Author: Andie Sophia Fontaine
Reykjavik City Councilperson Wants To Ban Unvaccinated Kids From Kindergarten
A member of Reykjavík City Council will introduce a bill that would make vaccinations a requirement for admission to city…
Traveling Burglars Staging Break-Ins Around Iceland
Police reports compiled over the past month indicate that there are burglars, numbering at least two, who are currently travelling…
Whale Carcass Spotted At Reykjavik Harbour, Will Be Left To Rot
There is currently a carcass of a whale, possibly a bottle-nosed variety, floating in the water next to the famed…
Nazis In Iceland Sending Unsolicited Text Messages For Support
A 17-year-old Icelandic boy was startled and disturbed when he received unsolicited text messages from the neo-Nazi group Nordic Resistance…
Hvalur May Have Killed Another Rare Hybrid Whale
It appears as though Hvalur hf., the last company in Iceland to still hunt endangered fin whales, may have killed…
Wanted: Volunteer Sheep Herders For East Iceland Village
If you were looking for something to do during the first weekend of September, consider the idea of herding sheep….
Icelandic Park Ranger Calls On Car Rental Companies To Inform Tourists About Offroading
by Andie Sophia Fontaine and Andie Sophia Fontaine
An Icelandic park ranger is fed up with seeing damage done by offroading in the Vatnajökull National Park, and is…
Mysterious Increase In Whale Beachings Around Iceland
There has been an unexplained increase in beached whales in Iceland, especially in the east, where three whales have beached…
Petition Circulating Calling For A Statue Of Stefán Karl Stefánsson In His Home Town
The death of Stefán Karl Stefánsson, probably best known for his role as Robbie Rotten from LazyTown, has sent shockwaves…
PM Does Not Take Falling Support For Her Party Personally
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir is not bothered by the dwindling support for the Left-Green Party, saying that she expected it…
Minister Wants To Pay Asylum Seekers To Withdraw Their Applications
Minister of Justice Sigríður Á. Andersen wants to start paying asylum seekers to give up. The Young Social Democrats want…
One Third Of Icelanders Not In National Church
Registration in Iceland’s national church continues to shrink, having dropped from 90% in 1998 to about 66% today, Kjarninn reports….
Understaffed, Underfunded Icelandic Police Now Prioritising Calls
Police in Iceland are having to prioritise which calls to actually send officers to respond to, due to a shortage…
Farewell, Icelandic Summer: Cooling Temperatures And More Rain Forecast
Better enjoy this sunny day now, because it may be the last one you see for a while. Icelandic summer…
Fined About 1 Million ISK For Off-Road Driving
Barring specific circumstances, off-road driving is illegal in Iceland, as one group of tourists learned the hard way yesterday. Northeast…
Americans In Iceland May Soon Have A New Ambassador
After 18 months without an ambassador, Americans in Iceland can breathe a sigh of relief that US President Donald Trump…
Artist Commandeers Church, Hilarity Ensues
Snorri Ásmundsson, artist and enfant terrible against the Icelandic establishment, held a performance piece last week on the tiny north…
Iceland’s Fishing Minister: No Plans For “All-Seeing Eye” Within Government
A proposed drone surveillance plan for Iceland’s fishing fleet has provoked a strong response from the Confederation of Iceland Enterprise…
Many One-Lane Bridges In Iceland Fall Short On Safety & Weight Tolerance
There are still many one-lane bridges in Iceland that do not meet established requirements for safety and weight tolerance. There…
Asylum Applications Decrease, While Iraqi Deportations Increase
Applications for asylum have decreased by 40% between last year and this one, RÚV reports. However, deportations of Iraqi asylum…
Iceland’s Fishing And Environmental Ministers Disagree Over Whaling
Iceland’s Minister for the Environment, Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson of the Left-Green Party, is not convinced that Iceland’s whaling policies are…
Reykjavik Primary Schools To Offer Free Student Supplies This Autumn
Reykjavík City Council just took another step towards increasing equality for all students, regardless of their family’s income level, RÚV…
US Fighter Jets Patrol Northwest Iceland Today
Residents of the Westfjörds will have to exercise some patience today, as US fighter jets will be flying loudly in…
Icelandic Special Forces Descend Upon Illegal Bird Hunters
A group of middle-aged men who were apparently shooting birds for sport were stopped by the Special Forces last Saturday….
Icelandic Pilot Whales Stuck, Rescued, Then Come Back
A valiant rescue effort to herd a pod of pilot whales in west Iceland was successful, but now the whales…