17 Jul 202375-year-old Jóhann Karlsson ran the Laugavegur race this weekend. He says that this is the last time he runs the Laugavegur race, which he has now done four times.
13 Jul 2023Minister of Justice Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir says that rangers need to be hired to work at the eruption sites at Litli-Hrútur as soon as possible. The Environment Agency has called for rangers to be temporarily employed, and the application deadline is the end of next week.
12 Jul 2023There were seven cases of people who had been injured or just exhausted at the eruption site yesterday and last night, according to Jón Þór Víglundsson, information officer for ICE-SAR Landsbjörg.
12 Jul 2023The staff of the City Library in downtown Reykjavik are experiencing fear because of people coming into the library, often in an intoxicated state. The staff have been threatened with violence and they have had to call the police and even the Special Unit to overcome an armed individual in the library.
9 Jul 2023Many people were flabbergasted when witnessing a rather unusual protest as they drove past a roundabout at Hveragerði yesterday. There, Haukur Þorkell Unnarsson stood outside in the middle of the roundabout protesting against the key interest rate. Unlike many, Unnarsson was calling for a significant raise of the key interest.
5 Jul 2023In terms of seismic activity, the magma is located on the Reykjanes peninsula at a depth of about two kilometres. In terms of the scenario from the previous two volcanic eruptions on the Reykjanes peninsula, the eruption could occur in less than five days.
5 Jul 2023The State Police Commissioner in agreement with the Police Chief in Suðurnes has expressed the level of civil protection uncertainty over the earthquake-prone region of the Reykjanes peninsula.
3 Jul 2023If you want to experience something extra special this summer, then Flatey in Breiðafjörður should be your destination. It is easy to go to the island with Baldur ferry from Stykkishólmur or from Brjánslækur. The island is beautiful and full of adventures.
1 Jul 2023“I just think Iceland is so beautiful and I love the way the language sounds,” says award-winning author and Danish teacher Allan van Hansen, who is completing a four-week Icelandic course at the University of Iceland.
23 Jun 2023A wreckage of a plane, that has been lying in Sauðanes Airport in Langanes since the plane crashed there in 1969, has been sold. The aircraft was moved to the other side of the country to its new owners on Friday.
22 Jun 2023A new observation helicopter landed at Reykjavík Airport on Tuesday. The helicopter is manufactured by Airbus and it is Norðurflug who bought the helicopter, the value of which is over 200 million ISK. The helicopter is comparable to a helicopter the company bought in 2018. “It’s a big investment for our company,” says Birgir Ómar Haraldsson, managing director of Norðurflug.
21 Jun 2023The film Northern Comfort, directed by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, was recently screened before 3,500 spectators in the open air in Transylvania in Romania.
20 Jun 2023“A solution to the matter has been found within the ministry, so Már Gunnarsson will not have to bear the cost of the dog,” according to a response from the Ministry of Food, in response to a case by Már Gunnarsson, an Icelandic student in England, an accomplished sportsman and musician, whose case involves his guide dog, Max.
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