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60 Sheep Dead In Truck Accident
60 sheep were killed when a transport truck overturned on Dynjandisheiði yesterday, according to a report from Vísir. A Facebook post from the police in the Westfjords revealed that there were 310 sheep in the transport truck at the time. The police…
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Icelander’s Immigration Tolerance Increasing
A new Gallup world survey, reported by Fréttablaðið this morning, has shown that Icelanders’ tolerance of immigrants is increasing. The survey gives countries up to a maxim score of 9.0, with Iceland’s increasing from 8.26 to 8.41 since the last survey in…
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Many Queer Youth Subjected To Bullying In Schools
As reported by Fréttablaðið this morning, the results of a survey that was meant to be presented today by the Gender Equality Committee of the University of Iceland’s School of Education revealed that a third of young queer people feel insecure at…
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Tonnes Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Stopped By Wetlands Restoration
According to a report from Fréttablaðið this morning, 33 hectares of wetland have been reclaimed at Gottorp by Hópið, with 660 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions being saved by the project. The United Nations Climate Change Council states that on average, one…
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Prime Minister Accused Of Embellishing The Leftist-Greens’ Refugee Response
The Prime Minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, has been accused of exaggerating her party’s success in dealing with refugee issues, an article from Vísir reported yesterday. She published a graph on her Facebook page which aimed to show that the Leftist-Greens were the best…
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Coronavirus Cases Not Expected To Increase
As RÚV reported this morning, epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason is hoping that coronavirus cases will decrease again over the coming days, following the spike to 77 new cases in a single day which took place on Friday. Þórólfur is able to make this…
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Icelandair Rejects Ballarin’s 7 Billion ISK Offer
In a case that was first reported on Fréttablaðið’s website this morning, the American investor and arms dealer Michelle Ballarin has had her offer of ISK 7 billion in the company’s share offering rejected by Icelandair’s Board of Directors. The Grapevine has…
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Third Season Of “Trapped” To Commence Filming
The third season of Ófærð (known as “Trapped” in English) is to be filmed in Siglufjörður in the coming months, Fréttablaðið reports. The filming is to take place in September and October and is expected to involve 60 to 80 people. Naturally,…
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Freak Accident At Dentist’s Office
A dental technician will be paid 14.8 million ISK in compensation following a freak accident which occurred at her workplace in September 2014, Vísir reports. The verdict was given by the Supreme Court last June. The accident occurred when a 79 kilo…
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Highest Number of Domestic Infections Since April
A report from RÚV revealed that 19 new domestic coronavirus infections were diagnosed yesterday – the highest number to be reported in a single day in Iceland since April, when 27 infections were diagnosed in a single day. The figure was given…
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Highest Unemployment Found In Suðurnes
According to a report by Fréttablaðið, more than 21,000 people in Iceland were unemployed at the beginning of August. This makes an unemployment rate of 8.5%, an increase compared with the previous three months. 17,788 were in the general benefit system and…
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A Bad Year for the Icelandic Króna?
The Icelandic króna has continued to weaken against the euro throughout this year, reaching its weakest level last Wednesday when one euro was equivalent to approximately ISK 165, RÚV reports. Today, one euro is equivalent to approximately ISK 160, a rapid strengthening…
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This Week’s Weather Forecast: At Least It Won’t Be Too Cold!
This week Iceland can expect a lot of cloud, with precipitation increasing as the week goes on. Though Monday will start off with some patches of sun, the southeast can expect rain straight away. In general the rain across the country is…
