The Consumer Agency has ruled that two Icelandic social media influencers were not clear enough that some of their Instagram posts were in fact product advertisements. The Agency has banned both Sólrun Lilja Diego Elmarsdóttir and Tinna Alavisdóttir from using hidden advertising on the platform in the future, threatening fines if they do so. The […]
IPN virus has been detected in salmon in an open-net fish farm in Reyðarfjörður, East Iceland. It’s the first time that the virus has been detected in salmon in Iceland, though it was found in halibut in 1999. The virus poses no risk to humans. Although the virus has been detected, its associated disease, infectious […]
Icelandic municipalities will be able to limit or even temporarily ban vehicular traffic to reduce pollution levels when new traffic legislation takes effect in January, RÚV reports. The legislation aims to decrease particulate pollution, which has plagued urban areas in Iceland, particularly on still, dry winter days. Particulate pollution in the Reykjavík capital area […]
