Updated avalanche modelling has placed more homes in Icelandic towns inside hazard zones, after a 2020 avalanche showed that buildings below protective barriers were less secure than previously assumed.
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The National Commissioner’s special unit was called to Eiðistorg in Seltjarnarnes on Thursday, where RÚV reports police used a Taser to subdue a man after a knife incident inside Hagkaup.
The owner of Toppstöðin warns that weakened floors and damaged asbestos inside the Reykjavík building make it dangerous to enter after Monday’s fire.
Iceland’s justice minister plans the country’s biggest police reorganisation in years, alongside new comprehensive Civil Protection legislation and a new law regulating security services.
Icelandic police are reviewing threats against senior public officials amid an increasing need to strengthen protective security. The assessment comes……
Reykjavík officials are considering expanding CCTV coverage in the city centre and launching a neighbourhood watch programme following a recent……
Break-ins and thefts in central Reykjavík have dropped sharply after three prolific repeat offenders were placed in preventive detention, according……
Security will be significantly increased at Eina með öllu (“One With Everything”), Akureyri’s annual family festival, with organisers doubling security……
Icelandic police are reviewing security arrangements for this year’s Reykjavík Pride festival following the deadly attack at Berlin Pride over……