Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir will step down from her position as National Police Commissioner on Friday.

National Police Commissioner steps down

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A roundabout built over Reykjanesbraut in Kópavogur was opened at the end of November 2008, the first structure of its kind in Iceland. The country has its own set of rules for driving through roundabouts, and many visitors have found themselves skidding on that particular patch of ice, metaphorically speaking.

Icelandic author explains roundabout rules to confused tourists
Author Dagur Hjartarson says it's naïve not to worry about the state of the Icelandic language.

“They don’t read books or know how to make Excel sheets”
Guðmundur Mogensen just received a heavy sentence in Sweden today.

Mogensen sentenced to life imprisonment
From left: Magnús Þór Ásmundsson, CEO of RARIK; Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson, Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate; Svandís Hlín Karlsdóttir, Executive Director of Business and System Development; and Sigurður Þór Guðmundsson, Mayor of Langanesbyggð.

“Major news for economic growth in North Iceland”
The Icelandic policewoman speaking to mbl.is in this article remains anonymous, though her last name can be seen ending in -dóttir in the lower left corner of the provided photo.

“He was on his way to my house to kill me”
The men are believed to have stolen 100,000 krónur from a man in his nineties. Photo from Almannagjá, Þingvellir from archives.

Arrested and suspected of further theft

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A roundabout built over Reykjanesbraut in Kópavogur was opened at the end of November 2008, the first structure of its kind in Iceland. The country has its own set of rules for driving through roundabouts, and many visitors have found themselves skidding on that particular patch of ice, metaphorically speaking.

Icelandic author explains roundabout rules to confused tourists
Author Dagur Hjartarson says it's naïve not to worry about the state of the Icelandic language.

“They don’t read books or know how to make Excel sheets”
Guðmundur Mogensen just received a heavy sentence in Sweden today.

Mogensen sentenced to life imprisonment
Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir will step down from her position as National Police Commissioner on Friday.

National Police Commissioner steps down
"By reading Laxness, one gains a kind of understanding of the world — you’re not just reading it for the sake of reading," says Einarsdóttir.

Iceland’s “Notre Dame” in flames

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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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