Day: March 23, 2020

Society

Iceland Slows COVID-19 Testing Due to Shortage of Swabs

Icelandic authorities have been informed that a shipment of 5,000 testing swabs arriving to the country next week will be reduced to around 2,000. The

Jelena Ćirić March 23, 2020

Magazine

After the Avalanche

In January 1995, an avalanche hit the small town of Súðavík in the Westfjords. The town was decimated, and out of the 227 inhabitants, 14 people died. Some were rescued, including a teenage boy who spent 23 hours buried under the snow.

In October that same year, another avalanche hit Flateyri, a town of 350 people about a half an hour’s drive away. This time, 20 people were lost. The two avalanches were not only a blow to those affected, but to the nation as a whole. In the decades since, energy and funds have been spent building up anti-avalanche earthworks to prevent such disasters from happening again.

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Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir March 23, 2020

Economy

Icelandic Government Presents Economic Response Package to COVID-19 Crisis

The Icelandic government presented an ISK 230 billion ($1.6bn/€1.5bn) response package to the COVID-19 crisis last Saturday. The package is equivalent to just under 8%

Jelena Ćirić March 23, 2020

Economy

Icelandair Lays Off 240 and Reduces Employees’ Hours

Icelandair will lay off 240 employees and temporarily reduce the working hours of 92% of its remaining staff, RÚV reports. The measures are intended to

Jelena Ćirić March 23, 2020