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Icelandic police declared a state of emergency shortly after the latest eruption on Saturday.
The eruption site is close to Grindavík, a coastal town of about 3,800 people that was evacuated before a previous eruption on December 18.
For the second time in four weeks, a volcano has erupted in Iceland, with lava this time reaching a coastal town and setting houses on fire.
A volcanic eruption started Monday night on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, turning the sky orange and prompting the country’s civil defence to be on high alert.
Eruptions in 2021, 2022 and July this year were all preceded by a series of quakes, with thousands of tremors in the last couple of weeks.
‘There was a panic situation’ at Blue Lagoon Iceland spa, taxi driver says, as guests fled one of the country’s biggest tourist attractions, fearing a rash of earthquakes presaged a volcanic eruption.
Tuesday’s walkout, under the slogan “Do you call this equality?” is being billed as the biggest since Iceland’s first such event in 1975, when 90 per cent of women refused to work, clean or look after children.
Animal rights groups responded to the decision with dismay and called it ‘shameful’.
Local media footage shows a massive cloud of smoke rising from the ground as well as a substantial flow of lava at the site around 30km from Reykjavik. Icelandic authorities advised against going to the site.
Iceland took the top position for the 14th year – having closed 91.2 per cent of its overall gender gap – while the US dropped to 43rd on the list, down from 27th last year.
Animal rights groups and environmentalists hailed the decision, with the Humane Society International calling it ‘a major milestone in compassionate whale conservation’.
The Council of Europe is creating a ‘register of damages’ to record tangible costs to hold Moscow accountable for its invasion.
The British PM is travelling to Iceland on Tuesday for a Council of Europe summit and then to Japan for a G7 meeting on Friday. He will also press allies to counter hostile states using ‘economic coercion’ – an oblique reference to China.
In March last year, 7 Western members suspended their participation in the intergovernmental body in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and important research work was put on hold.
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Tourists and spectators warned to stay away, ‘code red’ declared for planes, as Fagradalsfjall volcano in southwestern Iceland erupts.
Government of the Danish territory says a reduced yearly catch limit of 500 white-sided dolphins has been provisionally proposed by Ministry of Fisheries.
Demand for Icelandic whale meat has decreased dramatically since Japan – Iceland’s main market, especially for fin whale meat – returned to commercial whaling in 2019.
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