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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000Only 11% were on board for phone-free school, but it has been a success
The experience of a phone-free zone in Akureyri's primary schools has been good this first semester, but a phone agreement was implemented at the beginning of the school year.
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:30:00 +0000Almost on schedule despite seven eruptions near Svartsengi
Construction work on the expansion and renovation of the Svartsengi geothermal power plant has been going well and it is almost on schedule, despite seven volcanic eruptions on the other side of Mt Sýlingarfell and Mt Þorbjörn since the first s...
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 11:58:00 +0000Hope to form a government before Christmas
There is a lot of trust between the leaders of the Social Democratic Alliance, the Liberal Reform Party, and the People's Party. It would take something unusual to happen for the parties to fail to form a government. Inga Sæland, the leader o...
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:00:00 +0000The last pictures of the eruption
The eruption that began at the Sundhnúka crater on November 20 has fizzled out.
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 17:08:00 +0000Charged with killing his daughter
The District Attorney's Office has issued a charge of murder against the man suspected of killing his daughter, ten-year-old Kolfinna Eldeyja Sigurðardóttir, on Krýsuvíkurvegur Road in September.
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 08:00:59 +0000A Duet Of Dancers
: Milkywhale On Music, Mirrors And Making A Comeback
Electropop powerhouse duo Milkywhale made a big splash in the Icelandic music scene when they were first sighted back in...
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: Milkywhale On Music, Mirrors And Making A Comeback appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:51:22 +0000Unpacking The Elections, Again And Again
Ólafur Þ. Harðarson and Bogi Águstsson reflect on a career of calling elections What were you doing on the evening...
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Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:57:29 +0000Þorlákshöfn Residents Vote Against Heidelberg Plant
On December 9, Þorlákshöfn residents voted against the decision to grant a processing permit to the German company Heidelberg Materials,...
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Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:54:46 +0000Man Charged With Murder Of Own Daughter
The man suspected of killing his 10-year-old daughter in September has been charged with murder, reports Vísir. According to the...
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Tue, 10 Dec 2024 08:00:02 +0000Side Hustle: The Election Worker
Sverrir Páll Sverrisson on his fun side gig that comes around every so often When Bjarni Benediktsson announced snap elections...
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