Two foreign tourists in their 60s were killed in a traffic accident on Háreksstaðaleið, a road in eastern Iceland, on Saturday, mbl.is reported, citing a statement from East Iceland police. Two other foreign tourists were seriously injured and flown to a hospital in Reykjavík. The remaining peopl…

Eight people were in four cars involved in a serious crash in Jökuldalur, East Iceland, near Háreksstaðakvísl shortly before noon on Saturday, mbl.is reported. East Iceland Police said the circumstances indicated that some people were seriously injured. A mass-casualty response plan was activated…

A mass-casualty incident plan was activated after a collision involving four cars in Jökuldal, East Iceland, mbl.is reports. It is not yet known how many people were in the vehicles or how seriously anyone was injured, Jón Þór Víglundsson, a spokesperson for Landsbjörg, told mbl.is. He said a sub…

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Prentmet Oddi has taken over Héraðsprent, a printing company in Egilsstaðir, along with the company’s 520-square-metre property, mbl.is reported. Prentmet Oddi said the takeover creates a basis for continuing operations in eastern Iceland and providing services to the region. The company currentl…

East Iceland contributes 8.7 billion Icelandic krónur more to the state treasury than it receives, according to new calculations presented at the autumn conference of the Association of Municipalities in East Iceland, SSA, held in Neskaupstaður on September 17 and 18, mbl.is reports. Ragnar Sigur…

The East Iceland Concert Association has used its latest concert to support mental health services in the region and encourage more open discussion of mental health, mbl.is reports. The association held its eighth benefit concert last weekend, with East Iceland musicians and singers Stebbi Jak an…

A tourism operator and SAF board member handed a cake to East Iceland municipal representatives in Neskaupstaður on Thursday, using the gesture to highlight the industry’s importance to Iceland’s economy, mbl.is reports. Sævar Guðjónsson, who runs a tourism business at Mjóeyri in Eskifjörður, pre…

A northern bottlenose whale has washed ashore alive at Brandsvík near Djúpivogur, mbl.is reports. Þórhallur Árnason, chief superintendent with the East Iceland police, said police, the East Iceland Institute of Natural History and others were working on the case. Police received a report about th…