The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has decided to refer a case against Iceland to the EFTA Court, as Iceland has not implemented four regulations in the field of financial services into national law.

The Laugardals swimming pool will be closed for the next two weeks and the director of the pool, Drífa Magnúsdóttir, says that the work that started last year when the pool was closed for over three weeks is being continued and that it is now better known what is going on.

During a service in the Cathedral, the new bishop of Iceland, Rev. Guðrún Karls Helgudóttir, said that sadness gripped the country at the opening of Alþingi government due to the difficult events in recent weeks and that many people had turned to the church because of them.

Reykjanes and Vatnajökull glacier are on the International Geological Union's (IUGS) list of 100 geological heritage sites on the planet.

Construction work on the renovation of the Peace Column in Viðey has been ongoing this summer. They have to finish before the column is lit, next October 9, on the birthday of the musician John Lennon.

The Icelandic Tourist Board draws attention to possible risks and the need for caution due to forecasts of extremely difficult weather conditions in a large part of the country on today and tomorrow, Tuesday.

In the film Odd Fish (Ljósvíkingar), human emotions are the focus; joy, sorrow, fear, love, courage and burning passion. At the premiere this week, there was often a lot of laughter, but the film also brought tears to the eyes. The story is about deep friendship, our status as a nation and trans issues, and it's safe to say that the journalist's heart warmed when he watched it.

Halla Tómasdóttir, the President of Iceland, says that the roots of the problem must be tackled due to the sad events that have taken place in society recently.

The coast guard ship Þór is now on its way west to Hornstrandir due to an emergency call that came from there. Helgi Jensson, police chief in the Westfjords, says that there are a lot of strong winds in the Westfjords and that the civil defense command has been activated.

The French photographer and guide Kevin Pages, who lives in Iceland, captured a video today of a tourist who had stopped at the eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula.

"If economic activity starts again in Grindavík, some life could be revived there. For now, however, the town can be written off," says Helgi Einarsson, a former captain in that town.

Minister of Justice Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir and other government ministers met with the National Police Commissioner, police officers and people from the health system after the government meeting yesterday, where the discussion was about increased carrying of weapons and violence among young people.

A foreign man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for importing almost 900 grams of cocaine, which he brought with him on a flight from Zurich, Switzerland in June this year.

Over 200 people took part in a defense exercise at the defense area in Reykjanesbær yesterday, where the response to a group accident due to a volcanic eruption was practiced. The exercise was part of Norður Víkingur, a 1,200-person military exercise that has been going on for the past few days and will end today.

"Everyone is shocked by this terrible event. This should not happen in our society, that a 17-year-old girl dies in this way." This is what Guðrún Inga Sivertsen, the principal of the Commercial College of Iceland, says when asked about the atmosphere in the school following the tragic death of Bryndís Klara Birgisdóttir, who died following a stabbing attack in the city center on Culture Night.

Two jets are still the most active in the volcanic eruption at Sundhnúkagígar crater row, and lava continues to accumulate around there.

The defense exercise Norður Víkingur started this week and will last until Tuesday, September 3. The exercise is held on the basis of the bilateral defense agreement between Iceland and the United States from 1951 and normally takes place every two years.

The girl who was stabbed in the city center on Menningarnótt has died.

"It is quite possible that we will again measure gas pollution like last night," says Salóme Jórunn Bernharðsdóttir, natural hazard expert at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, in an interview with mbl.is, but a lot of air pollution was measured in Vogur, both due to sulfur dioxide (SO2) from the eruption and particulate matter due to wildfires and volcanic smog.

GDP decreased in the second quarter, and this is therefore the second quarter in a row where there is a contraction. However, an economist does not want to go so far as to say that the economy is nearing depression.

The representatives of Ice Pic Journeys issued a statement yesterday regarding a fatal accident that occurred during a trip organized by the company on Breiðamerkurjökull glacier on Sunday. This is the first time that the representatives of the company have spoken out after the accident, but Morgunblaðið and mbl.is have repeatedly tried to get hold of them in the last few days.

A total of twenty earthquakes have hit Bárðarbunga in the past 24 hours.

Considerable magma activity remains in two craters north of the fissure in the Sundhnúkagígar crater row. The craters are very close to each other and the rims are gradually growing.

The condition of the girl who suffered life-threatening injuries in the stabbing attack at Skúlagata in Reykjavík on Saturday evening is unchanged. She is still in critical condition.

"I come over there to the man who was found dead under the ice, his feet are sticking out and he's leaning down like that. I take a hook, push the ice off him, and pull him up so he doesn't choke. I perform CPR on the man. Then I get the news that there is an injured woman above and it is his wife," says Birgir Þór Júlíusson, who came to the fatal accident on Breiðamerkurjökull glacier on Sunday.

Helgi Björnsson, glaciologist and professor emeritus at the Earth Sciences Institute of the University of Iceland, believes that it is extremely dangerous to offer trips to ice caves during the summer. The caves are constantly changing during the summer when the glacier is moving more. You should wait until autumn to go on such trips.

Emergency personnel are looking for two people who are trapped under the debris of an ice cave that collapsed in Breiðamerkurjökull glacier yesterday.

The condition of the girl who suffered life-threatening injuries in a stabbing attack in the city center on Culture Night is unchanged, according to Grímur Grímsson, senior police officer of the central investigation department.

Rescue operations at Breiðamerkurjökull glacier have been completed. Search has been cancelled.

Three young people were stabbed at Skúlagata in the center of Reykjavík just before twelve o'clock last night, and one of them is in critical condition. The police have not ruled out that the attack is an attempted murder.

An earthquake of magnitude 2.2 was measured in the magma tunnel north of Mt Stóra-Skógfell at 2 am. It is the largest earthquake in the region since Thursday.

Lava from the eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula flows mostly to the northwest and does not seem to be moving quickly. The flow of lava towards Grindavíkurvegur Road seems to have stopped.

Reykjavík's biggest outdoor gathering is Culture Night where endless activities can be enjoyed downtown, in museums, outdoors and in various venues. There will be art, music, dancing, games, theatre and lots of other things throughout the day and evening.

Katrín Una Sigurðardóttir, a nine-year-old girl from Siglufjörður, plans to take part in the Reykjavík marathon today. She runs in the recreational race in memory of her sister, Elvíra María, who died last year after a battle with acute leukemia.

The hiker who fell into a crevasse last night while watching the volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula was treated for a broken leg.