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Iceland · IcelandSeyðisfjörður continues its fight against open net-pen salmon farming “The government said that they wanted to work for the people and not the big companies,” says Benedikta Guðrún Svavarsdóttir, head of the nonprofit VÁ, which has been fighting to stop open net-pen salmon farming from coming to Seyðisfjörður, “and the ball is falling very quickly in their court. This will be a big test if they are really going to do it or if they are going to f…See the Story
From Iceland — A Disaster Waiting To Happen
Iceland · IcelandIn late March, customs officers at Keflavík Airport confiscated around 20.000 nonprescription tablets. At first glance, they seemed to be Oxycontin pills, valued at 115 million ISK, RÚV reports. The Suðurnes Police claimed that the tablets were labelled by the pharmaceutical company Mundipharma A/S and should have contained oxycodone. Upon further inspection, the pills included no traces of the chemical, but a substance in the category of nitaze…See the Story
From Iceland — 20.000 Oxycontin Proxy Tablets Confiscated At Keflavík Airport
Reykjavík · ReykjavíkThis is the day we exhale after a long issue print run and head into a weekend-long (and far too short) hibernation. [Quite literally— the writer typing this could really use some rest, okay?]
Luckily for you, there’s plenty happening in town. We’ve got Reykjavík SOUP, a community dinner where ideas are pitched to fellow creatives, happening tonight at 18:00 at hafnar.haus; Lilý Erla Adamsdóttir and Thora Finnsdóttir — Reading Lava at listval op…See the Story
From Iceland — Grapevine Events: DesignMarch, Stockfish, Belonging? & More
LGBTQ+ · IcelandThe Foreign Ministry has published a travel advisory aimed at LGBTQ+ people, encouraging travellers to be mindful of the attitudes found in other countries. Compared to Iceland, views towards queer identities are different in other parts of the world, the ministry states, encouraging queer travellers to research the visiting country’s laws and customs beforehand. Queer rights are only respected in a third of the world’s states, the advisory read…See the Story
From Iceland — Iceland Foreign Ministry Publishes Travel Advisory For LGBTQ+ People
Christmas · ReykjavíkThe Grapevine’s guide to sounding Icelandic, one word at a time It’s been a fickle few weeks, weather-wise. Is it spring? Is it still winter? This often-changing weather keeps us on our toes (or desperately checking vedur.is and cursing when reality does not match what was forecasted). Maybe we haven’t seen the topic of today’s Word Of The Issue in a while, but as winter (maybe, potentially, honestly who knows but I’ll say this anyway) draws to …See the Story
From Iceland — Word Of The Issue: Grýlukerti
Reykjavík · ReykjavíkStockfish Film & Industry Festival is bringing an international programme to Reykjavík “This year, we decided to sharpen the focus a bit further — we would like to situate ourselves on the border of cinema and other arts, such as music and other art forms,” says Dögg Mósesdóttir, Festival Director of the Stockfish Film & Industry Festival. Although newly appointed as the festival director, Dögg was part of the founding board nearly a decade ago.…See the Story
From Iceland — Cinema For All, And For Free: Stockfish 2025 Preview
Iceland · IcelandA fatal accident occurred on Monday when rocks fell from Steinafjall onto a car on Suðurlandsvegur near Holtsós under Eyjafjöll, shortly before 13:00, reports Vísir. Three foreign tourists were in the car. One of them died, while the other two sustained minor injuries. The accident happened just west of Holtsós, near the home of Ingveldur Anna Sigurðardóttir, a resident of Varmahlíð and a substitute MP, who travels the road daily. She says it is…See the Story
From Iceland — Calls For Urgent Action After Fatal Rockfall
Earthquake · IcelandNo activity has been observed at the eruption fissure north of Grindavík since yesterday afternoon. However, the lava continues to glow, and the area remains unstable and hazardous, reports Vísir. According to the notice by Icelandic Met Office’s natural hazard monitoring team, seismic activity on the Reykjanes Peninsula began to subside around 21:00 last night. The trigger earthquake activity near Reykjanestá has shifted southwest toward Eldey,…See the Story
