2 Feb 2024Damage to property in the eastern part of Grindavík has increased greatly according to the chairman of the Grindavík City Council, Hjálmar Hallgrímsson.
2 Feb 2024Hjalti Jóhannes Guðmundsson, the Director of Operations and Care of the capital area says he doesn’t know that the night’s rain caused any runoff problems, but the city’s road crews went out at 4 am to check the conditions on drains and see if the water had not been easily accessible.
1 Feb 2024“I have never in my 25 years in this service had to endure threats like these, which are still ongoing with e-mails coming in,” says Helgi Magnús Gunnarsson, deputy state prosecutor, who has endured repeated threats by a man who was charged and convicted of various offenses in 2022.
28 Jan 2024The existence of the residents of Grindavík has been turned upside down after an earthquake and a volcanic eruption. The couple Guðrún Jóna Magnúsdóttir and Óli Björn Björgvinsson recount the events of the last few weeks and predict the future.
28 Jan 2024“No one is born into this role and people are shaped by the tasks they are assigned. I would like to be mayor with a cold head and a warm heart. It’s important to show operational responsibility, but at the same time, you need to show warmth and understanding of the sensitive issues we have at the municipal level.”
24 Jan 2024A group of Palestinians who have protested at Austurvöllur in front of Parliament in the past month intends to take down the protest tent that is located there today.
18 Jan 2024Five people died in traffic in the first sixteen days of the year. Never before have more people died in car accidents in the first days of the year, but the Icelandic Transportation Authority’s list of fatal accidents dates back to 1973.
16 Jan 2024Grétar Jónsson, chairman of the Grindavík Sheepowners’ Association, was allowed to move his sheep out of Grindavík last night. But it didn’t go without incident. Temper was rising when he met special forces officials.
15 Jan 2024The volcanic eruption in Grindavík has a huge impact on the lives of residents and the business life of the town. People’s assets are in jeopardy and there is a great deal of uncertainty about the future. Gunnar Tómasson, the managing director of the fishery Þorbjörn hf., doesn’t let it bring him down and says that he is hopeful that the residents of Grindavík will be able to return to the town eventually.
14 Jan 2024“Now what we all hoped would not happen has happened,” President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson said in his address on National TV tonight about the volcanic eruption that began near Grindavík this morning.
14 Jan 2024Many MPs have spoken about the volcanic eruption that started at Hagafell on the Reykjanes peninsula this morning and they have been sending their warm wishes to Grindavík residents.
14 Jan 2024“You just look at your house in the background and you’re obviously not feeling well,” says Hlynur Sæberg Helgason, who lives with his family in a house at Efrahóp in Grindavík, a stone’s throw from the new fissure that opened up at the upper part of town.
13 Jan 2024The search for the man who was believed to have fallen into a fissure in Grindavík has been stopped. Emergency responders did everything they could to make it within the danger limit, according to Bogi Adolfsson, chairman of the rescue team Þorbjörn in Grindavík.
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