Author: Andie Sophia Fontaine
Minke Whale Hunting An Industry In Decline
More than half the minke whale hunting companies in Iceland have either quit the business or gone bankrupt since 2007….
State Arbitrator To Meet With Labour And Management At Rio Tinto Alcan
A negotiations meeting is to be held at 17:00 today in the hopes of finding a solution to the ongoing…
Slave Labour Survivors Leave Iceland
A lawyer for two women freed from slave labour has criticised the government for offering insufficient assistance to them. Vísir…
Fishing Ministry Silent On Fin Whale Hunting Moratorium
The US Embassy in Iceland has welcomed the news that Iceland will not hunt fin whales this summer, but the…
Icelandic Town Rising From The Sea Due To Climate Change
A chain reaction caused and driven by climate change has made an Icelandic town take a significant rise in elevation…
Over One Million Brits Watched Trapped Finale
The Icelandic crime noir series has proven highly successful with British viewers, as over a million people in the UK…
Trust In Public Institutions Decreases
A new Gallup poll on levels of trust in public institutions and politicians shows confidence in the public sector decreasing…
Parental Leave To Increase To One Year
Parental leave will increase from nine months to a whole year, and payments will be much greater, if a proposal…
Hospital Uses Garage As Emergency Ward
Landspitali hospital has become so crowded that employees were forced to convert a garage into an emergency ward. RÚV reports…
Same-Sex Divorce For Foreign Couples Legally Impossible
Same-sex couples of foreign origin who got married in Iceland have no legal recourse if they want to get a…
Stormy Weather Breeching Iceland This Weekend
Wherever you are in the country, going out this weekend will prove challenging at best. A new forecast from the…
Awarded Damages For False Shoplifting Accusation
A family falsely accused of shoplifting hair dye were awarded damages in the Supreme Court yesterday. Vísir reports that a…
Immigrant Labour Crucial To Economic Sustainability
Thousands of immigrants will be needed to enter the Icelandic job market every year for the economy to sustain itself,…
New Government Impossible Without Pirates
If elections were held today, no two-party ruling coalition could be formed without including the Pirate Party. A new poll…
Hotel’s Bottled Water Was Actually Tap Water
Guests of Hótel Adam advised to avoid their tap water and buy bottled water instead were drinking tap water all…
Second Suspect In Custody In Connection With Fire
Police have a second suspect in custody in connection with a major fire which broke out last Monday evening. RÚV…
PM Provides Cost Break-Down Of Pro-Government Ads
We now have an itemised account of where the government spent money on ads praising itself. Last January, it came…
MP Rails Against Icelanders Offering Rides On Social Media
An Independence Party MP has called taxi drivers “a servant of the people”, and wants police to crack down on…
Weed Seller Posts Ad In Wrong Facebook Group
A would-be purveyor of marijuana has attracted the attention of police after posting an ad for their wares on Facebook….
Deportation Delayed While Appeals Board Deliberates
The Immigration Appeals Board will examine residence permit applications from two Syrian asylum seekers who were to be deported last…
One In Custody For Major Fire Downtown
One person is in custody in connection with a major fire which broke out in east Reykjavík Monday evening. The…
Hafþór Júlíus Returning To Game Of Thrones
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson will be returning to Game of Thrones to reprise his role as The Mountain That Rides. Hafþór…
Ministry Of Welfare Moving Due To Mold
All operations at the Ministry of Welfare will have to immediately move elsewhere, due to mold damage found in the…
Wants Grafarvogur To Secede From Reykjavík
A small movement to make Grafarvogur a separate municipality is underway, with some contending the Reykjavík neighbourhood can manage itself….
Sturlunga Clan Trilogy Coming To Television
The legendary tale will soon be getting an English-language treatment in the form of a television series. Scandilous reports that…