The Mosfellsbaer branch of Glitnir Bank, near Reykjavík, renewed its sponsorship agreement with the local horse club Hördur last week. The sponsorship is...
News 2007 - June
Vodafone sponsors Reykjavík sports club
Telecommunication company Vodafone will be the main sponsor of the sports club Valur for the next five years, according to an agreement reached this week. Valur...
Concert against heavy industry
Campaign group Saving Iceland is organizing a concert tomorrow at nightclub Nasa in Reykjavík to support environment protection and to protest against large-scale industrial projects in Iceland.
City dwellers travel increasingly to countryside
Last weekend traffic jams were reported east and north of Reykjavík and authorities expect a similar situation this weekend as weather forecasters promise warm temperatures and clear skies.
“Pure Horror” on display in southwest Iceland
The art exhibition “Pure Horror” opens in the gallery Sudsudvestur in Reykjanesbaer, on Reykjanes peninsula, today. The exhibition is a cooperation between...
Exhibition “Dorophone” opens in Reykjavík
An exhibition by Icelandic visual artist and designer Halldór Arnar Úlfarsson entitled “Dorophone,” named after an instrument the artist has been developing...
Reykjavík District Court acquits former Baugur CEO
Reykjavík District Court found the former CEO of Baugur Group Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson, who is currently the chairman of the company’s board, not guilty on charges of fraud and embezzlement.
Iceland Express wants new airport in Reykjavík
The airline Iceland Express has applied for permission to construct a new 6,500-square-meter airport in Reykjavík, near the current domestic airport, to serve both international and domestic transport.
Reykjavík Energy to buy shares in Reykjanes Electrical Station?
The board of Reykjavík Energy (OR) will discuss a potential purchase of the Electrical Station on Reykjanes peninsula (HS). The mayor of Reykjanesbaer is dissatisfied with OR’s intervention; the town is the largest shareholder in HS.
Director of Olís in Reydarfjördur convicted for chemical accident
The District Court of East Iceland sentenced the director of Olís gas station in Reydarfjördur to a 30-day suspended prison sentence for having carelessly caused a chemical accident in Eskifjördur last year.