Halla Gunnarsdóttir, chair of VR, says the framework for the upcoming wage negotiations was discussed at a meeting between the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise (SA) and VR that concluded a short while ago.

Runólfur Ólafsson, managing director of the Icelandic Automobile Association (FÍB), says he is still holding out hope that the government will once again lower VAT on fuel.

Sam Large, the mother of Hannah Jane Large, who died in a car crash on Krýsuvíkurvegur in the early hours of Monday, has thanked Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland, for her kind words in a Facebook post.

Police arrested a man last night in connection with a fire in a building at Laugavegur 16, where two people were taken to the emergency department at Landspítali hospital on suspicion of smoke inhalation.

At most primary healthcare centers, it is not possible to book an available appointment with a general practitioner through Heilsuvera, despite the option being available to users.

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