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Need to ensure the safety of visitors

22 Jun 2022 Last night a working group was formed to improve the security at Reynisfjara Black Beach and there will be a definite plan in place no later than the 30th of September this year.

Nova is now on the main Nasdaq Iceland Stock Exchange

21 Jun 2022 The telecommunication company Nova in Iceland went public on the main Nasdaq Icelandic Stock Exchange today. The company is the 46th company to go public on the Nasdaq Nordic markets this year.

Kristján Maack and Gunnlaugur Snær Ólafsson, the editor for Morgunblaðið's 200 mile section.

Won the 1st price for the best photograph

19 Jun 2022 "We were fishing in Hali fishing grounds, far up north in the midst of cold winter," says the photographer Kristján Maack who won the 1st price in the competition of the best photograph held by 200 miles and Morgunblaðið.

Reynisfjara Black Beach can look deceptively calm but the sneaky waves are very powerful and dangerous.

Warns about the dangers three times

14 Jun 2022 "I think I can talk for all guides in the country when I say that I am mortified over the death that occurred in Reynisfjara Black Beach last weekend," says Friðrik Rafnsson the chairman of Leiðsögn, the union of Icelandic guides.

A fatal accident at Reynisfjara Black Beach

13 Jun 2022 Rescue teams from the Southern part of Iceland and the Westman Islands were called out last Friday because of an accident in Reynisfjara Black Beach just before five o‘clock.

Kári persevered until the ball got rolling.

Got a million rejections before the ball started rolling

12 Jun 2022 The photographer Kári Sverriss wanted to be like his parents from an early age. They were prominent in the Icelandic fashion world and were living the life. Before he came out of the closet he had two children and followed his dreams by going to London. Today he works with famous models and photographs for big magazines like Vogue and Elle.

The Waves train hard but have a lot of fun while they are doing it.

Swimming through the English Channel

7 Jun 2022 The sea swimming group The Waves started their swim through the English Channel last night at 4:00 AM.

The association Refugees which have organized the reception of Ukranian refugees in Iceland had a big party on Thursday when they left the former location at Guðrúnartún to go to a bigger space in Aflagrandi.

Ukranian refugees celebrating and focusing on better times

4 Jun 2022 "I am so grateful to everybody who has given us a helping hand here in Guðrúnartún. We are saying goodbye and want to thank the staff of Pipar Advertisement Agency for housing the operation for the last three months," said Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson, who is a doctor and the director of the association Refugees which have been organizing the reception of refugees from Ukraine.

Almost 20% hike in property taxes is going to be hard for both homes and businesses.

A 19.9% hike in property taxes

2 Jun 2022 The real estate market has been very hot in Iceland and it is reflected now in a huge hike in property taxes. This year the tax goes up 19.9% on average nationwide and will bring in 12,627 billion ISK for the year 2023 according to a newly published real estate appraisal from the Icelandic National Registry.

The Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir.

The earthquakes are causing uncomfortable uncertainty

1 Jun 2022 Yesterday it was decided in a meeting of the National Security Council to form a response team because of the earthquakes in the Reykjanes peninsula and possible volcanic eruptions. The announcement was put forth on the Facebook page of the Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir.

Mathöll Höfði is very popular because of the variety of food you can get there.

The first Poke restaurant in Iceland

31 May 2022 We welcome all new products and novelties in the food culture in Iceland, but now it is the first time you can get a pokebowl, and it is a hit!

Inflation rate predicted to peak in August

31 May 2022 The Economic Department of Landsbankinn predicts that inflation will reach its peak in August and can then go to 8.5%, but today it was announced that the inflation rate in Iceland is already 7.6%.

The weather forecast for Akureyri is 19 degrees Celcius this weekend. Warm winds from the mountains cause a rise in temperatures in many places in the North and the Northeast this weekend.

Sunshine and warm weather this weekend

27 May 2022 The forecast for this weekend is good weather all over the country and in many places the temperature will go over 15 degrees Celsius. In Reykjavik there will be calm and hot both Saturday and Sunday, although Saturday could be a bit cloudy.

NASA will be collecting samples around Apavatn next month as a part of their research into life on Mars.

Will Grimsnes give us clues to life on Mars?

25 May 2022 Scientists from NASA, the US Space Agency will be conducting research into Apavatn in Grímsnes next month. The project is a continuation of NASA’s research last summer at Sandvatn.

Berglind Hreiðarsdóttir on top of the world on Hvannadalshnjúkur which is 2110 m high.

"Amazing to be on the top of the world"

17 May 2022 The foodblogger Berglind Hreiðarsdóttir managed to get to the top of Hvannadalshnjúkur the other day. It is her second attempt, but last time she had to back down because of the weather. She says it is a feeling like no other to stand on the highest mountain in Iceland.