21 JanThree medium-sized floods fell in Neskaupstaður last night but did not threaten settlements. The weather is now good in Neskaupstaður and the evacuation in East Iceland is expected to be lifted soon after noon.
18 JanIcelandair and Southwest Airlines have officially signed a partnership agreement, marking Icelandair as Southwest’s first-ever partner airline. The agreement, formalized at the Icelandic Ambassador’s residence in Washington, will go into effect in February and aims to provide passengers with enhanced connectivity across the two airlines’ networks.
16 Jan“We have built bridges like this before that have proven successful, but it is quite clear that something has gone wrong,” says Pálmi Þór Sævarsson, regional director for the Icelandic Road Administration in West Iceland, about the bridge over Ferjukotssíki that collapsed yesterday due to high water levels in the Hvítá River.
15 Jan"I remember it vividly. As if it had happened yesterday. Incident by incident. It's just stuck in my mind and has always been there," says Anna Lind Ragnarsdóttir, a native of Súðavík, who experienced the avalanche in Súðavík 30 years ago.
15 JanLast night, at around 4 a.m., rescue teams in Borgarfjörður were called out due to reports of tourists in trouble at Kattarhryggur, on their way up to Holtavörðuheiði.
12 JanThe band Nýdönsk's latest album and fourteenth, Raunheimar (Real World), will be released on Friday, January 31. The band will perform at a release concert in Harpa's Norðurljósasalur at 7 pm on the same day and at a side concert at 10 pm.
22 DecDirector Þorleifur Örn Arnarsson and visual artist Erna Mist Yamagata are creating their world in a new home. They met over a year ago and are now working together for the first time on Tennessee Williams’s play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, which will premiere at the City Theatre on December 28. The couple is expecting a child in January, but Arnarson has a 13-year-old son from a previous marriage.
11 DecThe experience of a phone-free zone in Akureyri's primary schools has been good this first semester, but a phone agreement was implemented at the beginning of the school year.
10 DecThere is a lot of trust between the leaders of the Social Democratic Alliance, the Liberal Reform Party, and the People's Party. It would take something unusual to happen for the parties to fail to form a government. Inga Sæland, the leader of the People's Party, hopes that a government will be formed before Christmas and she believes discussions on the division of ministries may begin tomorrow.
3 DecKristrún Frostadóttir, chair of the Social Democratic Alliance, plans to meet with the chairmen of the Liberal Reform Party and the People's Party at 3 pm today to discuss government formation.
2 DecYellow warnings come into effect across the country today or tonight, including in the capital area, South Iceland, the Westfjords, and in Breiðafjörður. Snowfall and poor driving conditions can be expected. Traffic could be disrupted, especially on mountain roads.
2 DecKristrún Frostadóttir, the leader of the Social Democratic Party, was reluctant to reveal which leaders of other parties she had been talking to when she spoke briefly to the media after she met with Halla Tómasdóttir, the President of Iceland, in Bessastaðir.
