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The news on Heimildin focuses on domestic Icelandic affairs, including a potential lack of exploitable oil in the Drekasvæði region, a call for written confirmation that Iceland is not an applicant country to the EU, and a political scandal involving the Independence Party's expenses during a…
A review of older research by the Iceland Petroleum and Energy board and ISOR indicates that the geology of the Drekasvæði region is more complex than previously thought, with the institution seeing no basis to advertise new exploration and production licenses.
Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, and Stefán Vagn Stefánsson propose that the government inform the European Union that no membership application from Iceland is pending, a similar proposal previously made by Inga Sæland in six legislative assemblies without resolution.
An anonymous piece about Sýn journalist Elisabet Inga Sigurdardottir has been removed from DV's website; the owner is reportedly using anonymous pieces for propaganda to support the government, with Frosti Logason and Bogi Agustsson among those criticizing the writing.
Stefan Olafsson argues that a rent cap represents a significant improvement in wages.
The executive director of an American investment firm states it paid for the organization of the Independence Party's meetings in Washington, which the party's advisor recorded as dinner expenses, while a former party executive believes the party covered all costs itself.
Marco Rubio is discussing economic and security matters with officials in Reykjavik as part of a European tour that will continue to Greece and Portugal.
Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir states that the leaders of the coalition parties discussed the situation arising from the illness of Guðmundur Ingi Kristinnson, but rejects the leader of the Progress Party's interpretation that the leaders collectively decided he should resign from the…
Flavio Bolsonaro received 47 percent of the votes, and Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva received 45 percent.
A terrible earthquake on Flores has once again drawn attention to the fact that remains of an otherwise unknown human species have been found there and nowhere else.
Spouses Ingi Torfi Sverrisson and Linda Rakel Jónsdóttir have developed an Icelandic app to help people monitor their nutrition; Ingi says it's often not just about what is eaten but also understanding how much each person can eat to achieve maximum results at the same time.
