Author: Andie Sophia Fontaine
Largest Portion Of Icelanders Believes Country Accepts Too Few Refugees
A new poll from Market and Media Research asked Icelanders whether they believe too many, too few or just enough…
COVID Roundup: 37 Domestic Cases, Most Outside Quarantine & Unvaccinated
37 new domestic cases of the coronavirus were detected yesterday, according to the latest data from covid.is. 22 were outside…
COVID Roundup: 25 Domestic Cases, 8 Outside Quarantine, 13 Unvaccinated
25 new domestic cases of the coronavirus were detected yesterday, according to the latest data from covid.is. Eight were outside…
Ask An Expert: Why Are There So Few Immigrants In Parliament?
Iceland’s immigrant population—which includes those who are now citizens, capable of voting in parliamentary elections—is over 15%, but this is…
Crowded House: Parliamentary Elections In The Pandemic
Correction: Independence Party candidate Viktor Ingi Lorange is, in fact, neither an immigrant nor of foreign extraction, despite his inclusion…
COVID Roundup: 26 Domestic Cases Yesterday
26 new domestic cases of the coronavirus were detected yesterday, according to the latest data from covid.is. 10 were outside…
Flooding Continuing In The Southeast, Will Likely Reach National Highway
The flooding which began in Skaftá last Wednesday has not abetted, but has in fact risen to levels that make…
COVID Roundup: 43 Domestic Cases, Most Of Them Unvaccinated
43 new domestic cases of the coronavirus were detected yesterday, according to the latest data from covid.is. 16 were outside…
COVID Roundup: 54 Domestic Cases, Most Unvaccinated And In Quarantine
54 new domestic cases of the coronavirus were detected yesterday, according to the latest data from covid.is. 25 were outside…
Abuse Survivor Puzzled By Statement From Footballer Who Attacked Her
In response to Kolbeinn Sigþórsson’s statement yesterday, wherein he issued a very conditional apology of sorts for “behaviour [that] ……
Iceland Airwaves Postponed Until Next Year
In a statement released by Iceland Airwaves organisers just now, it was announced that the music festival will be postponed…
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson Releases Statement On Assault He Committed
In the wake of the continuing controversy involving the Icelandic Football Association (KSÍ), sexual assaults reportedly committed by some of…
COVID Roundup: 67 Domestic Cases Yesterday, Most In Quarantine At Diagnosis
67 new domestic cases of the coronavirus were detected yesterday, according to the latest data from covid.is. 29 were outside…
Football Association Apology Falls Flat, Calls For Resignation Grow, Protest Planned
Yesterday’s apology from the Icelandic Football Association (KSÍ), and the resignation of their now former director, Guðni Bergsson, has not…
Death At Hospital Mental Health Ward Being Investigated As Criminal Act
A patient at the mental health ward of Landspítali hospital died on August 16th, and police believe the death may…
COVID Roundup: Third Death In Less Than A Week, Overall Numbers Down
46 new domestic cases of the coronavirus were detected yesterday, according to the latest data from covid.is. 21 were outside…
Air Traffic Controllers Strike Called Off
The work stoppage of air traffic controllers, which was supposed to be held tomorrow morning, has been called off, RÚV…
Football Association Board Apologises, But Questions Remain
The board of the Icelandic Football Association (KSÍ) has issued an apology to survivors of sexual assault at the hands…
Icelandic Football Association Under Fire Over Reported Sexual Assaults
UPDATE: KSÍ has announced that director Guðni Bergsson has resigned from his position. Full story follows. Public pressure is mounting…
Police Shoot And Wound Man In East Iceland
Police shot and wounded a man reportedly armed with a gun in Egilsstaðir last night, RÚV reports. The man was…
Lead & Uranium, Left Behind By US Forces, To Be Cleaned From Icelandic Mountain
Minister for the Environment Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson announced at a government meeting yesterday that the ministry would finance research into…
COVID Roundup: Two Deaths In Two Days, 66 Cases Yesterday
66 new domestic cases of the coronavirus were detected yesterday, according to the latest data from covid.is. 48 were outside…
Prime Minister Answers Question On How Many Genders There Are
Last July, chair of the Centre Party Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson formally asked Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir how many genders there…
Government Announces Changes To Pandemic Regulations
Minister of Health Svandís Svavarsdóttir announced that there would be some relaxation of pandemic restrictions, the current version of which…
COVID Roundup: 103 New Cases, 63 Outside Quarantine, New COVID Death
103 new domestic cases of the coronavirus were detected yesterday, according to the latest data from covid.is. 63 were outside…