Europe Iceland After a break of two years, the summer 'nights' bus has resumed its route from the centre of Reykjavík to different neighbourhoods in the Reykjavík area on weekends, Friday nights and Saturday nights
Europe Iceland Thousands of salmon have escaped from Arctic Fish, one of Iceland's largest salmon farms; having already spread to many rivers and streams, they are endangering wild salmons because of the farms bacteria they can carry
Europe Iceland The rate of daily alcohol consumption among patients admitted to the Vogur Detoxification and Rehabilitation Centre with alcohol-related problems has more than tripled in the past 40 years
Europe Iceland 213 cases of gonorrhea were diagnosed in the first 8 months of 2023, surpassing the total number of cases recorded last year; already in 2022, the figure broke a 3-decade record, in fact after 1990, its incidence had declined significantly
Europe Iceland Whaling resumed on Friday after more than two months of suspension; Iceland is one of the last three countries in the world, along with Norway and Japan, to allow it