Europe Iceland In 2022, blood was taken from 4.141 mares to produce the hormone eCG/PMSG, a total of around 24.000 times in 90 establishments; the amount of blood collected was a quarter less than in 2021 due to a decrease of breeders performing transfusions
Europe Iceland The country yesterday commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Eldfell eruption of 1973, which took place on Heimaey, the largest and only inhabited island of the Westman Islands
Europe Iceland Last year Icelandair carried 3,7 million passengers, compared to 1,5 million in 2021, a 150% increase, reaching 91% of pre-Covid 2019 capacity
Europe Iceland The New Year’s Eve swim in the frozen sea held in Nauthólsvík saw over hundred people participated, all in fancy dresses, at about -2°C reports the Reykjavík Sea Swimming Association
Europe Iceland With data collected between 2010 and 2022, the Medical Journal of Iceland published a report on firework-related injuries in the countr; during this period, 248 people were sent to hospital for firework-related injuries, aging from 9 months to 79 years