Iceland Monitor

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:44:00 +0000
Tightening the rules in a changing crime landscape
Certain rules need to be tightened to provide clearer legal authority for confiscating the proceeds of crime, including when it comes to seizing and freezing funds that have been shown to have been generated in connection with crime. This is accor...

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:34:00 +0000
Parents urged to take their children to school due to inclement weather
The Civil Protection Department of the Capital Region is asking parents to take their children to school tomorrow and Thursday due to the bad weather forecast, as an orange weather warning has been issued for the Capital Region tomorrow and Thursd...

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 13:10:00 +0000
Víkingur Heiðar wins Grammy Award
Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson won a Grammy Award for the first time at the 67th Grammy Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles, USA, on Sunday evening.

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:30:00 +0000
"On our toes and on alert"
"We are just on our toes and on alert," says Benedikt Gunnar Ófeigsson, head of deformation measurements at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, in an interview with mbl.is when asked about the situation on the Reykjanes Peninsula.

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000
Teachers' strikes resume
The teachers' strike action will resume today and will cover fourteen preschools and seven primary schools.

Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000
The little girl with pearls
In the 1990s, many people fled the terrible war in Yugoslavia, and some of them came all the way to Iceland. At that time, I was working as a photographer for the newspaper and was sent to welcome the group in Blönduós in June 1998 and capture t...

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000
Increased emphasis on dialogue on defense
Both the Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister said that the government is in close contact with other Nordic countries on security and defense issues, although ministers do not have the opportunity to attend all meetings. There is no need to fe...

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0000
Media was made to leave
People from the media were recently made to leave the offices of the State Conciliation and Mediation, called the Karphús. The reason given was that negotiations were at a sensitive point, but the negotiating committees of the Icelandic Teachers&...

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:00:00 +0000
Advises people against unnecessary travel to Grindavík
The police in Suðurnes advise people against unnecessary travel to Grindavík.

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
"It is my primary duty to take care of my children "
Members of the Skagafjörður Preschool Teachers' Association and the Skagafjörður Preschool Administrators' Association believe that the chairman of the Skagafjörður Education Committee has violated the code of conduct for elected rep...

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 08:00:00 +0000
It is a concern if eruption starts in bad weather
"I think we have to start preparing for another eruption," says Benedikt Ófeigsson, head of deformation measurements at the Icelandic Meteorological Office.

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000
The main hearing has started
The main hearing in the case of parents of preschool children against the Icelandic Teachers' Union regarding the implementation of strike action began at 3 pm yesterday in the Reykjavík District Court.

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:07:00 +0000
Did not give up this morning
Many places in the capital area can make life difficult for drivers in traffic this morning.

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:31:00 +0000
Rescue ship Björg called out on the highest priority
Just after 5 am last night, the Coast Guard control center called out the crew of the rescue ship Björg on Rif on the highest priority due to a fishing boat with two people on board that had lost its rudder and was drifting close to land.

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 05:00:00 +0000
Says she did not mention the police
Inga Sæland, Minister of Social Affairs and Housing, says in an interview with mbl.is after a government meeting yesterday that she did not mention the police or her position in society in a phone call with Ársæll Guðmundsson, headmaster of Bo...

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:35:00 +0000
Major abuse of ministerial power
“I find this news very concerning if it is true. If Inga [Sæland] has become a minister at this time, then this is a major abuse of ministerial power, which I would say is very serious.”

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000
It takes little to get the snow moving
A few avalanches fell over roads in the Westfjords last night, and the Icelandic Meteorological Office's avalanche watch is monitoring the situation closely due to the avalanche risk.

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:16:00 +0000
Widespread snowfall but will ease up in the south of the country
There will be widespread snowfall or sleet in the country today in an easterly or variable direction 3-10 m/​s. The wind will be more northerly in the afternoon and it will reduce the wind and ease in the south of the country. Frost will...

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:00:00 +0000
Call for a complete change in the healthcare system
A change in the healthcare system needs to be viewed in the same light as the new construction of Landspítali National Hospital, it is a similarly extensive project but no such work is underway. Elderly patients with chronic diseases often receiv...

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:02:00 +0000
Airplane skids off runway during landing
A runway at Reykjavík Airport had to be closed an hour ago due to an accident. A plane skidded off the runway during landing. Guðjón Helgason, Isavia's public relations officer, confirms that no one was injured.

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