Children all over Iceland celebrated Ash Wednesday yesterday.

“Preparations are underway to receive refugees from Ukraine.”

Ukrainian mother and daughter Svitl­ana Perep­elytsya and Al­ex­andra Andru­sen­ko were able to flee to Iceland from their war-torn country, along with Alexandra’s three children.

The Mývatn Winter Festival opens Friday on Mývatn lake.

About 130,000 people in Iceland have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the pandemic first hit.

Nordic countries, including Iceland, take part in assisting Ukrainians, following Russia’s invasion of their country.

Ukrainian Grandmaster Oleksandr Sulypa was scheduled to compete for the Reykjavík Chess Club Thursday at the Icelandic national championship of chess clubs, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed his plans.

Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir stated in Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament, yesterday that Icelandic authorities are ready to receive refugees from Ukraine, if requested to do so.

Today is bolludagur, or ‘Bun Day,’ in Iceland.

Yesterday morning, Icelandic authorities decided to close Icelandic airspace to Russian air traffic.

A large crowd gathered yesterday at noon in front of the Russian Embassy in Reykjavík to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Overeaters Anonymous (OA) has been operating in Iceland for 40 years.

A special pet friendship service was held at the Church of the Independent Congregation, Óháði söfnuðurinn, on Háteigsvegur road, Reykjavík, February 13.

The festival Disaster Days opens today in the town Hólmavík, in the Strandir region of the West Fjords, and continues through Sunday.

About 300 people gathered yesterday in front of the Russian Embassy in Reykjavík to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Icelandic Met Office has issued weather alerts for the whole country today.

Large users purchase 78 percent of all electricity produced in Iceland.

“Icelandic authorities strongly condemn Russia’s invasion, and it is safe to say that the worst possible scenario in these affairs has realized.”

All COVID-19 restrictions in Iceland will be lifted Friday morning — domestically, as well as at the border.

Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir states that the position of Icelandic authorities is clear regarding Russia’s decision to send troops into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine.