Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the Icelandic people and wished them peace when he addressed the media with Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson at Thingvellir yesterday.

At six o'clock this morning, rescue teams on the northern side of the West fjords were called out because of a fishing boat that had run aground in Súgandafjörður.

Father and son Ólafur Þór Ólafsson and Júlíus Viggó Ólafsson are both on the candidate list for the upcoming parliamentary elections, but for their respective parties and in their respective constituencies.

Volodymyr Zelensky's motorcade is now on its way to Thingvellir after the president went down to the center of Reykjavík directly after he arrived in the country. Helicopters fly with the convoy, as well as police blocking the road so that traffic for the convoy is clear.

There are indications that there is a considerable decline in the number of common species of waders and shore birds in the South og Iceland. If the trend of recent years continues, these birds could become extremely rare in the countryside in the coming decades.

Support for the Independence Party has stopped increasing like last week and now stands at only 13.3%. Then the Left-Green Movement does not seem to succeed in rising from the bottom and the party this week is measured at 2.4% support.

A man in his 40s was taken into police custody yesterday due to an investigation into the death of his mother in an apartment building in Breiðholt in Reykjavík on Wednesday night.

Úlfar Lúðvíksson, police chief in Suðurnes, says that the traffic into Grindavík after barrier-free access to the town was opened on Monday was not that much.

A strong northwesterly wind with snow or sleet is forecast in the northern part of the country today. Driving can be bad on mountain roads to the north and visibility can be very low, according to a meteorologist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office.

A foreign tourist in his 80s died after losing consciousness in the Blue Lagoon yesterday evening.

The man who is the face of the police in most of Iceland's serious crime cases is considering changing careers after serving for almost 40 years.

"I thought to myself that now I had finally found a treasure," says Erle Tronstad Sagebakken, a fourteen-year-old girl from Lindesnes in southern Norway, in an interview with the local newspaper Lindesnes Avis.

Úlfar Lúðvíksson, police chief in Suðurnes, says that everything went well yesterday when public access to the town of Grindavík was opened again. According to his information, a few tourists have already entered the town.

The investigation into the death of the ten-year-old Kolfinna Eldey Sigurðardóttir, who was found dead at Krýsuvíkurvegur Road on September 15, is going well.

Unusual and increased hot springs activity have been observed in the hot springs area at Geysir in Haukadalur. It has attracted the attention of experts and locals.

The session of the Nordic Council will be held in Reykjavík from October 27 to 31. Bryndís Haraldsdóttir, president of the Nordic Council, says she does not believe that the upcoming parliamentary elections in this country and the election campaign related to them will affect the work of the parliament.

The number of presidential candidates this spring was quite large, as most people no doubt remember.

Kerlingafjöll Highland Base by the design team of the Blue Lagoon, Basalt Architects and Design Group Italia is nominated as the place of the year at the Design Awards 2024. The award ceremony will take place on November 7 in Gróska.

Reykjavik Energy, the Icelandic climate company Transition Labs and the British high-tech company Space Solar have signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding for cooperation in connection with the activation of solar energy in space and the resale of potential energy generated during the research phase.

Stefán Kristjánsson from Grindavík, who is the director and owner of the fish processing company Einhamar Seafood and a farmer, says it is long past time to open access to the town of Grindavík.

It is assumed that driving into Grindarvíkurbær will be barrier-free and the town will therefore be open to everyone from next October 21. The town is currently in the alert state of uncertainty, which is the lowest level of public safety. This arrangement will be in effect until the danger level can be declared again.

A cabinet meeting will be held today at 4 pm and it will be interesting to see if the Left-Green Movement ministers attend the meeting. They were invited to a meeting but have refused to participate in the temporary acting government.

Birgir Ármannsson, Speaker of Alþingi, met with parliamentary party leaders this morning and there was a "good" consensus on finalizing the budget for the Alþingi elections on November 30.

Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir, leader of the Pirate Party, says the decision of Svandís Svavarsdóttir, the leader of the Left-Green Movement, to resign from the temporary acting government is a sign of freezing temperatures between her and Bjarni Benediktsson, the leader of the Independence Party.

Svandís Svavarsdóttir, chairman of the Left-Green Movement, says the party's MPs will not participate in the executive government under these circumstances.

Halla Tómasdóttir, the President of Iceland, intends to agree to the Prime Minister's request to dissolve Parliament. She plans to announce a break in Alþingi on October 17, and subsequent elections will be called on November 30.

Össur Skarphéðinsson, former chairman of the Social Democratic Alliance, says that Svandís Svavarsdóttir, chairman of the Left-Green Movement, is responsible for the fact that Bjarni Benediktsson, chairman of the Independence Party and prime minister, has decided to end the coalition government.

There was considerable seismic activity on the Reykjanes ridge last night, but a dozen earthquakes were measured near Eldey Island.

Halla Tómasdóttir, the President of Iceland, spoke to the leaders of the Progressive Party and the Left-Green Movement last night. She then says she plans to take the time to talk to other party leaders in parliament today and that she will then assess the state of affairs before taking a stand on Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson's motion to dissolve the parliament.

Bjarni Benediktsson, Prime Minister and chairman of the Independence Party calls for the Left-Green Movement to reconsider its position on immigration issues and respect the agreement of the ruling parties on the issue. If there is nothing else in the situation than to terminate the government cooperation and call for elections.

The government cooperation between the Independence Party, the Progressive Party, and the Left-Green Movement has been terminated. This is reported by Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson at a meeting in the Cabinet.

Bjarni Benediktsson, Prime Minister and chairman of the Independence Party calls for the Left-Green Movement to reconsider its position on immigration issues and respect the agreement of the ruling parties on the issue. If there is nothing else in the situation than to terminate the government cooperation and call for elections.

Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, chairman of the Progressive Party, says that it is of the essence that the government can work in peace. If the other governing parties, the Independence Party and the Left-Green Movement, do not trust themselves to stand by and work on the governing agreement, it needs to be revealed now.

It is unusual for the Independence Party to invite to a parliamentary party meeting with short notice, as was done yesterday. It shows that the tension between the government and the party has been increasing in the last few days, and it is natural for the party to meet and discuss the issues.

The mayor and the president of the Akureyri town council are now trying to get the Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries to issue a new regulation to the effect that the fisheries in Grímsey Island will be freed from the obligation to process the catch that reaches the land on the basis of a specific regional quota, but the regulation that granted an exemption from such a processing obligation expired in 2019.