Author: Andie Sophia Fontaine
Icelandic Coast Guard Rescues Hit New Record
Half of those rescued by the Icelandic Coast Guard (LHG) last year were foreign nationals, with a record year had…
Unemployment In Iceland At 2.9%, Indicating Strong Labour Market
Unemployment has settled into a low groove, indicating a labour shortage and a more powerful bargaining position for workers. Newly…
Facing Rape Charges, Man Flees To Iceland
A man from Columbia, Missouri has fled to Iceland in order to avoid facing multiple charges of sex crimes back…
Iceland’s Ban On Gay Men Giving Blood May Be Lifted Soon
An epidemiologist has made statements about the supposed risks of gay men donating blood that contradict the Directorate of Health’s…
Icelandic Road Administration Issues Reindeer Warning
If you are driving in northeast Iceland, keep your eyes peeled for reindeer. As RÚV reports, a large herd of…
Polls: Centre Party Keeps Sinking, Progressives Rise Up
The Centre Party, currently in the middle of a political scandal, continue to lose support, while the Progressive Party made…
“Message In A Bottle” From Iceland In July Found In Norway On New Year’s Day
A message from an 11-year-old boy in Iceland wandered some 5,000 kilometres across the ocean to Norway, where it was…
Rescue Squad’s “Trees Instead Of Fireworks” Experiment Went Well
Offering to plant a sapling in South Iceland, in lieu of buying fireworks, went fairly well as a fundraising effort…
Icelandic Police Busier In 2018 Than In The Year Previous
Police were called to respond to incidents about 350 times a day in 2018, showing a 16% increase overall. The…
New Years In Iceland: Less Pollution, No Serious Fireworks Injuries
Fireworks either got cleaner this year, or fewer people exploded them, because while air pollution over New Year’s was high,…
What Are Icelanders Talking About?
In a story that has made international headlines, three died in a fatal accident in South Iceland in the last…
Ask A Comedy Writer: What Can Indriði Tell Us About The Icelandic Character?
Jón Gnarr is known to many of our readers as the fun-loving former mayor of Reykjavík, but his local claim…
Weather On New Year’s Eve: Cloud Cover For Most Of Country Likely
What kind of weather you can expect on New Year’s Eve in Iceland depends entirely on what part of the…
In Wake Of Fatal Accident, Concerns Over Icelandic Bridges Are Raised Again
The bridge where yesterday’s fatal accident occurred, in which three died, has been the scene of 14 accidents since 2000,…
Rescue Squad To Sell Saplings To Those Who Don’t Want To Buy Fireworks
While the Rescue Squad sells fireworks before New Year’s to raise money, they have now added a new option for…
Not Enough Done To Help Refugee Women In Icelandic Labour Market, Study Finds
Refugee women are the most marginalised group in the Icelandic labour market, according to a new study from the Federation…
Questions Raised About Fatal Traffic Accident In Iceland Today
More details have come in regarding the traffic accident that claimed three lives this morning, but the exact cause remains…
Iceland’s 2019 Budget: More To The Church, Less For The Environment
The government budget for 2019 has been made public, and it includes a few surprises. As Fréttablaðið reports, the budget…
Walruses, Once Plentiful In Iceland, Were Wiped Out By Settlers
New research has brought to light two amazing facts about pre-settlement Iceland: there was once a special “breed” of Icelandic…
Three Dead In Traffic Accident In South Iceland
Three people are reported dead after a vehicle drove off a bridge in South Iceland this morning, RÚV reports. The…
777 Icelanders Have Christmas Eve Birthdays
Christmas Eve is one of the most uncommon times of the year for giving birth in Iceland, with 777 Icelanders…
First Icelandic Woman To Drive To South Pole Spends Christmas In Antarctica
Ragnheiður Guðjónsdóttir has become the first Icelandic woman to drive to the South Pole, and spent Christmas there with eight…
Pollutants Over Iceland Will Be Measured Before And After New Year’s
The Environment Agency of Iceland will measure pollution in the air over Iceland five days before and after New Year’s,…
One-Winged Eider Duck Adopted By Icelandic Family
A female eider duck who had an unfortunate accident has found a new lease on life with an Icelandic family…
Ten New Year’s Bonfires In The Reykjavik Area This Year
Going to a bonfire on New Year’s Eve is a cherished Icelandic tradition, and you can take part in it…