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Machado will not attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
María Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition and the latest Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will not be present at the award ceremony in Oslo…
Uncertainty level on the road through Öræfi and Fjarðarheiði closed
There is uncertainty on the road between Skaftafell and Jökulsárlón today. The road can be expected to close at short notice. This is reported on the Icelandic…
Two earthquakes in Vatnajökull
Two earthquakes occurred in Hamrin on the western edge of Vatnajökull glacier shortly before 1 am last night.
Weather warnings for northeasterly gales or storms
A short distance south of the Faroe Islands is a sharp depression moving north, causing a strong northeasterly wind or storm today. Warnings have been issued…
Municipalities undermine development
Developers believe that municipal fees have become too large a part of the total construction cost. Increases in fees have slowed down the development of…
Machado will not attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
María Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition and the latest Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will not be present at the award ceremony in Oslo today. Machado's daughter Ana Corina Sosa will accept the award on her behalf, Kristian Berg Harpviken, director of the Nobel Foundation, told NRK this morning. "Unfortunately, she was unable to come to Norway and will therefore not be on stage at Oslo City Hall at 1 o'clock today to accept the Peace Prize," Harpviken said. Machado's daughter will also deliver a speech written by her mother. The Nobel Foundation canceled a press conference yesterday
Uncertainty level on the road through Öræfi and Fjarðarheiði closed
There is uncertainty on the road between Skaftafell and Jökulsárlón today. The road can be expected to close at short notice. This is reported on the Icelandic Road Administration's website, umferdin.is, where information about road traffic can be found. Fjarðarheiði is still closed. Towing was stopped yesterday due to difficult conditions and the road around the heath is closed. According to information from the Icelandic Road Administration, the conditions on the heath are being assessed. The road around Vattarnesskriður is impassable due to a rockfall. Photo / Sent
Two earthquakes in Vatnajökull
Two earthquakes occurred in Hamrin on the western edge of Vatnajökull glacier shortly before 1 am last night.
Weather warnings for northeasterly gales or storms
A short distance south of the Faroe Islands is a sharp depression moving north, causing a strong northeasterly wind or storm today. Warnings have been issued for the Westfjords and Southeast Iceland, but for a blizzard in the central highlands. Rain or sleet at times across the country, but mostly dry in South and West Iceland. The wind will ease this evening as the depression moves north into the sea. Tomorrow, Thursday, a new depression will come from the south of the sea, which will deepen rapidly, but seems to be planning to curve southwest from the land. This will then cause an easterly gale or storm with rain or sleet, but snowfall in the mountains. Slower southeasterly winds on
Municipalities undermine development
Developers believe that municipal fees have become too large a part of the total construction cost. Increases in fees have slowed down the development of apartments.
The video is said to be of a nature that would cause riots if the public saw it.
Two 17-year-old boys were sentenced to prison on Monday after being found guilty of raping a 15-year-old girl in a park in Warwickshire on May 10. The boys, Jan Jahanzeb and Sirar Niazal, both from Afghanistan, had arrived in the UK as refugees a few months earlier. The girl had her phone Read more
“When I pick someone up at the airport, this starts”
Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir and Fríða Ísberg are among those who have a book in the Christmas book flood. Fríða sent in the novel Huldukonuna and Lóa the children's book Rækjuvík, which is nominated for the Icelandic Literary Award. They stopped by Gísli Marteinn Baldursson's Morning Coffee on Rás 2 and talked about the books and the Christmas preparations, which are of course in full swing, in between traveling around and reading from their books. It's strange to publish your first book and suddenly sit behind a Danish prince at an awards ceremonyLóa says that Rækjuvík is an ode to Reykjavík. She talks about twin sisters Inga
Three extended by Vikings
The best league team Víkingur announced yesterday that three players have signed new contracts with the club. They are Emma Steinsen, Kristín Erla Johnson and Rakel Sigurðardóttir. Víkingur finished fifth in the best league last season despite a strong start to the tournament. Víkingur's announcement Three players from the women's championship team have extended their contracts Read more
Capelin has been spotted in the western parts of the country.
"I heard the other day that the trawlers had been seeing capelin in the estuaries off the west coast and there was capelin in the cod, so I think people are quite optimistic," says Tómas Kárason, captain of Beiti NK, who returned to Neskaupstaður yesterday with almost three thousand tons of blue whiting.
CEO change at Lucinity
Daníel Pálmason has been appointed CEO of software company Lucinity, succeeding Guðmundur Kristjánsson, who founded the company in 2018. Guðmundur will take over as acting chairman of the board.
Electricity restored to most of Seyðisfjörður
From SeyðisfjörðurRÚV/Landinn / Jóhannes JónssonElectricity has been restored to most of Seyðisfjörður. According to Guðgeir Guðmundsson, head of system management at Rarik, there is still no electricity in the northern part of the fjord, towards Skálanes. The town is running on backup power from the hydroelectric power plants in the area. They would otherwise produce electricity for the national grid. In a statement from Rarik, residents are asked to use electricity sparingly because it is backup power. The situation could last until the evening. The town went out shortly before 2 a.m. This morning. Electricity began to come in around 6 a.m.
Fjarðarheiði closed
Fjarðarheiði is closed due to weather, according to the Icelandic Road Administration's website, umferdin.is.
Twelve dead after residential building fire
Twelve people have died and several others have been injured after a fire broke out at a residential building in southern China.
World Cup today: It is now clear which teams will play in the semi-finals
It will be clear today which teams will play in the semi-finals of the Women's Handball World Championship, as the second matches of the quarter-finals will take place today. The Netherlands and Hungary will face each other in the first match of the day. Hungary finished second in Group 1 with seven points. The Netherlands has won all of its matches in the tournament so far and won Group 3 with a full house of points. The match between Hungary and the Netherlands starts at 17:00 and will be shown live on RÚV 2. The second match of the day is the match between Denmark and France. Denmark has also won all of its matches so far and won Group 1. France finished in
Leonardo DiCaprio reveals why he covers his face
Leonardo DiCaprio is probably the most famous actor in the world at the moment, having starred in many of the most popular films of the last few decades and having a unique career behind him. The 51-year-old actor has been named Time magazine's Entertainer of the Year and on that occasion he had an interesting interview where he touched on various personal Read more
Does not want to reveal the identity of the child’s mother
Fríða Ísberg discusses her novel called The Woman of Huddle.
Delicious pistachio and white chocolate cookies
You have to try these.
Power outage in Seyðisfjörður
There has been a power outage in Seyðisfjörður since just before 2 a.m. last night.
Yellow weather warning due to strong winds
A yellow weather warning for strong winds is in effect in the Westfjords, Southeast Iceland and the Central Highlands.
Democrat mayor of Miami for the first time in three decades
Democrat Eileen Higgins was elected mayor of Miami, Florida, USA, yesterday. She will be the first mayor of their ranks in nearly three decades. Higgins is also the first woman to be elected mayor of Miami and received nearly sixty percent of the vote. She thus had the better of Republican Emilio T. Gonzalez, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump. He received all of Florida's electoral votes in the last three presidential elections. Republicans of Cuban descent have played a major role in the city's politics for the last thirty years. Participation in the mayoral election was at its lowest, about twenty percent.
María Rut Kristinsdóttir: On the Paths of Fear
I find myself increasingly pausing and silencing the social debate. Whether in the context of international affairs or here at home. I feel like we are on the wrong track. We forget to face each other, to talk, to debate and to reach a common conclusion. And worst of all, I feel like we are falling for old Read more
Death: Margrét Jóhanna Heinreksdóttir
Margrét Jóhanna Heinreksdóttir, formerly Margrét Rasmus Bjarnason, died at the Lögmannshlíð nursing home in Akureyri on December 3rd at the age of ninety.
Death: Þórir Þorsteinsson
Printer Þórir Þorsteinsson, an employee of Morgunblaðið for almost half a century, has died at the age of 92.
Announce a 50 million injection into RÚV
The Icelandic National Broadcasting Corporation's salary costs need to be reduced in order to achieve its performance targets next year. This was stated in a draft operating plan presented at a meeting of the RÚV board in October, the minutes of which were published this week.