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.
26 Jan 2024The plan was that the residents of Grindavík could make their way to Grindavík today but that will not be the case, according to Víðir Reynisson, the director of civil protection.
29 Dec 2023The temperature forecast for New Year’s Eve has changed, and now milder weather is expected than before. As mbl.is reported, the outlook was for a very cold weather on New Year’s Eve, but it seems that those forecasts are now falling through.
23 Dec 2023Fannar Jónasson, mayor of Grindavík, will address the town tonight and send out a Christmas greeting. He says he admires the resilience he has witnessed with the town’s people in recent weeks.
19 Nov 2023The six year old Hlynur Breki Steinarsson moved to Grindavík with his family in November last year. When the family started their new life in Grindavík, they didn’t realise that shortly afterwards they would have to leave their new home due to powerful earthquakes.
6 Nov 2023The Icelandic author Rán Flygenring has been awarded the Nordic Council Children's and Young People's Literature Prize for her picture book Volcanic eruption, published last year.
26 Aug 2023The President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, participated in Eyrarskokk jog in Akureyri today. Eyrarskokk is a running group that has grown steadily over the past few years and today has become crowded and is composed of people of all shapes and sizes with different running styles and speeds, as stated on the group’s website.
16 Aug 2023The half-marathon of the Reykjavik Marathon, which will run on Saturday, August 19, is sold out, and the registration has rather exceeded the expectations of organizers as reported in a press release on their behalf.
15 Aug 2023American tourist Sofya Vasileva suffered a wound to her liver following a motor accident at Langjökull glacier on Friday. However, she says she is on the mend and said she is stunned by the quality of Iceland’s healthcare.
19 Jul 2023 It is always great news when Icelanders are doing well on the international stage. Icelandair's stopover campaign: Easy to Stop – hard to leave, has reached tens of millions of people in Icelandair's main markets in Europe and North America. Foreign netizens and moviegoers praise the ad on social media, saying it brings them happiness and encourages them to visit the country, which reflects Icelandair's digital media and moviegoer metrics. The campaign is mainly published on social media such as Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, but also on television, cinemas, and YouTube.
16 Jul 2023Now when the best fishing season is upon us, foreigners on private jets and prosperous local companies are racing to get to the best of the best rivers, other forms of fishing are also happening. Fish are of varying value, and the size is not always an accurate measurement of the exhilarations involved in the fishing process. We heard of a great adventure that a three year old has fishing in Lake Elliðavatn.
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.
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.
17 Jun 2023There will be an open house at Bessastaðir tomorrow, June 18th, from 13:00-16:00. The President, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, will welcome visitors and pedestrians who can now view the the presidential residence. Bessastaðir has a long history and it is a group of buildings, including Bessastaðastofa, a reception room, a service wing, the President’s residents and more.
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