Iceland Monitor
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000Nova is now on the main Nasdaq Iceland Stock Exchange
The telecommunication company Nova in Iceland went public on the main Nasdaq Icelandic Stock Exchange today. The company is the 46th company to go public on the Nasdaq Nordic markets this year.
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:41:00 +0000A landslide fell in the Westfjords
A landslide fell on the road between Ísafjörður and Hnífsdalur in the Westfjords this morning. The road was closed as a result but according to a tweet from The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration the road has already been opened.
Mon, 20 Jun 2022 15:00:00 +0000Midnight Sun Nightwater Festival celebrated next weekend
There will be a lot going on next weekend on June 24th-25th in the North of Iceland when the Midnight Sun Whitewater Festival will be held after a two year hiatus.
Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:18:00 +0000Story sharing café tonight
Today is the World Refugee Day, but it is celebrated annjually on the 20th of June. The Amnesty International Youth Movement has organized a "Story Sharing Café" to celebrate the day and it will be held in Mál og menning on Laugavegur 18...
Sun, 19 Jun 2022 08:00:00 +0000Won the 1st price for the best photograph
"We were fishing in Hali fishing grounds, far up north in the midst of cold winter," says the photographer Kristján Maack who won the 1st price in the competition of the best photograph held by 200 miles and Morgunblaðið.
Sat, 18 Jun 2022 15:19:00 +0000The passengers finally sailing to shore
The ferry Baldur that carries passengers from Stykkishólmur to Flatey and Brjánslækur lost its power this morning after only been sailing for seven minutes from Stykkishólmur, but the ferry left Stykkishólmur around 9 AM this morning.
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:00:00 +0000Icelanders united where it matters
The Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir,touched upon many topics in her speech earlier today. Today marks the 78th birthday of the Icelandic Republic. Jakobsdóttir talked about the Covid 19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and its financ...
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:32:00 +0000Celebrating Icelandic National Day
Today is Iceland’s National Day and it will be celebrated all over the country, but in 1944 Iceland gained independence from Denmark and the Republic of Iceland was founded on 17th of June 1944.
Thu, 16 Jun 2022 18:00:00 +0000Talks about his success with a double arm and shoulder transplant operation
The Icelander Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson underwent the first double arm and shoulder transplant in the world and it is now 17 months since his 15 hour operation in Lyon in France. Last Friday Grétarsson appeared on the TV show Good Morning Brit...
Thu, 16 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000First salmon of the season in East Rangá
East Rangá opened yesterday morning but no salmon was caught on the first shift. It didn't crush the spirit of the anglers who were certain that the silvery one was to be had soon. Lo and behold and in the afternoon the painter Alexander Arna...
Wed, 15 Jun 2022 21:37:00 +0000Iceland and Sweden work together in security and defense matters
Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson the Minister of the Environment, Energy and Climate and Peter Hultqvist the Defense Minister of Sweded signed a mutual agreement about the cooperation of Iceland and Sweden in security and defense matters.
Wed, 15 Jun 2022 09:58:00 +0000The Central Bank takes steps to make it harder to buy your first property
The Financial Stability Committee of the Central Bank of Iceland has decided to lower the maximum mortage rate for first time buyers from 90% to 85%. The mortage rate will still be 80% for other buyers.
Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:07:28 +00003.9 M earthquake north of Grindavík
An earthquake at the size of 3.9 M hit last night around 1 AM last night north of Grindavík on the Reykjanes peninsula.
The Icelandic Met Office got news about people feeling the earthquake
Tue, 14 Jun 2022 08:54:00 +0000Warns about the dangers three times
"I think I can talk for all guides in the country when I say that I am mortified over the death that occurred in Reynisfjara Black Beach last weekend," says Friðrik Rafnsson the chairman of Leiðsögn, the union of Icelandic guides.
Mon, 13 Jun 2022 19:45:00 +0000Fishermen celebrated today with the same enthusiasm as 84 years ago
"It is obvious that the same feeling of support that fishermen and the fishing industry had in the year 1938 when the Fisherman's Day was celebrated for the first time still prevailsl," says Aríel Pétursson, chairman of the Fisherman...
Mon, 13 Jun 2022 08:41:00 +0000A fatal accident at Reynisfjara Black Beach
Rescue teams from the Southern part of Iceland and the Westman Islands were called out last Friday because of an accident in Reynisfjara Black Beach just before five o‘clock.
Sun, 12 Jun 2022 08:00:00 +0000Got a million rejections before the ball started rolling
The photographer Kári Sverriss wanted to be like his parents from an early age. They were prominent in the Icelandic fashion world and were living the life. Before he came out of the closet he had two children and followed his dreams by going to ...
Sat, 11 Jun 2022 08:00:00 +0000Niceair cancels all flights to London in June
Niceair has had to cancel all flights to London in June because of problems with legal issues having to do with Brexit and EU and Iceland. There won't be any flights to England until a permanent solutionhas been found to the problem.
Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:00:00 +0000NATO warships arrived in Reykjavik
Six NATO warhips arrived at Reykjavik airport yesterday because of a scheduled exercise that will take place on the 13th of June in the sea between Norway and Iceland.
Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:00:00 +0000All the suspects in the drug bust Icelandic
The suspects, arrested in relation to the big drug bust cases that were reported yesterday, were all Icelandic men, and mostly in their forties, although there was quite a wide age gap between the youngest and the oldest, according to Grímur Grí...