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Fri, 22 Jul 2022 19:00:00 +0000
Renewed his driving license just before his 100th birthday
"My health is good, although it is in line with my age. A few days ago I got my driving licence renewed and I am very happy about being able to get about in the car.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:30:00 +0000
Arrested for painting "stop war" outside of the Russian embassy
The police in Reykjavík arrested a ukranian woman for painting on the fence and on the pavement outside of the Russian Embassy at Túngata 24 yesterday.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 12:47:00 +0000
Inflation has reached 9.9%
During the last twelve months the Customer Price Index (CPI) risen to 9.9% and the index without including properties is 7.5%. This is reported in the latest data from Statistics Iceland.

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:30:00 +0000
Ben Stiller and Ólafur Darri's happy 10 year reunion in Stykkishólmur
The actors Ben Stiller and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson seemed very happy meeting each other in Stykkishólmur recently. Stiller posted a video of them meeting.

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0000
Carbfix gets the biggest EU grant any Icelandic company has been awarded
The Icelandic company Car­bfix gets the highest EU grant any Icelandic company has been awarded from the EU Innovation Fund.The grant is 16 billion ISK and is for the development and building of Coda Terminal plant in Straumsvík. This will be t...

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 14:00:00 +0000
Wants to decriminalize small doses of drugs for drug addicts
Will­um Þór Þórs­son the Minister of Health is proposing a bill that decriminalizes small doses of drugs that are clearly for personal use. A very similar bill put forth by the previous Minister of Health, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, did not ma...

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 10:00:00 +0000
Stopped by the police in Odessa during curfew and some of his photos deleted
The Icelandic journalist Valur Gunnarsson was stopped by an army police and taken to a guard post in the Ukranian city Odessa on Monday night. He says the whole ordeal ended well, because the Ukranian know that their only chance of surviving is to...

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 21:40:00 +0000
Marel laying off 5% of staff in their global workforce to meet 2023 targets
Marel released its unedited preliminary results for the second quarter of 2022 today, and it shows a record number of orders, EUR 472m, revenues of EUR 397 and operational performance of 6.3% EBIT.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 09:00:00 +0000
Raining stones on cars driving on Reykjanesbraut after an explosion
A driver who was on his way from Hafnarfjörður to Keflavík was seriously taken aback when he heard an explosion due to construction work close by the road.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 21:47:00 +0000
The oldest siblings in Iceland
The siblings Sigfús Sigurðsson and Bryndís Sigurðardóttir are the oldest living siblings in Iceland, but their combined age is 203 years and 8 months, according to Jónas Ragnarsson, who is the moderator of the Facebook website "Langlífi...

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 09:15:00 +0000
A boutique coffeehouse in Grundarfjörður with coffee from small Columbian farms
The couple Jan Van Hass and Marta Magnúsdóttir opened the coffie roasting coffeehouse Valeria in Grundarfjörður last June and it has been going well. Van Hass is from Colubia and they import the coffeebeans directly from Columbia from small fa...

Sun, 17 Jul 2022 16:15:00 +0000
Writing the script and the characters was like being in therapy for four years
A new Icelandic film will premiere next Wednesday called Redux (Þrot in Icelandic). The filmmaker is Heimir Bjarnason and it is his first feature film.

Sat, 16 Jul 2022 08:00:00 +0000
Is this the coolest place to stay in Iceland?
Fjalls­ár­lón Ice­berg Boat Tours recently added a new option in their services when they made it possible to stay on special houseboats in the lagoon, which can be used as sledges during winter.

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0000
Hnífsdalur made her an author
The writer and filmmaker Sarah Thomas lived in Iceland for a decade and now she has written her memoirs from her stay in the Westfjords in the book The Raven's Nest that was published recently.

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 08:00:00 +0000
Strong dollar is enciting interest in Iceland in the United States
The interest of American tourists in Iceland is likely increasing since the American dollar has been gaining strenght agaist other currencies says Sigríður Dögg Guðmundsdóttir, a director with Visit Iceland.

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 23:31:00 +0000
Everybody is watching "our girls" in the UEFA Women's EURO
Downtown Reykjavík is packed, especially the square Ingólfstorg, named after Ingólfur Arnarson, usally seen as the first nordic settler in Iceland. The reason why is that the Icelandic female football team is playing in the UEFA Women's EUR...

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 08:06:00 +0000
Iceland at the top of the list
Iceland tops the list for the thirteenth year in a row when it comes to gender equality according to the World Economic Forum.

Wed, 13 Jul 2022 19:42:00 +0000
Two men saved from a sinking boat
Two men, a father and a son, were saved this morning from a sinking boat in Breiðafjörður. The boat was leaking and the man got away to a near boat, and no later their boat was on its side halfway in the sea.

Wed, 13 Jul 2022 08:00:00 +0000
Pointed a knife at a young woman and pushed her to the ground
Halldóra Kristjánsdóttir's daughter was a victim of an attack outside of Þórufell 14 in Breiðholt in Reykjavík yesterday. She was threatened with a knife and then pushed to the ground. She managed to scream and get away from the assaila...

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:30:00 +0000
Vogue picks the top bars in Reykjavík
Vogue Scandinavia published recently an interesting list over the bars/restaurants that are the most interesting and stylish for happy hour or a drink after work. Most of the places have been popular in Iceland for years.



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