cocaine is entering the country than before, often arriving in 1 kg packages prepared in South America. Photo from mbl.is Photo Archives.

Drug mules recruited online to smuggle cocaine into Iceland
Emergency response exercise involving Coast Guard helicopters.

Photos: Large-scale emergency exercise near Selfoss
Hildur Björnsdóttir and Einar Þorsteinsson, leaders of the Independence Party and the Progressive Party in Reykjavík City Council, have expressed skepticism toward Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir’s proposal to impose a resource tax on those who utilize natural resources for home heating and electricity.

Opposition to resource tax on geothermal heating

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Volcanologist Þorvaldur Þórðarson (right) on the Reykjanes Peninsula in April.

Sundhnúkagígar crater row: “Maybe running out of fuel”
A cargo vessel carrying the power cables docked in the Westman Islands yesterday. The cables are now awaiting installation.

Two new power cables to be laid to the Westman Islands
Exploring new ways to improve recycling in Reykjavík.

Reykjavík to launch waste sorting pilot project
Þórsson was arrested near Krýsuvíkurvegur in September last year, suspected of having killed his daughter, who was found dead at the scene.

Father sentenced to 16 years for killing his daughter
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Dozens of pilot whales stranded in Ólafsfjörður

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Father and son spending quality time together and learning something useful at the same time.

Father and son studying together

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One of the suspects in the terrorism case.

U-turn ruling in the Court of Appeals

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Lava spewing from volcanic fissures while toxic gases rise from the ground.

Public Access to Eruption Restricted

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