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Hundreds Of Sheep Rescued From A Snowstorm In Hæli
by Reetta Huhta
Hundreds of sheep in the fields in the town of Hæli were rescued in the midst of a snowstorm which…
Seismic Activity Increasing In Reykjanes Peninsula
Tremors from a magnitude 3.7 earthquake were felt in the capital area and through Borgarnes at 1:52 last night, RÚV…
A Whale Carcass Has Run Aground In Álftanes
by Reetta Huhta
A dead whale has run aground in Álftanes this morning, reports Vísir. The police, Marine Reasearch Institute and Environment Agency…
PLAY Airline Announces 150 Job Openings
Newcomer low-cost airline, PLAY, has announced 150 new job openings for the spring and summer next year, MBL reports. Of…
CRI Made A Deal With Chinese Company To Help Reduce CO2 Emissions
by Reetta Huhta
According to Vísir, Chinese chemical manufacturer Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemicals (JSP) has signed a contract with Icelandic technology company Carbon Recycling…
National Election Board: Northwest District Could Not Prove Ballot Count Met Standards
Kristín Edwald, the chair of Iceland’s national election board, told reporters that the board did not receive confirmation from the…
RVK Newscast #134: Election Mess & Not A UFO
It has been a weird week so far in Iceland. Our election system is up in the air after a…
Very Identified Flying Object Seen From Iceland
Icelanders were shocked and amazed to see the skies above them light up last night, not with the usual aurora…
New Developments In Recount Case: Open Ballots Left Unsupervised For Unknown Time
The daughter-in-law of the hotel manager of Hótel Borgarnes, where ballots for the Northwest District were counted over the weekend,…
Avalanche Risk Very Unusual For September
All major mountain roads in the Westfjords are closed today due to impassability and risk of avalanche during the storm,…
Earthquakes Detected A Kilometer South Of Keilir
by Reetta Huhta
About a hundred small earthquakes have been detected approximately one kilometer south of Keilir in the last 24 hours, reports…
Minister Of Foreign Affairs Addresses UN General Assembly
Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development of Iceland, addressed the 76th Session of the United Nations…
Naming Icelandic Cattle, From Katla to Kartöfluupptökuvél
Guðmundur Jóhannesson, a consultant in cattle breeding for the Icelandic Agricultural Center (Ráðgjafarmiðstöð landbúnaðarins), recently penned an article for Bændablaðið…
The Longest Eruption Of The Century Is Still Ongoing
by Reetta Huhta
The longest eruption of the century at Geldingadalir is still ongoing, even though lava hasn’t surfaced from the crater these…
Google Thought Icelandic Photo App Was A Cyber-Attack
by Reetta Huhta
According to Vísir, the popularity of a new Icelandic photo app, Lightsnap, caused Google to shut down new registrations with…
Orange Weather Warning Over Northwest Iceland
by Reetta Huhta
The Icelandic Met Office has issued an orange weather warning over the western part of northwest Iceland. The area is…
Iceland’s Elections: Another District Recount Possible
Following last Saturday’s election results, wherein Iceland had both a woman-majority Parliament and a new youngest member who was also…
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RVK Newscast #132: Valli The Walrus & Elections
In this Newscast we visited Árbæjarsafn. And in our top news; elections are on Saturday. It’s been a slow campaign…
RVK Newscast #131: Action at the Volcano – Unexpected Lava Flow
There was quite the action when Valur, Art and Polly visited the volcano this week. The mountain was originally closed…
A Possible New Eruption Turned Out To Be The Moon
by Reetta Huhta
The Icelandic Met Office had quite an eventful nightshift last night. Vísir reports that the office received a number of…