7 Sep 2022The police in the southern part of Iceland reports that the police and ambulance were called to the Health Inistitution of South Iceland in Hvolsvöllur just after 10:30 AM yesterday morning because of a man who had been fly fishing in East-Rangá who had bad burns on his feet and torso after having had an electric current go through him while fishing.
6 Sep 2022The statements of the danish liquorice producer Johan Bülow that he was the one who invented chocolate covered liquorice are "pure nonsense" according to the managing director of Sambó Kólus candy producers.
3 Sep 2022For the last two years there has been an experimental harvesting of garlic in Austur-Landeyjar and they have been trying a few types of garlic. Last year the farmer Hörður Bender in Efri-Úlfsstaðir harvested one ton of fresh garlic which went directly to the supermarkets for sale and it was a huge hit, and sold out within 24 hours.
31 Aug 2022Now when fall is upon us the round up of sheep is being prepared all over the country. Few areas in Iceland need longer time to gether their sheep than the farmers in Gnúpverjaafréttur, but the area they need to cover goes all the way from Þjórsárdalur to Hofsjökull. This can take up to nine days, since this is the longest route for sheep gathering in the country.
25 Aug 2022The Homes Association say that the Central Bank's raising interests again yesterday is "yet another knife in the back" of the homes in this country." Again, this will be hardest for those who have the least income and those who owe most money.
23 Aug 2022The presidents of the Baltic countries, Estonia, Lativia and Lithuania are coming on an official visit to Iceland next Thursday. Their spouses and an entourage will come with the presidents.
20 Aug 2022Hilmar Gunnarsson is going to run 10 kilometers for his son Kristófer and all the kids in the SLF's Rehabilitation Center in Reykjadalur tomorrow in the Reykjavík Marathon sponsored by Íslandsbanki. He has already accumulated almost 1,5 million ISK in pledges, but all the money will go to Reykjadalur, a summer camp for disabled children and teenagers.
18 Aug 2022There are examples of people taking their children to the eruption site in Meradalir in spite of it being closed says Bogi Adolfsson who is in Þorbjörn Rescue team to mbl.is. The walk to the volcano and back is 14 km with elevation and through rough terrain, which people should keep in mind.
17 Aug 2022The walking paths to the eruption site at Meradalir is closed today due to weather. This is confirmed by Kristín Jónsdóttir a specialist in natural disasters at the Met Office, but the information is also to be found on safetravel.is.
15 Aug 2022It is important to have more people 67 and older working, says the economist Ásta Ásgeirsdóttir who works for the National Association of Pension Funds.
13 Aug 2022Ingibjörg Gréta is a woman who loves hiking and being in the great outdoors. Her new favourite place in the world is Hornstrandir and she had planned three out of four long hikes there this summer. However, things do not always go according to plan. Things changed when she slipped down a slippery stone and broke her ankle.
12 Aug 2022"The lava had not passed the edge of the pass, but if the flow continues like it has been doing, it will eventually go over the brim. There is a possibility the route might be different in what routes the lava will flow into the valleys," said the geophysicist Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson to mbl.is yesterday.
11 Aug 2022It looks like there will be a huge increase in Cruise ships coming to Icland in 2023, if bookings for that year are anything to go by. Already there are 260 bookings for next summer which means that the summer of 2023 will see more Cruise ships in Iceland than ever before, according to Morgunblaðið today.
9 Aug 2022HBO is already in Iceland preparing for season 4 of True Detective: Night Country that will be shot here. The popular series was given the green light last May with a likely premiere in 2023. First the scene locations need to be found and a lot of preparation before the actual shooting takes place.
8 Aug 2022Einar Bessi Gestsson a natural disaster expert at the Met Office told mbl.is this morning that there have not been a lot of changes in the eruption at Meradalir since last night, by the looks of webcam footage.
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