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Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:52:00 +0000
It looks like a dolphin drifted to shore in Grótta in Seltjarnarnes
It looks like a small dolphin has drifted on shore in Grótta in Seltjarnarnes. Dr Filippa Isabel Samarra, a specialist in whales says it is clearly not a killer whale also known as an orca.

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 07:47:00 +0000
Rescue teams think they have found the body of the missing tourist
The Police think they have found the body of the missing tourist that they have been searching for since Wednesday evening.

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:15:00 +0000
Police asking for continued custody
The police in Reykjavík is calling after a continued custody over the man who is the alleged suspect of having murdered a man in an apartment building in Barðavogur in Reykjavík on the 4th of June this year.

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 08:42:00 +0000
Untraditional sign coming to Iceland
Soon people will see a sign til mark the new Kiev-square, which is at the corner of Garðastræti and Túngata in downtown Reykjavík.

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 22:57:00 +0000
Airplane turned around en route to Seattle because of a bomb threat yesterday
An Airbus-plane on its way from Frankfurt in Germany to Seattle in the United States, was turned around to Keflavík Airport because of a bomb threat.

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:32:00 +0000
A part of the harbor in Reykhólar collapsed into the sea
Almost a quarter of Reykhólar harbor by the kelp mill Thorverk caved in and fell into the sea after The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration (IRCA) had been working around the harbor, but the plan was to make the harbor bigger and reinforce...

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 22:27:00 +0000
Yellow warning and lots of rain and wind, especially in the South and Southeast
It looks like a lot of rain and wet weather in the Southern part of Iceland tomorrow, especially close to Eyjafjöll and in Mýrdalur says the meteorologist of The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration (IRCA), Einar Sveinbjörnsson.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 08:00:00 +0000
Swam from the Westman Islands to Landeyjasandur for a good cause
Sig­ur­geir Svan­bergs­son managed to swim from the Westman Islands to Landeyjasandur to raise money for the Association Barnaheill like he set out to do.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 19:00:00 +0000
Ella Stiller, daughter of Ben Stiller, really enjoyed her stay in Iceland
Ella Stiller, the daughter of the actor Ben Stiller, came to Iceland in July with her father. The young Stiller has posted a lot of pictures from the visit and seems very happy with her stay in the country.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 16:38:00 +0000
Jumped into the river to safe his son
The man who lost his life in Brúará yesterday went into the river to try to safe his son who had fallen into the river. The police in the Southern part of Iceland has confirmed this to mbl.is today.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 08:39:00 +0000
The man who fell into Brúará died
The man who fell into Brúará has died yesterday. Rescue teams were called out just after 2 PM yesterday about the man who fell into the river just by Brekkuskógur. Another man was injured at the scene.

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.



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