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Icelandair Group posted a 2.5 billion króna profit in the third quarter this year. The result comes after Icelandair transported 700,000 passengers in July, August, and September, which was four-times more than in the same three months last year.
21.10.2021 - 16:04
Four out of every five students in years 6, 8, and 10 do not get the recommended daily amount of physical exercise, according to new research which reveals that boys exercise more than girls and that sports classes at school are very important—especially for children who do not participate in extracurricular sports.
21.10.2021 - 14:35
There is a large emergency services presence in Þorlákshöfn, southwest Iceland, today after local police, national police special forces, and a coastguard bomb disposal team were dispatched to the town this morning to deal with a suspicious item at the town’s waste disposal facility. It is suspected to be a bomb.
21.10.2021 - 13:40
Untreated sewage from tens of thousands of homes in the capital region will flow into Faxaflói bay for the next three weeks due to pipe repairs. People are asked to avoid sea swimming and beach visits on the northern Reykjavík shore while the repairs are ongoing due to the possible presence of coli bacteria. It is not clear whether the pollution will spread further.
21.10.2021 - 12:20
New archaeological research in Newfoundland, Canada, indicates that Norse travellers did settle in North America (further west than Greenland) a thousand years ago. It was analysis of tree rings which led scientists to the conclusion that seems to confirm the version of events in the Sagas, CNN reports.
21.10.2021 - 11:36
The inaccuracies in vote counting in Northwest Iceland following the 25th September Alþingi election, the recount the following day, and the time between the counts during which ballots were left unattended and unsealed, continue to generate headlines and the final outcome remains unclear. Here is a summary of recent developments:
21.10.2021 - 10:23
Angjelin Sterkaj has this morning been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the murder of Armando Beqiri outside his home on Rauðagerði in Reykjavík in mid-February this year. The other three defendants in the trial were acquitted.
21.10.2021 - 09:15
Halla Hrund Logadóttir, director general for energy, says Iceland should first and foremost concentrate in the coming years on using all excess energy generation to support the domestic energy shift.
20.10.2021 - 15:17
Reykjavík District Court has sentenced Eiríkur Sigurbjörnsson, best-known due to the Christian television channel, Omega, to a ten-month suspended prison sentence and a fine of around 109 million krónur for tax evasion.
20.10.2021 - 14:30
Readings from the hillside above Seyðisfjörður show in recent days that movement around the landslide scars from last December has accelerated. The East Iceland region has experienced very heavy precipitation in the past three days: as much as 85 millimetres in Seyðisfjörður, and even more in fjords further to the south.
20.10.2021 - 13:50
Only a small number of the 90-120 Afghans the Icelandic government decided to offer asylum to following the Taliban’s return to power have so far made it to Iceland—but more are now expected to join the group soon.
20.10.2021 - 12:51
The chief of police in West Iceland has sent fines to all members of the Northwest Iceland constituency elections committee with an offer to close the case against them if they pay the fine. According to RÚV sources, the fines were issued for having allowed ballots to remain unattended and unsealed after the first count finished.
20.10.2021 - 12:10
There was a 23 percent increase in cargo processing at the port in Þorlákshöfn, South Iceland, between 2019 and 2020, according to new shipping data from Hagstofa Íslands (Statistics Iceland).
19.10.2021 - 16:00
The volcano at Geldingadalir/Fagradalsfjall has not produced lava for four weeks and there are many indications the eruption may be over. Around 400,000 people have visited it so far and the accident prevention project manager at the national search & rescue agency says it will remain a big attraction for years to come. Organisation at the volcano has gone well, it can be claimed.
19.10.2021 - 13:28
Weighing a tonne and a half, with head and horns reaching gracefully to the sky, the IKEA goat is hard to miss once again this year, after taking its place outside the store in Garðabær on Thursday. It is fenced off and guarded around the clock, thanks to unfortunate previous experiences.
19.10.2021 - 12:15
The civil protection agency warning level for the Geldingadalir/Fagradalsfjall volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula has been lowered from ‘danger’ to ‘uncertainty’. This is the lowest of the three emergency alert levels used in Iceland. No new lava has erupted from the volcano in four weeks.
19.10.2021 - 11:45
All remaining anti-contagion restrictions within Iceland will be removed in two stages over the coming four weeks. The first step will be taken from midnight tonight.
19.10.2021 - 11:14
The proportional poverty gap is smaller in Iceland than any other OECD country, according to new figures compiled by the Organisation yesterday to mark the international day against global poverty.
19.10.2021 - 10:02
Húsavík, the northeast-Iceland town that took centre stage in the 2020 Will Ferrell blockbuster ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’ has opened a brand-new museum dedicated to the song contest, which is the world’s biggest non-sporting television event and is sure to boost interest in the popular tourist town still further. There was already a Ja Ja Ding Dong bar in town, among other Euro-touches.
18.10.2021 - 16:09
The first online-only clothing rental store in Iceland has launched with the promise of variety and cutting-edge fashion with a much smaller environmental footprint.
18.10.2021 - 14:42
The Week in Iceland, 18 October 2021
The weekly news programme from RÚV English: an entertaining look at what's been going on in Iceland over the past seven days.
18.10.2021 - 12:27
Víkingur Reykjavík won the men’s Mjólkurbikarinn cup on Saturday for the second year in a row, thanks to a 3-0 victory in the final over ÍA at Laugardalsvöllur. Víkingur also recently secured victory in the league, becoming just the fifth team ever to secure the double in Iceland.
18.10.2021 - 10:02
Landsvirkjun, the Fjarðabyggð municipality, and the Danish investment fund CIP have joined together in a project to open a hydrogen production plant in the green energy centre at Mjóeyrarhöfn in Reyðarfjörður, East Iceland.
15.10.2021 - 15:07
The men’s football teams of Víkingur Reykjavík and ÍA from Akranes will face off tomorrow in the Mjólkurbikarinn Icelandic cup final. If Víkingur win, they will join a very exclusive group of doubles winners: clubs to win both the league and the cup in the same year.
15.10.2021 - 13:46
All houses along Botnahlíð in Seyðisfjörður are now deemed to be in the highest-risk area for landslides, according to the updated risk assessment presented to local residents yesterday.
15.10.2021 - 12:18
