Combined age of oldest couple: 197
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The oldest living couple in Iceland has a combined age of 197.Combined age of oldest couple: 197
The oldest living couple in Iceland has a combined age of 197. Read more
The oldest living couple in Iceland has a combined age of 197. Read more
Birna Rún Arnarsdóttir, a resident of Grindavík, was one of many residents of Grindavík who turned out at Austurvöllur yesterday to protest the work methods of the real estate company Þórkatla, which is handling the government buyouts of properties in Grindavík.
The Icelandic Tourist Board leads a workgroup that has the task of preparing facilities for those who want to view the volcanic eruption in Sundhnúkagígar crater row, where one crater is erupting.
Icelandic nature was the most influential factor in foreign tourists’ decision to visit Iceland in 2022. 97% of respondents in the Icelandic Tourist Board survey said nature had a major or partial influence on their decision to travel to Iceland. Interest in the Arctic was also an important factor (84.6%) and in outdoor related activities (79.9%).
Örn Viðar Skúlason, CEO of real estate company Þórkatla, says it is understandable that the residents of Grindavík are getting impatient and that they had hoped for a faster processing of their applications in the state property buy-outs.
The nuclear-powered submarine USS New Hampshire is currently seen by some living in Suðurnes on the Reykjanes peninsula from their living room window. This is the fourth service-based visit of an American submarine to the country.
Just over one month has passed since the fourth eruption at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row began, and volcanology researcher Þorvaldur Þórðarson says that it seems that the eruption is slowly fading out. He is however worried about the high seismic activity in the whole country.
A parliamentary motion for a vote of no-confidence of the government was voted down last night just before 11 pm. The proposal was voted down by 35 votes to 25.
The no-confidence vote for the People’s Party and the Pirate Party in the government was on the agenda before 5 pm in the parliament today, but the no-confidence vote calls new elections.
“I’m a Grindvík resident and a refugee from Grindavík and I’d already confirmed my purchase of a house in Sandgerði,” a home-owner from Grindavík tells us. “I’m not satisfied with the real estate transactions in Sandgerði,” he says, “but the seller of the real estate has increased the sale price by millions to line his pockets and use the situation of those who have been forced to flee their homes.”
Today, one month has passed since the eruption that is currently taking place at Sundhnúkagígar crater row. The eruption, which began on the evening of March 16, is the fourth since magma accumulation began under Svartsengi at the end of October 2023.
Icelandic crossfit star Annie Mist Þórisdóttir is pregnant with her second child and has been gaining a lot of attention on social media for her workout videos, which she has posted in recent months, where she performs incredible gymnastic and Crossfit workouts whilst pregnant.
A burst of earthquake tremors has been ongoing since 12.33 yesterday at Lágafell, southwest of Mt Þorbjörn, on the Reykjanes peninsula.
Unhealthy air quality was measured at the Blue Lagoon yesterday, which is closed as a result and does not reopen until 14 today. The pollution comes from the eruption in the Sundhnúkagígar crater row.
President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and First Lady Elíza Reid will travel to Edinburgh today.
An earthquake was felt in many parts of the southwest Icelandic region today. It triggered a seismic burst under Kleifarvatn lake. The burst, by contrast, appears to be receding.
The government-owned real estate company Þórkatla completed the first purchase agreements for residential housing in Grindavík yesterday. The real estate owners in Grindavík will receive 95% of the purchase price of their property the next week.
Grindavíkurvegur road, from Reykjanesbraut road to Grindavík, is now open to traffic. The opening-up is only valid for residents of Grindavík, first responders and employees of businesses in Grindavík and at Svartsengi.
The findings of the Uppsala University of Sweden's seismic group contradict the previous notion of the location of the magma chamber under Mt Fagradalsfjall.
Simon Chong, artistic director of the American comedy show Bob's Burgers, is a big fan of Icelandic musician Daði Freyr Pétursson. He showed his admiration in action and created a fun video of Daði Freyr, who shows the musician dancing and singing in the kitchen of the burger joint. The video also shows some of the main characters of Bob's Burgers.
The Blue Lagoon is closed today due to gas pollution from the eruption in the Sundhnúkagígar crater row. The plan is to open it tomorrow.
There have been suggestions on the Facebook neighborhood page “Betra Breiðholt” about suspicious travels of men wearing yellow vests in Selja- and Hólahverfi neighborhoods in Breiðholt. A resident in the area says that two men rushed away when he interfered.
Shouts were heard from the parliamentary platforms as Bjarni Benediktsson, the chairman of the Independence Party and the new Prime Minister, made a statement at a parliamentary session that began at 3 pm this afternoon.
Although the volcanic force has decreased, there are no signs of a decrease in total magma flow from the depths. It is difficult to predict when this eruption will end, it could continue for a longer period with stable flow or stop shortly.
Bjarni Benediktsson, the chairman of the Independence Party, will be prime minister.
The wall of the crater has broken with the overflowing lava flowing down to the north. According to Böðvar Sveinsson, a natural hazard specialist at the Icelandic Met Office, the situation is closely monitored.
A press conference has been scheduled at 2 pm in Harpa, where the chairmen of the government parties, Bjarni Benediktsson, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, and Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson will speak to journalists, who will most likely present a new government.
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir was a guest of Kristján Kristjánsson on the morning program Sprengisandur at Bylgjan radio. In the program, she was asked about her resignation as Prime Minister and why she decided to leave Parliament.
There is uncertainty about the future of the government due to Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister, leaving the government to run for President.
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir has been appointed to remain as Prime Minister for the time being. Her request for her release has, however, been accepted by President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson.
“It started happening like 20 minutes over three, and then the surface of the magma in the crater began to rise,” Elísabet Pálmadóttir, a natural hazard specialist at the Icelandic Met Office, tells us, as she looks out into the lava that now flows down the crater’s rim in the volcanic eruption at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row.
Inflation seems to have started in Svartsengi, although the end of the eruption at Sund-hnúkagígar is nowhere to be seen. More magma flows into the magma chamber under Svartsengi, than is flowing out of it and the inflow is not decreasing.
The Blue Lagoon will resume operations tomorrow at noon, even though the Chief of Police in Suðurnes has maintained that the current situation could be threatened by lava flow and gas pollution at Svartsengi. This was the conclusion after the meeting between the Blue Lagoon and the police authorities at noon today.
The hiker who was searched at Fimmvörðuháls yesterday has been found dead.
It seems that activity in the smaller crater in the volcanic eruption at Sundhnúkagígar crater row is fading out and the larger crater is taking over.
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir said she was on her way to the Cabinet building after the government meeting in Skuggasund 3, just now.