Due to the pandemic, many of the usual Halloween festivals have been cancelled, although the civil defence has not issued... The post Iceland Copes With A Cancelled Halloween appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
Iceland has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force’s Grey List after satisfactorily completing measures against money laundering and... The post Iceland Removed From Grey List appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
Many people have contacted eleven-year-old Ólíver after his mother told the story of the bullying he had faced at school,... The post 11-Year-Old Boy Cheered Up By Anti-Bullying Supporters appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
Residents of Vesturbær are the happiest with the city centre’s pedestrian streets, whilst residents of Grafarvogur are the most negative,... The post Mixed Opinions On Car-Free Streets, Most In Favour appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
Seemingly random, in front of wood paneling and amid shelves of books, an odd looking, torn, bright yellow dress hung... The post Creating Visibility With Sound: Julius Rothlaender & Claire Paugam On ‘Vestur í bláinn’ appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
Icelandic company Kerecis has developed a nasal and oral spray that kills 99.97% of the COVID-19 virus, RÚV reports. The... The post Nasal Spray Developed To Help Fight COVID-19 appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir has revealed that she is planning on branching out into the world of fiction writing, Fréttablaðið... The post Prime Minister Reveals Plans To Write A Crime Novel appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
The total amount of unpaid wages that Efling has demanded from employers has amounted to 345 million ISK last year,... The post Wage Theft Claims Amount To One Billion ISK appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
83 new coronavirus cases were diagnosed domestically yesterday, Vísir has reported. 49 were quarantine at the time of diagnosis but... The post 83 Diagnosed With Coronavirus Yesterday appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
Iceland has certainly made a name for itself as a seemingly boundless source of great music, starting with its full-armed... The post Ask An Expert: What Was The First Guitar Solo In Icelandic History? appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
50 people were diagnosed with coronavirus domestically yesterday, Vísir reported this morning. Of these, 33 were in quarantine at the... The post 50 Diagnosed With Coronavirus Yesterday appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
With the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, Earth’s exploration of space began in earnest. Since then, the focus had... The post Iceland’s Unlikely Role In Space Exploration: From 1965 And Into The Future appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
97 new coronavirus infections were diagnosed domestically yesterday, Vísir reported this morning. More than half, or 54 of the 97,... The post 97 New Coronavirus Infections Diagnosed Yesterday appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
The Icelandic Men’s National football team will tackle Romania at Laugardalur tonight, after the UEFA qualifying match was postponed due... The post Iceland Vs Romania In UEFA EURO Qualifiers appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
94 new coronavirus infections were diagnosed yesterday, Vísir reported this morning. Of these, 40 were already quarantine and eight were... The post 94 New Coronavirus Cases appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
An announcement on the cabinet website has revealed that the Minister of Health, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, is on temporary leave until... The post Minister Of Health Temporarily Steps Down appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
In a follow up to news that credit cards had been traced to help track the spread of COVID-19, the... The post Data Protection Authority Allowed Credit Card Tracing appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
In the highest number to be diagnosed with coronavirus in a single day since April, 99 people were diagnosed with... The post 99 Diagnosed With Coronavirus Yesterday appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
The family of Jón Þrastar Jónsson, who disappeared in Dublin in February 2019, are planning to submit formal complaints to... The post Jón Þrastar Jónsson’s Family Launches Media Complaint appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
Minister of Justice, Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir, has come under fire after suggesting that demarcation areas be set up to accommodate refugees... The post Minister Of Justice Under Fire For Refugee Camp Proposal appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
A landslide fell from the mountains above the farm Gislá 2 in Eyjafjörður at eleven o’clock this morning, according to... The post Landslide In Eyjafjörður appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
In a follow up to news that credit cards had been traced to help track the spread of COVID-19, the... The post Data Protection Authority Allowed Credit Card Tracing appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
As reported by Vísir this morning, credit card transactions have been used, on more than one occasion, to find people... The post Credit Card Transactions Used To Trace COVID-19 appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
Delays in the Icelandic and U.S. Postal Service due to COVID alongside President Trump’s campaign against the USPS is making... The post Americans In Iceland Concerned Over Delayed Postal Votes appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.
