Each week, as part of our regular programming, RÚV English Radio hopes to assist with the learning of Icelandic. In weekly shows, called Auðskilið - which means "easily understood" - you can follow along with a recent news story, written and read in a simple form of Icelandic. Today, icebergs! Follow along with the text here . RÚV English Radio is heard around the world and in Iceland, and covers…
The aim of Icelandair's purchase of a 49% stake in Fly Play Europe Holdco is to achieve simplification and greater efficiency in Icelandair's operations in Iceland, says Icelandair CEO Bogi Nils Bogason. The purchase was announced yesterday. Fly Play Europe Holdco owns a subsidiary in Malta with a Maltese air operator's certificate. The purchase price is 686,000 US dollars, or 83.4 million krónur.…
A runner who has raised four million krónur in donations for the Píeta organisation through the Reykjavík Marathon, says he wants to give back after struggling with anxiety when he was younger. Eiður Rafn Gunnarsson is among those who will lace up their running shoes on Saturday and run his first marathon in the Reykjavík Marathon. He has raised the most of all the more than 14,500 people…
A former ship inspector with the Icelandic Transport Authority has found no deficiencies on Bandero , the vessel belonging to the Paul Watson organisation. One of the organisation's lawyers has raised serious concerns about the actions of Icelandic authorities. Paul Watson and his lawyers say that laws were broken when the vessel was detained and maintain that the ship is seaworthy. Bandero has…
The Nordic countries plan to issue a joint policy on children's and young people's use of social media. Iceland's Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir says she and her counterparts discussed the issue at a meeting in Copenhagen yesterday. The ministers received a presentation on the effects of social media on teenagers' mental health and concentration, and Kristrún says there is a clear…
"I thought they [the Central Bank's Monetary Policy Committee] made a good case for keeping interest rates unchanged," says Jón Sigurðsson, chief executive of Stoðir, referring to yesterday's interest-rate increase. The Central Bank raised rates by 0.25 percentage points yesterday. The Monetary Policy Committee justified the increase by citing the Central Bank's forecast of higher inflation in the…
The former wife of one of the defendants in the Reykholt case was today ordered to appear in court in person instead of giving evidence by video link. The woman had begun giving her evidence by video link, but shortly afterwards the prosecutor and judge heard the defendant's voice in the woman's home. The defendant in question is the father-in-law of Andri Már Mortensen Birgisson and the father of…
A new board of Reykjavík Energy was elected at a reconvened annual general meeting of the company today. Ari Edwald, leader of the Centre Party group on Reykjavík City Council, was elected chair of the board, as Reykjavík Mayor Hildur Björnsdóttir announced would happen when the Independence Party, Progressive Party and Reform Party majority was unveiled earlier this summer. Joining Ari on the…
Conductivity in the Múlakvísl river increased significantly overnight and peaked at around 1 am. High conductivity could plausibly indicate that this event is a genuine geothermal jökulhlaup from beneath Mýrdalsjökull. Sigríður Magnea Óskarsdóttir, a natural hazards specialist at the Icelandic Met Office, says the conductivity is unusually high for the time of year. It increased significantly…
Samtök verslunar og þjónustu (Federation of Trade and Services), together with independent specialist alcohol retailers, are calling on MPs to establish a clear legal framework for online alcohol sales. Three companies that sell alcohol online have faced charges, and one has been convicted. A statement says consumers have already made up their minds and that online alcohol sales have become part…
