Around 80 people took part in a rescue operation at Háifoss in Þjórsárdalur yesterday after a hiker suffered a broken leg.

The Icelandic Court of Appeal has, for a second time, upheld the district court’s acquittal on the terrorism-related charges in the so-called terrorism case, while leaving unchanged the sentences imposed for firearms offenses.

Gunnlaugur Árni Sveinsson of GKG wrote a new chapter in Icelandic sporting history when he competed in the U.S. Open Golf Championship in New York yesterday. He struggled during the opening round, carding an 84.

The driver of a vehicle involved in a serious traffic accident on Hálsasveitarvegur, just north of Reykholt, on June 16, has died at the emergency department of Landspítali National Hospital.

A serious collision was narrowly avoided in Víðigerði today when a driver attempted to overtake a line of vehicles.

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