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Dec 27, 2024 · A 13.000 square metre stockpile housed in seven warehouses is set to be built at Miðnesheiði in the coming weeks. The depot will store tools and resources to build a new airport.

Nov 20, 2024 · A new eruption began along the Sundhnúksgígar crater row at 23:14 Wednesday. The length of the fissure is currently unknown. This is the seventh eruption along the crater row since December 2023.

Jul 16, 2024 · Lost love letters. Born in Sydney in 1947, Geraldine spent most of her life in London. After she passed away in 2019, Emilíana went to London to stay with Zoe, whose husband, composer Simon Byrt, had contributed to Emilíana’s album Tookah.A cache with letters was discovered in Geraldine’s flat in Chiswick, West London, when the family was preparing for a memorial service.

All wool sweaters sold at our store are hand knitted in Iceland from Icelandic wool that is ethically taken from live sheep in spring. That way they are lighter and can better enjoy the "freedom" in the summer in the Icelandic highlands. The wool grows during their time roaming free and in fall they are already grown e

Nov 12, 2024 · The stakes are high. A new five year whaling license could mean as many as 700 vulnerable fin whales being killed before the end of the decade.

Dec 23, 2024 · The Grapevine’s ongoing guide to getting shit done. Winter is officially upon us. While the news is trying to gaslight us all into believing that November was unseasonably warm — either that or it was written by someone who spent the month in Tenerife — there’s no denying that the mercury has plummeted of late.

Dec 23, 2024 · On December 21, the leaders of the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylking), Liberal Reform Party (Viðreisn) and the People’s Party (Flokkur Fólksins) presented the makeup of their coalition government and its agenda during a press conference at Hafnarborg in Hafnarfjörður, reports RÚV.. The coalition, led by Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir, promises reforms aimed at streamlining ...