The first scheduled Icelandair flight of a Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in about two years took off from Keflavík International Airport for Copenhagen this morning.
No one tested positive last night in connection with a potential cluster of COVID-19 infections that was feared in Iceland over the weekend.
A new hotel, Blue Hótel Fagrilundur, will rise at Reykholt, in Bláskógabyggð municipality, Southwest Iceland, this summer.
The Icelandic government has approved state funding for the memorial of farmer and merchant Hans Jónatan, believed to have been the first black man to have settled in Iceland.
“If an eruption occurs, it would likely mark the beginning of such a [volcanic] period – lasting a few centuries, I believe.”
The COVID-19 situation in Iceland is unique with regard to the 14-day incidence per 100,000 inhabitants.
“We’re trying discern what could happen in this situation, and the possibilities are many.”
Seismic activity on the Reykjanes peninsula increased after 5 am, after a relatively calm night.
As the Icelandic nation holds its breath, wondering whether a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland, is imminent, you can watch Keilir mountain and the lava field in its vicinity live.
Superintendent Rögnvaldur Ólafsson is at the coordination center of the Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management, patiently waiting to see how things develop on the Reykjanes peninsula, where an eruption is considered likely.
Víkurfréttir, the local news service of Reykjanesbær, Southwest Iceland, began streaming live today from the area on the Reykjanes peninsula where an eruption is considered likely to occur.
It appears that an eruption is imminent on the Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland.
The swarm of earthquakes on the Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland, continues, but much fewer quakes in excess of magnitude 3 hit overnight than the previous night.
The mayor of Reykjanesbær, Southwest Iceland, Kjartan Kjartanson, sent the residents of Reykjanesbær a letter yesterday, reiterating that town authorities are constantly monitoring developments of the seismic activity near Fagradalsfjall mountain.
Passengers who tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival at Keflavík International Airport yesterday had presented certificates of negative PCR results from abroad.
Scientists do not rule out the chance of a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland, as the swarm of earthquakes that began Wednesday last week continues.
Víkurfréttir, the local news service of Reykjanesbær, Southwest Iceland, has installed a video camera, pointed at Keilir mountain and vicinity.
The activities of Icelandic criminal groups abroad are much more extensive than you might conclude from the discussion about organized crime in Iceland.
The swarm of earthquakes that began Wednesday in Southwest Iceland shows no signs of abating.
Mbl.is has received photos taken in Antarctica of the Boeing 767 aircraft from Icelandair that landed there on Friday.
This colorful satellite picture of Öræfajökull volcano, Southeast Iceland, was taken on Monday.
In the coming years, the City of Reykjavík plans to invest between seven and eight billion of ISK on the renovation on swimming pools, the building of new ones, and on the improvement of facilities for sea swimmers.
The seismic activity that began on the Reykjanesskagi peninsula, Southwest Iceland, Wednesday morning has decreased, although aftershocks are still being registered.
Police estimate that 15 organized crime groups operate in Iceland.
Two tremors in excess of magnitude 3 hit Southwest Iceland overnight.
A fine of ISK 100,000 (USD 795; EUR 650) may now be issued to travelers who fail to present a certificate upon arrival in Iceland, showing negative results of a PCR test.
“The earthquake was very powerful.”
The largest in a series of earthquakes to hit Reykjanes, Southwest Iceland, this morning was widely felt.
New disease prevention rules took effect in Iceland at midnight.
A series of earthquakes hit Reykjavík and vicinity shortly after 10 am, the largest one of magnitude 5.7.
Of the 706 passengers who arrived in Iceland over the weekend, 58 failed to bring along a certificate, showing negative results of a PCR test for COVID-19, a valid certificate of vaccination for the disease, or proof of prior infection.
The fuchsia-colored office building that used to house the headquarters of WOW Air has just been demolished.
Nine individuals are in police custody in connection with the murder of an Albanian citizen in his 30s, shot to death in front of his home on the street Rauðagerði, Reykjavík, February 13.
A new consulting office for immigrants, New in Iceland opened at Laugavegur 116 earlier this month.
Minister of Health Svandís Svavarsdóttir has received a memo from Chief Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason, suggesting some easing of domestic COVID-19 restrictions in Iceland.
