Author: Emma Ledbetter
Fourteen-Year-Old Boy Taken To Hospital After Traffic Collision
At half past ten last night, capital area police received a report of car and motorcycle colliding in Garðabær, reports…
Customers Can Shop 24 Hours A Day At Fully Automatic Neighbourhood Store
Iceland’s first fully automatic neighbourhood store opened in Garðabær yesterday. The store will be open 24 hours a day, every…
Nine People In Iceland Have Monkeypox While Country Awaits Vaccines From Abroad
Nine people have been diagnosed with monkeypox in Iceland, according to reports from RÚV. Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason suggested borrowing vaccines…
Iceland’s Longest Zipline Opens In Akureyri
Iceland’s longest zipline was installed in Akureyri, allowing visitors to see the river Glerá from a new perspective. The owners…
Teacher Sells Book To Raise Funds For Summer Course For Refugee Children
A teacher who has worked with Ukrainian refugee children for the past few months is now trying to finance a…
Directorate Of Health Warns Of Rising COVID-19 Re-Infections
The Directorate of Health reports COVID-19 re-infections are rising even though many people have been vaccinated. There have been 200,397…
Man Compiles Map Of Tourist Deaths In Iceland
Kristján Hlynur Ingólfsson has spent the last two years compiling tourist deaths into a map showing dangerous areas in Iceland,…
Icelandic Medicines Agency To Review Melatonin As Medicinal Product
Imports of melatonin-containing supplements, which are banned in Iceland, have steadily increased in the country, reports Fréttablaðið. Matvælastofnun, the Icelandic…
Couple Uses Dog Fur To Knit Garments
Few people spin their own wool nowadays—but even fewer spin material from dog fur. A dog farmer in Eyjafjörður uses…
Price Increases Beginning To Disrupt Construction
Sharp rises in commodity markets and pandemic-related supply chain disruptions have led to significant increases in building material prices, reports…
Minister Of Health Appoints Five People To Landspítali Board
Minister of Health Willum Þór Þórsson appointed five board members yesterday to steer Landspítali National University Hospital, reports RÚV. This…
German Airline Condor To Offer Flights to Akureyri, Egilsstaðir In 2023
The German airline Condor will begin offering flights to Akureyri and Egilsstaðir in the summer of 2023, reports Fréttablaðið. This…
Submarine Cable Will Give Iceland Direct Telecommunications Access to Japan
An Alaska-based company is laying a giant submarine cable from Japan to Ireland that will directly connect to Iceland, reports…
Menntaskóli Borgarfjarðar Becomes First Upper Secondary School To Implement STEAM Courses
Menntaskóli Borgarfjarðar recently received a grant from the Development Fund for Study Materials to offer a special “STEAM” course, making…
Minister Of Infrastructure Plans To Introduce Tolls At Tunnels Around Iceland
The Minister of Infrastructure announced a bill to introduce tolls to all tunnels in the country next year or the…
Icelandic Sheep Carry Scrapie Resistance Genes
Nearly 130 Icelandic sheep carry genes that protect them from scrapie, a transmissible neurodegenerative disease similar to the more infamous…
Women Earn About 86% Of Men’s Wages, Report Finds
Women who work full time make about 86% of men’s total wages, reports the Wage Statistics Committee. In most cases,…
Icelandic Prosthetics Manufacturer To Provide Long-Term Support To Ukrainians
The Icelandic prosthetics manufacturer Össur received a 30 million ISK grant from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Fund to…
Loki Foods Plans To Launch Plant-Based Cod Fillets In 2023
The entrepreneurial company Loki Foods intends to launch sustainable plant-based fish fillets in 2023. The company has received an investment…
Police Release 2018-2020 Crime Statistics
The National Commissioner of Police found the number of rapes decreased in 2018-2020, but the number of sexual offenses against…
Majority Of Icelanders In Favor Of Natural Area Fee For Tourists, But Not Icelanders
The majority of Icelanders want foreign tourists to be charged for access to Icelandic natural areas. At the same time,…
Total Of Six People Have Been Infected With Monkeypox In Iceland
Two new people have been diagnosed with monkeypox this week, bringing Iceland’s running total to six confirmed positive cases. All…
Strætó Brings Back Night Bus From City Centre
Starting this weekend and running every weekend through the rest of the summer, capital region residents can take night buses…
High Winds Expected Around Iceland Today
The Icelandic Meteorological Office has issued yellow weather alerts for most of the country through the end of today, warning…
Center To Host Ukrainian-Icelandic Friendship Day Next Week
The Center for Helping Ukrainians is hosting a Ukrainian-Icelandic Friendship Day at 18:00 on July 13 to thank Icelanders for…