UPDATE: Katla is quiet, according to assessments
Katla volcano seems to be going back to sleep under the icecap of Myrdalsjokull according to the civil protection department. The roads neighbouring t...
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Katla volcano calm over the weekend – Crisis Coordination Centre to meet again today
Although a few small tremors continued to stir and the roads around the area remain closed, Katla volcano was relatively calm over the weekend.
Former Prime Minister voted out as leader of the Progressive party
The Progressive party struggled with considerable tension in the weeks leading up to its annual party assembly on Sunday where Sigmundur David Gunnlau...
RIFF – Eleven day movie bonanza in Reykjavik. It’s on!
RIFF takes place every year in late September for eleven days and it started yesterday, The 2016 edition of the festival will take run from the 29th o...
Yellow alert! Strongest earthquakes around Katla volcano in a series of tremors
The Icelandic Met Office has raised the level of warning from green to yellow because of the recent earthquakes around volcano Katla. Green means that...
Norwegian or Icelandic tourist bites off a piece of local Berlin man’s ear
Conflicting sources state that either an Icelandic or Norwegian tourist bit of a chunk of a Berlin local, in a vicious xenophobic attack last Sunday. ...
The aurora borealis – Northern lights have arrived (Video)
The condition for observing the illusive northern light has been particularly favorable for the last few days and the astronomy website published a vi...
Iceland is becoming too expensive for it´s own good
Reykjavik is the most expensive capital to visit in Europe, if you look at average prices of a large local bear, a three course meal in an average res...