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Big Flavour, Small Scale | Fish and Chips Lake Mývatn
Iceland Review
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July 15, 2025
Lake Mývatn in North Iceland is a place where steam rises from the earth, ancient craters mark the horizon, and birdsong fills the air each spring and summer. Shaped by millennia of volcanic activity, this region is home to one of Iceland’s...
Iceland: Polar Bear Shot Dead Amid Panic After It Makes Rare Appearance in Island Nation After 8 Years
Latestly
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September 22, 2024
London, September 22: A polar bear was shot dead by local authorities after its rare appearance in Iceland after 8 years caused the community to panic. The polar bear was spotted in a remote Icelandic village earlier this week, marking the first...
The Blue Lagoon vs. The Sky Lagoon: Which One Should You Pick on Your Next Iceland Trip?
Fodors Travel Guide
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December 27, 2024
Choose between the quiet luxury of traditional Icelandic bathing or one-of-a-kind scenery with the whole family. Set on the mid-Atlantic ridge and bubbling with volcanic energy, Iceland is the perfect place to get into some hot water. The weather...
Iceland Is Reputed To Be Happy And Safe. So Why Is Violent Crime On The Rise?
Reykjavik Grapevine
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September 20, 2024
According to the UN’s 2024 World Happiness Report Iceland is the third happiest country in the world. It has maintained that rank for three consecutive years. The score is calculated, according to the UN, based on “individuals’ own assessments of...
Iceland: Police shoot 1st polar bear sighted in years
Deutsche Welle
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September 20, 2024
Police sharpshooters killed a polar bear that had come ashore on the northwestern tip of Iceland on Thursday. Polar bear sightings in Iceland are extremely rare, with the last recorded case in 2016. A resident in a remote holiday home on the coast...
Southend Airport partially reopens after plane crash which killed four people
Sky News
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July 16, 2025
Southend Airport has partially reopened days after a plane crash that killed four people. Flights to and from the airport in Essex had been suspended since Sunday afternoon when a medical transport aircraft crashed moments after taking off. A...
The latest crime fiction — solving a murder using Icelandic knitting patterns
The Times
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Police procedurals, locked-room mysteries, Scandi noir, cosy crime, courtroom dramas … there are so many different types of crime fiction. But worry not, we have two very experienced crime reviewers to keep you abreast of what’s new.Joan Smith has...
Iceland Killed a Visiting Polar Bear
Paste
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Polar bears have it rough these days. They are the nominal poster child for global warming for a reason, suffering from declining sea ice and other loss of habitat that makes finding food and surviving in the far north more and more of a...
20 ways to easily boost your health, according to 2024’s biggest studies
Science Focus
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December 26, 2024
If you’ve not only kept up with this year’s health news, but also stuck to all of its recommendations, you’re on track for a very healthy life indeed. To start with, you’ve probably switched up your diet. Perhaps you’ve tried going vegan after...
Iceland halts deportation of seriously ill Palestinian boy after public protests
Middle East Monitor
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September 16, 2024
An 11-year-old Palestinian boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy was returned to Landspitali Hospital in Reykjavik this morning after spending eight hours at Keflavik Airport, where he and his family were awaiting deportation to Spain. Police...
Obituaries: July 16, 2025
Murray Ledger & Times - Kentucky
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Sanda Robertson Sanda Robertson, 76, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, passed away in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville. Born Nov. 18, 1948, in Murray, Kentucky, she was the daughter of...
Nearly 50 were sick in the Icelandic E. coli outbreak
Food Safety News
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December 19, 2024
The number of people infected in an E. coli O145 outbreak in Iceland has more than doubled to almost 50. Landlaeknir (The Directorate of Health) previously said that 23 pupils from the Mánagarði kindergarten in the Vesturbær district of Reykjavík...
Sexual and Physical Assaults are Common Life Stressors for Women in Iceland, Linked to PTSD
Consultant Live
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December 9, 2024
A recent study reported that sexual and physical assaults were the most common life stressors in women from Iceland and were linked to the greatest prevalence of probable PTSD.1 Most women are exposed to trauma, and 3% to 16% experience PTSD at...
Do Shit: Survive Icelandic Winter
Reykjavik Grapevine
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December 23, 2024
Photo by Art Bicnick from The Reykjavík Grapevine Archives 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...
The UK’s Christmas Dinner Is Healthier Than You Think, Study Reveals!
Yorkshire Times
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1:00 AM 21st December 2024 family Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay As nearly half of Brits struggle to maintain a healthy diet, many are questioning how the festive indulgence of Christmas can impact their health. With this in mind, ZAVA, a...
Israel depriving Gazans of ‘human dignity’, say UK and 24 other countries in call to end war now
The Independent
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July 21, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Swiss health insurance abroad – what are the options?
Swissinfo
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December 24, 2024
What happens to my health insurance? When emigrating from Switzerland, different rules apply depending on your new country of residence. Keystone / Christian Beutler Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your...
World News | EAM Jaishankar Congratulates Thorgerdur Katrin on Appointment as Foreign Minister of Iceland
Latestly
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December 23, 2024
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday congratulated thorgerdur katrin on her appointment as the Foreign Minister of Iceland. Jaishankar said he is looking forward to further strengthening...
Middle East: 25 countries call for end to Gaza war
Deutsche Welle
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July 21, 2025
07/21/2025July 21, 2025 Twenty-five countries including Britain, France and a host of European nations said the war in Gaza "must end now" and Israel "must comply with international law." The foreign ministries of countries including Australia,...
Fisherman's fear over possible bans as livelihood at stake
Lancs Live
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July 21, 2025
One of Fleetwood‘s last surviving commercial fishermen says potential fishing bans could kill off his livelihood. John Worthington, 59, doesn’t believe a ban from sensitive marine ecosystems such as Morecambe Bay are needed, as the number of...