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A terrible accident happened in Kirkjufell yesterday where a man fell and lost his life.

Kirkjufell is the new Reynisfjara

20 Oct 2022 A man died in an accident on Kirkjufell in Grundarfjörður yesterday but in the past few years there have been several fatal accidents and rescue teams have had to rescue people that have either been trapped or had an accident.

Lindsey Vonn var very happy with her skiing experience in Iceland in the midnight sun.

Skiing in Iceland in the midnight sun

16 Oct 2022 Lindsey Vonn, one of the most successful female skier in the world, posted a video from her stay in Iceland this summer on The Kelly Clarkson show recently. The video was taken in Tröllaskagi at 1 AM where she went skiing. Clarkson really liked the video but wasn't sure if she would attempt such a feat.

The quiet village of Ólafsfjörður is shook by the recent events.

The wife had stabbed her husband last March and a history of violence

13 Oct 2022 The wife of the man who was stabbed to death in Ólafsfjörður last week is under the suspicion of having stabbed him with a knife last March. The Northeast Iceland police have a few other instances under scrutiny where the couple had been physically fighting.

The American Richard Burns waited for eight years to go sailing in Scoresby Sund in Eastern Greenland, but the trip was worth waiting for.

Waited eight years for his dream vacation

9 Oct 2022 The American orthodontist Richard Burns and his wife Cindy waited for eight years before they were able to go on a cruise with North Sailing to Scoresby Sund in eastern Greenland. They went on the trip this August with a group of ten people and Burns describes the trip as absolutely out of this world.

Gunni Hilmars and Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir released a new album, Colors, on Friday.

A new album from Sycamore Tree

8 Oct 2022 The duo Sycamore Tree released a new album today called Colors. In the band are Gunni Hilmars and Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, and the album has been in the works for three years.

Ólafsfjörður.

One person still in custody in murder case

7 Oct 2022 The investigation into the death of a man in Ólafsfjörður last Monday is going well according to an announcement from the Police North East. The investigation at the scene is finished and now the data is being analyzed. Furthermore, both suspects and a few witnesses have been interviewed.

The first storm this winter is forecast for Sunday until Monday and people are advised to keep their transport to the minimum.

Rescue teams are on standby

7 Oct 2022 Rescue teams all over the country are now on standby because the first snowstorm is forecast for Sunday and supposed to last until Monday morning.

The North East District Court in Akureyri.

Remanded to a week long custody

4 Oct 2022 Two women and one man were remanded to a week long custody last night in relation to the murder in Ólafsfjörður. They went in front of a judge in the North East District Court in Akureyri where the police recommendations of custody was confirmed. Of the four initial suspects, one has been let go according to RÚV.

Carpe Diem could be this chef's motto

2 Oct 2022 When Fanney Dóra Sigurjónsdóttir was around 30 years old she worked as a chef in a Norwegian hotel. She wasn’t planning on staying long but ended up living for five years in Norway and in the UK and her life took a U-turn.

Tan France in Iceland.

Iceland a favourite with this celebrity

2 Oct 2022 The fashion designer and TV celebrity Tanveer Wasim, also known as Tan France, had a five day vacation in Iceland at the end of September. France is probably best known for his role on the Netflix show, Queer Eye.

The damages from the fire are devastating for both the businesses involved and the whole community of Seyðisfjörður.

Widespread effects of the Seyðifjörður fire

29 Sep 2022 The consequences of the fire is not only devastating for the community of Seyðifjörður and everybody involved, it is also negatively impacting the hotel business in nearby areas.

Holtsvegur in Urriðaholt in Garðabær where the electrical malfunction occurred on Friday.

Millions worth of damages in Urrðaholt due to an eletrical failure

27 Sep 2022 Residents in a few dozen apartments in Urriðaholt in Garðabær suffered millions worth of damages last Friday when a malfunction in an electric box run by HS Veitur caused the voltage to soar from 220V to almost 400V in some of the apartments that were connected to this electric box.

One side of the Eimskip building collapsed in the strong winds.

Reyðarfjörður is like a warzone

26 Sep 2022 A lot of buildings and vehicles were badly damaged in the storm on Sunday. Damages are visible all over the town, broken windshields, roof damages all over, mostly in the industrial buildings.

Erna Ýr Öldudóttir has already managed to get new camera equipment for her trip to Donbas in Ukraine.

Icelandic journalist on the way to Donbas for the referendum

24 Sep 2022 The journalist, Erna Ýr Öldu­dótt­ir, has landed in Turkey and is going to Ukraine to witness the referendum in Donbas this weekend, where the vote is about whether these Russian occupied areas will be a part of Russia.

The neo-nazi Andes Breivik killed 77 young people on the 22nd of July in 2011. That is the biggest mass murder of a lone wolf in the history of terrorist attacks against the public.

Looking to Anders Breivik as a rolemodel

23 Sep 2022 The men who were arrested by the Special Forces yesterday have a role model in extreme nationalists in Scandinavia, such as the notorious Anders Breivik, who killed 77 young people on the 22nd of July in 2011, which to this day remains the biggest mass murder by a lone wolf in recent history.

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