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People of Airwaves: People thought me weird for going alone to Iceland.

Stefano from Italy was sitting quietly and going over tonight's programme when our reporter chatted with him.

News in english 9.11.2014 13:27

People of Airwaves: Nothing compares to Icelandic reggae

The friends Maddalena Cebese and Victoria Wadersee are both German but live in London where they're attending university together.

News in english 7.11.2014 22:30

People of Airwaves: Playing the wingwoman

The friends Jill Casavant and Natalie Spaeth from Atlanta, Georgia, are excited about the Iceland Airwaves festival.

News in english 7.11.2014 22:24

People of Airwaves: Loves the Icelandic chocolate cake

"We love the Icelandic nature, the people and Reykjavík. Just all of it," says Theo and Joyce.

News in english 7.11.2014 20:47

People of Airwaves: Missed her favourite band

Joelle is from Wisconsin and works as a writer. This is her first trip to Iceland, but her best friend lives here.

News in english 7.11.2014 19:33

People of Airwaves: Not drunk enough yet to pick up girls

Kevin Velasco from Seattle is visiting his friend Ben Crowe who's studying Icelandic Studies at the University of Iceland.

News in english 7.11.2014 18:31

Icelandic prostitute invites men to her home while her baby sleeps

Her husband waits in the kitchen while she invites men in there bedroom. "If I was doing this out of necessity it would be much more difficult," the 22 year old prostitute says.

News in english 7.11.2014 17:11

Wedding ring found after a year inside blood pudding

"I didn't bother renewing it as I was so certain that it would turn up again," says Anna Guðný Egilsdóttir.

News in english 4.11.2014 19:52

Holuhraun eruption reaches global scale

No matter how one looks at it, the Holuhraun eruption is making history.

News in english 31.10.2014 12:20

Car-flipping video under investigation by authorities

The video became a smash hit online.

News in english 29.10.2014 13:00

Flips car in parking garage

A video from the security camera from the parking garage under Höfðatorg has been published online, where the driver of the car can be seen trying to reverse at full speed into the gate of the parking garage.

News in english 22.10.2014 17:13

Around 50 earthquakes in the last 24 hours

Seismic activity in the Bárðarbunga system and volcanic activity at the eruption site in Holuhraun is continuing at comparable levels as in recent days.

News in english 22.10.2014 11:47

A star from the Office performing at Reykjavik Comic Festival

Stephen Merchant form the Office is among comedians who are performing at this years Reykjavik Comic Festival 2014.

News in english 17.10.2014 15:26

Iceland's Anarchist Comedian Mayor Is Moving to Houston

"I think this might be the beginning of a very interesting adventure," says Jon Gnarr.

News in english 12.10.2014 20:27

ISIS uses Icelandic URL - "Something that can't be prevented"

The website for the Islamic terrorist organization ISIS is registered in Iceland. The director of ISNIC, the company that handles all Icelandic website registrations, says that it was only a matter of time until ISIS would get a website with a .is ending.

News in english 11.10.2014 13:55

Billionaire defies ban to dance by life-threatening volcano

Goga Ashkenazi and her friends posing for photos by the eruption on Sunday.

News in english 8.10.2014 15:40

Fisherman finds message in a bottle he wrote 19 years ago

Here we can see the message.

News in english 6.10.2014 15:23

Caught 50 kg cod: "Like winning the lottery"

Eysteinn caught the monstrous cod on Friday.

News in english 6.10.2014 10:18

Ten-man Stjarnan wins the title with a dramatic late goal | Player goes after referee

Goals, red cards, great saves, missed chances, questionable penalty decisions and supporters and players attacking the referees.

News in english 5.10.2014 21:23

New Eurovision tryout rules degrading to women

A new rule that The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RUV) introduced for the Icelandic Eurovision tryouts states that half the entries for the tryouts must have a woman credited as a songwriter.

News in english 1.10.2014 13:46

Interest rates remain unchanged

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Iceland has decided to keep the Bank's interest rates unchanged.

News in english 1.10.2014 09:46

Ashfall may lead to water shortage

The Icelandic Association for East-Iceland Authorities concluded their meeting just now about the potential threats of volcanic activity in Vatnajökull.

News in english 26.9.2014 13:18

Iceland releases more sulphur than all of Europe due to eruption

The eruption has, in only the span of 3 weeks, secured its place in the history books for at least two reasons.

News in english 25.9.2014 10:18

Comparable to Vesuvius and St. Helens eruptions

The as-of-yet-unnamed eruption north of the Vatnajökull glacier has reached a higher category on the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) and is now considered to be VEI 5.

News in english 24.9.2014 10:30

Video: Scientists move burning lava into a pot

Scientists at the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland are still very much at work at the lava field Holuhraun north of Vatnajökull. They have released a video which shows them transferring burning hot lava into a pot and cooling it with water.

News in english 24.9.2014 08:53

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