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Hótelþjófur í Reykjavík og dularfullt par í Hafnarfirði
Bíræfinn þjófur var á ferð á hóteli. Honum tókst að hafa á brott með sér ferðatösku, eigandanum til mikils ama. Ekkert er vitað um stöðu rannsóknar þess máls. Annar innbrotsþjófur var á ferðinni um svipað leyti og braust inn í skóla. Hann var ekki eins slóttugur og hótelþjófurinn og var hantekinn af lögreglu og læstur inni í klefa. Málið er...
Volcanic Eruption in Iceland – Lava flows in the Reykjanes peninsula
Volcanic eruption started in the Reykjanes-peninsula, about an hour ago. Around 13:25 today, a volcanic eruptions started in the Reykjanes peninsula approximately 50 kilometers from Reykjavík. Lava flows into Merardalir Valley, but almost a year has passed since the eruption around Fagradalsfjall mountain, which is closed to Merardalir, stopped. There has been a lot of seismic activity in the area...
Tragedy in Almannagjá: „Of course people are alarmed by incidents such as this one“
A foreign man in his seventies died in Almannagjá at Þingvellir national park on Saturday. The man lived abroad and was travelling in Iceland. As stated by mbl.is, there was a great set of measures undertaken in Almannagjá on Saturday, due to a man falling acutely ill. Emergency personnel from The Health Institute of South Iceland, together with the staff...
Animal abuser in Mosfellsdalur valley – Hilda caught him with his pants down
Hilda Allansdóttir, a hiker, recently came across a man who was penetrating a horse. In an interview with DV, Hilda explains that the man seemed to be extremely embarrassed and hurried away. He spoke English and seemed angered by her intervention, clenching his fist and shouting: „You are just making trouble. Go away.“ „I came across him and he seemed...
Diagnosed with monkeypox in Iceland – A cause for concern says Chief Epidemiologist
A middle-aged man was diagnosed with monkeypox on Tuesday. This is the fourth infection to be diagnosed in Iceland and the country’s Chief Epidemiologist says that the case is most likely a domestic infection, which is a cause for concern. RÚV originally reported on this. „These are similar symptoms as in the other three, which are mainly skin symptoms. People...
Says Jordan Peterson spreads dangerous information about trans issues: „Listen to your children“
Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir, or Owl Fisher in English, says that the psychologist Jordan Peterson, who did an interview on the news program Ísland í dag on Sunday, is spreading contradictory and dangerous information about trans youth issues that can cause harm to young people. Peterson’s comments about trans children and surgeries done on them evoked strong reactions from the...
Rögnvaldsson received a chilling email: „A lot of people hate or despise Polish people“
Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson, former professor of Icelandic grammar at the University of Iceland, shares an anonymous email on his Facebook page, that he received after he defended the Icelandic „Fjallkona“, which would directly translate to the Icelandic Mountain Woman. It is a role acted out by a woman each year on June 17th, Iceland’s national independence day. This year’s mountain woman...
Icelandic government admits to infringement: Sentences for rape and smuggling amphetamine
The Icelandic government has admitted to a violation against fourteen people in cases that have gone before the European Court of Human Rights. Fréttablaðið first covered the verdict. Vilhjálmur H. Vilhjálmsson is the lawyer of most of the people. Each of the cases ends with the government’s declaration of infringement, in addition to 4,000 EUR being paid to each of...
The shooting in Hafnarfjörður: Six-year-old boy and his father were inside one of the cars
This morning, there was a shooting in Hafnarfjörður, on the street Miðvangur. It was originally reported that a man had shot at a stationary car, parked in a parking lot between a residential building and a kindergarten. Police’s special forces were at the scene quickly and at around 8 am their numbers had increased, and they wore bulletproof vests. Soon,...
The suspect in Barðavogur was previously convicted for a violent crime
The man currently in police custody suspected of murder in Barðavogur on June 4th received a sentence for violence in 2020. This is reported by mbl.is. In addition to being convicted of a violent crime, the man was also convicted of violating child protection law for the same incident. In that instance he was convicted for behaving violently, aggressively, and...
The Icelandic government not interested in purchasing natural wonder – New owner is rich Icelander
As Mannlíf covered last May, the landowners of one of the country’s most significant natural sights had accepted a purchase offer for the land, which includes Fjaðrárgljúfur canyon. The canyon became a world-famous tourist destination, after the singer Justin Bieber recorded a music video there. The canyon is part of a land called Heiði and the accepted purchase offer amounts...
Hauksson got on well with an accused war criminal
Icelandic journalist Haukur Hauksson is now traveling in a conflict zone in Ukraine. Fréttablaðið recently reported that he was there by invitation from the Russian government. According to recent news from Hauksson, he had a polite chat this weekend with a man who is believed to have recently committed war crimes. Þórður Snær Júlíusson, editor of Kjarninn, pointed this out...
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