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Jónas Þór Viðarsson and Arnþór Þórsteinsson have now announced a Christmas concert to support Sigrún Björg Aðalgeirsdóttir, who was involved in a traffic accident in Kelduhverfi in Öxarfjörður.

"Everyone is willing to help"

5 Nov "In these small communities, if something happens, everyone just shows up and lends a hand," says Jónas Þór Viðarsson, a musician who, together with his colleague Arnþór Þórsteinsson, plans to hold a Christmas concert in support of Sigrún Björg Aðalgeirsdóttir, who had, along with her infant son, in a traffic accident in Kelduhverfi in Öxarfjörður last month.

Representatives of the Civil Defense and the Icelandic Met Office met last night.

Met at night due to a suspected magma run

4 Nov The on-call shift of Civil Protection and Emergency Management met with the Icelandic Meteorological Agency before the decision was made not to launch the entire system following the suspicion that a magma run had begun at Sundhnúkagígar crater row.

The group gathered at Hvítársnes, probably in the 90s.

Four hundred walks

3 Nov The beginning of the lifelong friendship of the hiking group “Fet fyrir fet” (Step by Step) was in the Scout organization (WAGGS). The walking group was founded in 1988, but the friends met much earlier, in childhood. For 35 years, the group has been walking together one Sunday a month, but in addition, there have been longer trips in the summer, both here at home and abroad. A journalist went to the home of the couple Pálína Sigurbergsdóttir and Stefán Kjartansson to hear more about this unique group of friends, and Margrét Elísabet Jónsdóttir, Arnlaugur Guðmundsson, and Halldór S. Magnússon were also there to tell stories.

Father and son from Suðurnes are both running in the coming elections, but for different parties.

Father and son running for different parties in the coming elections

28 Oct Father and son Ólafur Þór Ólafsson and Júlíus Viggó Ólafsson are both on the candidate list for the upcoming parliamentary elections, but for their respective parties and in their respective constituencies.

A large part of the world population of whimbrels are in Iceland.

"Drastic changes" could occur in bird life

26 Oct There are indications that there is a considerable decline in the number of common species of waders and shore birds in the South og Iceland. If the trend of recent years continues, these birds could become extremely rare in the countryside in the coming decades.

Grímsson is considering politics after almost 40 years in the police

23 Oct The man who is the face of the police in most of Iceland's serious crime cases is considering changing careers after serving for almost 40 years.

Southern Norway is renowned for its natural beauty, not least the small town of Mandal, but the island of Hille is just off the coast. A 24-year-old bottle of a ten-year-old girl from Akureyri was recently found there.

Found an Icelander's message in a bottle

23 Oct "I thought to myself that now I had finally found a treasure," says Erle Tronstad Sagebakken, a fourteen-year-old girl from Lindesnes in southern Norway, in an interview with the local newspaper Lindesnes Avis.

Dissolves parliament and calls for elections

15 Oct Halla Tómasdóttir, the President of Iceland, intends to agree to the Prime Minister's request to dissolve Parliament. She plans to announce a break in Alþingi on October 17, and subsequent elections will be called on November 30.

Bjarni Benediktsson at the Press meeting today.

The government’s cooperation has been terminated

13 Oct The government cooperation between the Independence Party, the Progressive Party, and the Left-Green Movement has been terminated. This is reported by Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson at a meeting in the Cabinet.

Over 100 electricity meters were destroyed

8 Oct Rarik must replace over 100 electricity meters damaged in last week's widespread power outages.

Bjarni Benediktsson, Prime Minister (Independence Party) Svandís Svavarsdóttir, Minister of Infrastructure and Sigurður Ingi Jóhannesson, Minister of Finances (Progressive Party). All three are leading their parties.

Svavarsdóttir: "Of course we need to talk"

7 Oct Svandís Svavarsdóttir, the newly elected chairman of the Left-Green Movement, says she does not believe that the resolution that was approved yesterday at the party’s national meeting is a ticket for more difficult cooperation between government parties until spring.

Trine Dyrholm has enjoyed staying in Iceland and she likes the swimming pools, the hot tubs in Hvammsvík, and the Northern Lights.

Not a typical Danish woman

6 Oct All days are long for Danish actress Trine Dyrholm, now working hard to play a Danish woman for director and screenwriter Benedikt Erlingsson. The only time to chat was in the evening and Dyrholm and I met at a hotel in the city center after a long day of work on set. Dyrholm is well known in her home country and beyond, as she has starred in numerous films and TV shows since 1990 when she was only eighteen years old. Icelanders probably know her best from the show The Legacy and films such as Margrete: Queen of the North, where she played opposite the Icelandic actress, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir. Dyrholm had only been to Iceland once before, three years ago at RIFF, Reykjavik International Film Festival. Then she only stopped for four days, but now she has lived here for three months.

Ólafur Jóhann Borgþórsson, priest in Seljakirkja Church, has been hired as the new managing director of Herjólfur Ferry.

The man of God who will lead Herjólfur Ferry

3 Oct "I am from the Westman Islands, so I know Herjólfur's staff well and know that the company is well run. I decided at the time to give it a go and apply for the job, but I have to admit that when I got the call that I got it, it was a big surprise."

According to information from Rarik the power outage is affecting a big part of the country.

Power outages in the North and East

2 Oct A large area of the country is without electricity. The power outage extends from the Westfjords, across the North and all of the Eastfjords. Work is in progress restoring the system.

Ice cave tours can start again

1 Oct The board of Vatnajökull National Park has agreed to allow ice cave tours on the glacier again. There have been no ice cave tours in the area of the national park since an American man died in an accident during such a trip on Breiðamerkurjökull glacier at the end of August.