Iceland 

Doctors will be forced to choose between obeying the law or the international code of ethics, if the government approves amendments to the Immigration Act, granting police the authority to force physical examinations of asylum seekers

Accommodation nights booked by tourists have increased by 55% from December 2020 to December 2021 according to new data from Statistics Iceland

Researchers have confirmed that the fish species ‘sprat’ is spawning in Icelandic waters, according to a new report from Iceland’s Marine and Freshwater Research Institute; similar to herring, the species has been fished in increasing numbers since 2017

ICE-SAR (Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue) teams were called out 1.196 times in 2021 and the biggest cases were related to the Fagradalsfjall eruption, from March 19 to Sept 18; the average between 2005 and 2020 is 1.082 calls per year

Fireworks in the country are sold and can be fired today; next time they will be on the market this year would be December 28–31

Dora Olafsdottir is the oldest person in the country's history, now 109 years and 170 days old; Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir recently visited her at the Skjól nursing home to congratulate her

A work group will investigate the controversial practice of "blood mares", legal in just 3 countries including Iceland, consisting in inseminating mares to draw their blood for the extraction of hormone PMSG, used to synchronize births in farms

The person who stole 40 blocks of cheese and a few bottles of alcohol from Acocks Green supermarket on October 30 is now standing trial for the theft, estimated to be worth £600, of which he will have to pay £200 in compensation

After over 19.000 people asked to cancel the deportation order of a Pakistani family with a child, the immigration office withdrew the order, while the Minister of Justice announced plans to reduce the waiting time for asylum seekers with kids

According to the Icelandic Environment Agency, Arctic Fox hunting no longer serves its purpose, which was to protect sheep: it has become a habit or a paid-for sport

World famous music festival Airwaves, initially scheduled for this week, is postponed to 2 November 2022 in its live with public form

A beer festival is taking place in Hveragerði today and tomorrow, hosted by the Ölverk brewery in a large greenhouse, with dozens of Icelandic breweries presenting their products, among which stand out a singular beer cheese