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Another Tourist Dies At Reynisfjara, Prompting Calls For Closure
Officials are considering closing Reynisfjara after a tourist was swept out to sea and died there on Friday. [su_pullquote]Who better to ask what’s best in Reykjavík than the people who live here? Every year we round up a panel of experts and…
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Justice Ministry To Let Asylum Seeker Legal Aid Contract With Icelandic Red Cross Expire
The Ministry of Justice’s contract with the Icelandic Red Cross, in which lawyers working for the Red Cross provide legal and interpretative services to those seeking international protection in Iceland, will be allowed to expire on April 30, Vísir reports. [su_pullquote]We have…
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Iceland Increases Its Contribution To Humanitarian Aid
According to Morgunblaðið, The Ministry for Foreign Affairs announced that Iceland will provide an additional 25 million ISK in humanitarian aid in Afghanistan. The statement was given yesterday at the United Nations pledge conference by Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, the Minister of Foreign…
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Police Use Red Cross’s Name Without Permission In Anti-Cannabis Ad
Last Thursday, a full-page spread ad from the Association of Icelandic Drug Police was published in Morgunblaðið, wherein they called cannabis “a dangerous addictive substance” that could “cause untimely death”. This ad also contained the names of numerous organisations and companies who…
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Missing Man At Geldingadalur Has Been Found Safe And Sound
The owner of a car left at Geldingadalur has been found after he was thought to be missing. The man simply stayed the night in Grindavík, not realising that rescue teams were out looking for him, Vísir reports. Upon waking up, the…
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Seeking Asylum In Iceland In The Time Of COVID-19
Three asylum seekers entered the Iceland on Tuesday and were placed in quarantine at Rauðarárstígur, Visir reports. There are currently 17 individuals staying at the government’s quarantine facility, not all of whom are asylum seekers. The immigration authorities have instated a new…
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Child Deportations In Iceland: Government Inaction In The Spotlight
All attention is turned now to the Minister of Justice, as numerous Icelandic groups call for an end to child deportations. At least two cases are pending as the pressure mounts for the government to abide both Icelandic law and international agreements.…
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Thinking Beyond The Next Night: Reykjavík Tackles The Challenge Of Homelessness
A difficult housing situation has led to a reported increase from 179 homeless people in Reykjavík in 2012, to 349 in 2017; an increase of over 90% in just five years. City Council now faces the difficult task of meeting the needs…
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Safe Consumption Centre For Drug Addicts To Open In Reykjavík
The Icelandic Ministry of Welfare and the City of Reykjavík have recently began working on a new supervised consumption centre for local drug addicts, Visir reports. The goal is to provide injections sites where people with severe drug addictions can consume and…
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Iceland’s Red Cross Wants To Explore Space For IV Drug Users
The Red Cross in Iceland wants to explore an option tried in other countries with some success: creating a space for IV drug users to consume safely. There are some 700 IV drug users in Iceland, RÚV reports, and about 13 of…
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Fighting For A Better Welfare State: Kjartan Theódórsson Against The Icelandic Government
For three months Kjartan Theódórsson has been living in a tent at a campground in Hafnarfjörður. A former skipper at sea for 22 years, and having spent the last three years working as a foreman in a fishing factory, Kjartan found himself…
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Grapevine’s Best Of 2017: Best Place To Buy A Wool Sweater
While high prices mean Reykjavík isn’t really thought of as a shopper’s paradise, there are still plenty of great local products you can only get here. Whether you’re hunting for a piece of Icelandic design, searching for hard-to-find vinyl by an Icelandic…
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Grapevine’s Best Of 2017: Best Secondhand Shop
While high prices mean Reykjavík isn’t really thought of as a shopper’s paradise, there are still plenty of great local products you can only get here. Whether you’re hunting for a piece of Icelandic design, searching for hard-to-find vinyl by an Icelandic…
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UNICEF, Red Cross: Iceland Violating Child Human Rights
UNICEF in Iceland and the Icelandic Red Cross have issued a joint statement, criticising the Icelandic government for violating the human rights of children, while offering changes they would like to see to the existing system. The statement points out that Iceland…
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Grapevine’s Best Of 2016: Best Place To Buy A Wool Sweater
Reykjavík is a relatively small city, but even so, sometimes you need a bit of local advice to find what you’re looking for, whether it’s a good people-watching spot, somewhere to see some contemporary art, or the best place to catch an…
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Icelandic Red Cross To Help With Refugee Rescue Operations In Mediterranean
The Icelandic Red Cross will donate over 12 million ISK to help Italian refugee rescue efforts in the Mediterranean, and are calling on the public for help. Vísir reports that relief efforts in the Mediterranean have been greatly strained lately, as refugees…
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Emergency Number For Human Trafficking Victims This Autumn
The Red Cross will open a special hotline for victims of human trafficking, to go into operation this autumn. Björn Teitsson, the public relations official for the Red Cross in Iceland, told RÚV that summer vacation has delayed setting up the project,…
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Icelandic Red Cross Giving 15 Million ISK To Syrian Aid
The Icelandic Red Cross will be taking part in an international effort to help the people of Syria, where living conditions are decidedly appalling for millions of people. According to a statement from the Icelandic Red Cross, it is estimated that 13…
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Red Cross Moving To Make Way For Hotel
The Red Cross store on Laugavegur will be moving to Skólavörðustígur in order to make room for another hotel. Vísir reports that the popular second-hand clothing store will be moving from its current location at Laugavegur 12B to another location around the…
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Red Cross Collecting Furniture For Syrian Asylum Seekers
Six Syrian families are due to arrive in Iceland this month and the Red Cross are collecting furniture and other household items to furnish their new homes, reports Vísir. “The municipalities are providing the apartments [for the asylum seekers] and the Red…
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Iceland Becomes You: Four Former Refugees Relay Their Stories
Biljana Boloban Nationality: Serbian Age: 21 Year of arrival: 2001 Biljana arrived in Iceland with her mother, father, and younger sister, who was five at the time. The family were refugees even in her earliest memories, she says. Thus, coming to Iceland—where…
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Icelandic Gov’t Should Consider Dropping Dublin Regulation
The Icelandic Red Cross says the government ought to consider dropping the controversial Dublin Regulation, especially concerning Syrian refugees. The Dublin Regulation is an international agreement which gives signatory states the right – although not the obligation – to return asylum seekers…
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Icelandic Red Cross: The Government Needs To Answer, And Soon
The Icelandic Red Cross says it is important that the government make a decision soon on how many Syrian refugees they plan to accept. “It can take refugee centres two to four, sometimes five months to bring people to this country,” Icelandic…