‘Domestic news in English’ Archives
Director Of Petrol Station Chain Excited About Oil Discovery
The director of the N1 chain of petrol stations told reporters that the recent discovery of signs of oil in Icelandic waters could mean the country becomes "the richest in the world within 12 years". Read more at IceNews - Daily News
11-Year-Old Rescues Infant from Drowning
Last Thursday, an eleven-year-old girl in the town of Reykjanesbær rescued a year-old infant from drowning at Sundmiðstöðin, a local swimming pool. Read more at IceNews - Daily News
Even More News
Twins, more twins, a catwalk queen and a lost football match in Osaka. Read more at IceNews - Daily News
Fighting With the Iron Capture
Today, Saturday, is what the whole Irish fight scene has been waiting for with baited breath: This weekend’s Cage Contender XXII event. Read more at IceNews - Daily News
Hymns Of The Passion Called Anti-Semitic
A letter from the Simon Wiesenthal Institute calls on the Icelandic state broadcasting service (RÚV) to not broadcast Hallgrímur Pétursson's Hymns of the Passion, due to the frequent disparaging remarks made about Jewish people in the hymns. Read more at IceNews - Daily News
11-Year-Old Saves Infant From Drowning
A quick-thinking young girl swimming at a public pool saved the life of a baby that had fallen in, and later downplayed the rescue to reporters. Read more at IceNews - Daily News
Bus Rolls Over in East Fjords
It was a miracle that no one was seriously hurt when a bus with eight employees from the ALCOA aluminum smelter in Reyðarfjörður blew off the road at Oddskarð mountain pass in the East Fjords last night. Read more at IceNews - Daily News
Inflation Now 6.3 Percent
Last month’s inflation amounted to 6.3 percent down from 6.5 percent the previous month, when it reached the highest rate since May 2010. Read more at IceNews - Daily News
Number of Fishing Ships Increases
At the end of last year, a total of 1,655 fishing ships were registered at the Icelandic Maritime Administration. That was an increase of thirty ships from the previous year. Read more at IceNews - Daily News
Signs Of Oil In Icelandic Territory Found
There is very strong evidence that there is indeed oil beneath the seabed in the Dragon Area, the northeast corner of Iceland's territorial waters, Norwegian and British prospectors have found. Read more at IceNews - Daily News
