20 SepThe only way to ensure the safety of people on Höfðaströnd was to kill the polar bear that walked ashore there yesterday. This is what Hlynur Hafberg Snorrason, a senior police officer at the police in Vestfjörður, says in an interview with mbl.is.
17 Sep"There is nothing to suggest other than that they were in normal communication that day and he had permission to be with his daughter," says Grímur Grímsson, senior police officer of the central investigation department in the capital area, about the man who is now in police custody as a suspect about killing his 10-year-old daughter Sunday night.
17 SepA request came from within the government for further discussion on the deportation of Yazan Tamimi before he was deported yesterday. Minister of Justice Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir agreed to that request.
13 SepThe bus that caught fire earlier today on the road around Tungudal in Skutulsfjörður had caught fire in Vestfjarða tunnel, according to an eyewitness to the incident.
31 Aug"It is quite possible that we will again measure gas pollution like last night," says Salóme Jórunn Bernharðsdóttir, natural hazard expert at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, in an interview with mbl.is, but a lot of air pollution was measured in Vogur, both due to sulfur dioxide (SO2) from the eruption and particulate matter due to wildfires and volcanic smog.
30 AugGDP decreased in the second quarter, and this is therefore the second quarter in a row where there is a contraction. However, an economist does not want to go so far as to say that the economy is nearing depression.
28 Aug"I come over there to the man who was found dead under the ice, his feet are sticking out and he's leaning down like that. I take a hook, push the ice off him, and pull him up so he doesn't choke. I perform CPR on the man. Then I get the news that there is an injured woman above and it is his wife," says Birgir Þór Júlíusson, who came to the fatal accident on Breiðamerkurjökull glacier on Sunday.
27 AugHelgi Björnsson, glaciologist and professor emeritus at the Earth Sciences Institute of the University of Iceland, believes that it is extremely dangerous to offer trips to ice caves during the summer. The caves are constantly changing during the summer when the glacier is moving more. You should wait until autumn to go on such trips.
24 AugKatrín Una Sigurðardóttir, a nine-year-old girl from Siglufjörður, plans to take part in the Reykjavík marathon today. She runs in the recreational race in memory of her sister, Elvíra María, who died last year after a battle with acute leukemia.
23 AugEinar Þorsteinsson, the mayor of Reykjavík, will be around the city center tomorrow and will, among other things, start the half and full marathons in Íslandsbanki's Reykjavík Marathon 2024, together with Friða Bjarnadóttir.
23 AugA hiker had to be rescued last night. He fell into a crevasse while observing the latest eruption. The maximum speed has been lowered on a certain section of the Reykjanesbraut.
22 AugÞorsteinn V. Jónsson, a meteorologist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, advises people going to Culture Night to dress well and bring mittens and a hat.
21 AugWork on the connection of Suðuræð 2 hot water supply ended at 22.40 last night and water was started to be released back to the transport channel before midnight. It was over in the middle of the night.
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