Over a quarter of Icelanders battling obesity
According to Iceland Monitor, Iceland’s branch of Overeaters Anonymous (OA) has stated that 27 percent of the country is battling obesity. Overeaters ...
Electricity in Iceland: Only five percent of energy used in homes
As reported by Morgunblaðið, roughly five percent of electricity produced is used by the country’s homes. With a bulk of the energy used by large...
Hospital in Reykjavík sees 500 employees off ill due to COVID
Reykjavík’s Landspítali Hospital has recently seen almost 500 staff off sick due to COVID. Þórólfur Guðnason, Iceland’s Chief Epidemiologi...
Shooting in Reykjavík: Two incidents occur in the span of a week
Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík, has seen a stint of gun violence in a week, resulting in the arresting of three men and a victim that was shot and enjoy...
Icelandic developer aims to make GDPR, LGPD and CCPA compliances easier for businesses across the world
Icelandic developer, CookieHub, has been helping global businesses handle their GDPR, LGPD, and CCPA compliances with its eponymous Consent Management...
Sixty-five percent of Iceland’s Íslandsbanki to be sold
According to Iceland’s state holding company, ISFI, the country is set to sell its sixty-five percent stake in Íslandsbanki over the next two years. I...
Iceland’s bus system suffers cyber attack
As reported by The Reykjavik Grapevine, Iceland’s public bus system, Strætó, has been the victim of a cyber attack at the hands of foreign-based hacke...
Firefighters in Iceland called fifty times during New Year’s Eve due to brush fires
Sunnlenska has reported that Iceland’s firefighters were called out around fifty times across the country due to brush fires caused by fireworks...