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Hundreds Of Sheep Rescued From A Snowstorm In Hæli

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The Icelandic Met Office had quite an eventful nightshift last night. Vísir reports that the office received a number of…