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Icelandic officials declare a state of emergency after a new volcanic eruption cuts off hot water for approximately 20,000 people south of Reykjavík.
2024-02-8

Geologists predict an imminent eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland due to land uplift and earthquake swarms in the Reykjanes Peninsula. The volcano last erupted in 2022.
2023-07-6

Iceland reports a record 672 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
2021-12-27

The Danish Health Authority temporarily suspends the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for two weeks as a "precaution" following reports that some vaccinated people had experienced blood clots, causing one person to die after receiving the vaccine. It has not been determined whether there is a link between the vaccine and the clots. Norway and Iceland have also suspended their use of the vaccine.
2021-03-11

Voters in Iceland go to the polls to elect 63 members of the Althing.
2017-10-28

Iceland's most active volcano, Grímsvötn, erupts, triggering 50 small earthquakes.
2011-05-21

A "spy" computer is found in an office next to Icelandic MP Birgitta Jonsdottir who has been the target in the United States Department of Justice-Twitter case concerning the WikiLeaks website.
2011-01-23

Same-sex marriage is legalized in Iceland making it the 9th country to do so
2010-06-29

Eruption in glacier volcano Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland, enters a new phase, causing local evacuations.
2010-04-14