The Week in Iceland

The brand-new weekly news programme from RÚV English: an entertaining look at what's been going on in Iceland this past week. Alex Elliott is joined this week by guests Birta Björnsdóttir and Þórhildur Ólafsdóttir, both experienced broadcast journalists at RÚV. The programme was produced by Davíð Berndsen. New episodes will be available here on RUV.is every Monday afternoon. This week's highlights include WOW air's sale to Icelandair, the Fjordvik ship stranding, and Iceland Airwaves.

The new weekly news programme from RÚV English: an entertaining look at what's been going on in Iceland this past week. Alex Elliott is joined this week by guests Andie Fontaine, journalist and news editor at the Reykjavík Grapevine, and Bogi Ágústsson, reporter and television newsreader at RÚV. The programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir. New episodes will be available here on RUV.is and RÚV English on Facebook every Monday afternoon. This week's highlights include the Third Energy Package, the Day of the Icelandic Tongue, and a controversy surrounding the Polish ambassador.

The weekly news programme from RÚV English: an entertaining look at what's been going on in Iceland this past week. Alex Elliott is joined this week by guests Magnús Sveinn Helgason, editor of Iceland Magazine, and Felix Bergsson, actor and broadcaster. The programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir. New episodes will be available here on RUV.is and RÚV English on Facebook every Monday afternoon. This week's highlights include the suspension of Icelandair share trading, the chronic shortage of beds at Landspítali hospital, and the arrival of the Christmas cat in Reykjavík.

The weekly news programme from RÚV English: an entertaining look at what's been going on in Iceland this past week. Alex Elliott is joined this week by guests Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir, the editor of Iceland Review, and Kristján Freyr Halldórsson, culture and arts correspondent at RÚV. The programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir. New episodes will be available here on RUV.is and RÚV English on Facebook every Monday afternoon. This week's highlights include the scandal of the six MPs caught saying disgusting things about their female colleagues, the failrure of the Icelandair WOW air deal and the stepping in of Indigo Partners, the 100th anniversary of Iceland's sovereignty, and the official start of Christmas.

The weekly news programme from RÚV English: an entertaining look at what's been going on in Iceland this past week. Alex Elliott is joined this week by guests Alda Sigmundsdóttir, the author and Iceland-expert-of-choice to the world's media, and Björn Malmquist, foreign correspondent at RÚV. The programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir. New episodes will be available here on RUV.is and RÚV English on Facebook every Monday afternoon. This week's highlights include the ongoing and growing scandal surrounding the six MPs recorded making abusive comments, the environment minister's ire at both plastic bags and the Pope, and the demise of the Little Mer-sausage.

The weekly news programme from RÚV English: an entertaining look at what's been going on in Iceland this past week. Alex Elliott is joined this week by Anna Margrét Björnsson, a journalist for Morgunblaðið and mbl.is, as well as editor of Morgunblaðið's English-language service, Iceland Monitor - and the author of a beautiful new children's book; and also by Jóhannes Ólafsson, journalist and children's TV presenter at RÚV. The programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir. New episodes are available here on RUV.is and RÚV English on Facebook on Monday afternoons. The next will be after the festive break, on 7th January. This week's highlights include the ongoing scandal surrounding the six MPs recorded making abusive comments, UN climate conference, a proposal to strengthen the Icelandic language, and what makes Icelandic Christmas so special.

Alex Elliott is joined this week by Sigrún Davíðsdóttir, freelance business journalist and regular contributor to the Spegillinn radio news programme, and Gunnar Hansson, the actor and radio presenter. The programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir. This week's highlights include road safety and the tragic Christmas car accident that affected to tourist families, the record-breaking weather in 2018, the fact that we are all now organ donors, and plenty more.

Alex Elliott is joined this week by Jelena Ciric, journalist and translator at Iceland Review, and Ragnhildur Thorlacius, a broadcast journalist with RÚV. The programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir. This week's highlights include the possibility of changing Icelandic clocks by an hour, the trades unions' collective bargaining agreements, and the two whales preparing to fly to Iceland.

Alex Elliott is joined this week by Jamie McQuilken, a waste management specialist, and member of the board at Efling, Iceland's biggest trade union; and Ísgerður Gunnarsdóttir, children's television presenter and social media guru at RÚV. The programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir. This week's highlights include the latest sexual harassment scandal to hit a prominent public figure, and the important ongoing wage and conditions negotiations that Icelandic unions are grappling with employers over.

Alex Elliott is joined this week by Marta Magdalena Niebieszczanska, the editor of Rok magazine and Iceland News Polska, and Nína Richter, culture and arts journalist and social media specialist at RÚV. The programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir. This week's highlights include Þorrablót and its associated foods, the Central Bank nude art debate, the latest on the Klaustur scandal, Eurovision, and the good news for some Keflavík Airport employees.

Alex Elliott is joined this week by Jóhann Páll Ástvaldsson, a journalist and features writer for Iceland Review, and Halla Ólafsdóttir, RÚV news correspondent for West Iceland and the Westfjords, in a live link to our studio in Ísafjörður. The programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir. This week's highlights include the cold weather hot water shortage, the palm tree art debate, the drop in tourist numbers, and the idea of subsidising private media.

Alex Elliott is joined this week by Ari Brynjólfsson, News Editor of DV.is, the website of tabloid newspaper DV, and Anna Sigríður Þráinsdóttir, who is in charge of accuracy and accessibility at RÚV. The programme was produced by Georg Magnússon. This week's highlights include tourist costumes, abuse hats, Romanian workers, dangerous slime, and Akureyri, the capital of the North.

Alex Elliott is joined this week by Jón Símon Markússon, linguist and Icelandic teacher, and Bergljót Baldursdóttir, RÚV news correspondent. The programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir. This week's highlights include union wage negotiations, possible segregation of vulnerable children, the grim fate of East Iceland cats, and something about Brexit.

Alex Elliott is joined this week by Alex Tyas, an ocean scientist who works for an American university's Iceland-based climate change study abroad program, and Anna Marsibil Clausen, culture and news broadcaster at RÚV. The programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir. This week's highlights include likely strike action in the tourism industry, the search for an Icelander missing in Ireland, climate change protests, too many cars, and Eurovision.

Alex Elliott is joined this week by two writers, editors, and translators: Larissa Kyzer (who, among other things, works with Iceland Review) and Eygló Svala Arnarsdóttir (who, among other things, is the editor of both the Icelandair and Air Iceland Connect magazines). The programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir. This week's highlights include Bun Monday, Beer Day, two missing men, refugee protests, Hatari, and more.

Alex Elliott is joined this week by Andie Fontaine, journalist and news editor at the Reykjavík Grapevine, and Ólöf Ragnarsdóttir, a broadcast journalist at RÚV. The programme was produced by Úlfhildur Eysteinsdóttir. This week's highlights include the cleaners' strike, developments at WOW air, Zoe-and-the-naming-committee, measles, and a weather warning.

Alex Elliott is joined this week by Anna Margrét Björnsson, Morgunblaðið journalist and editor of Iceland Monitor, which is Morgunblaðið's English-language service, and Ágúst Ólafsson, the head of RÚV's Akureyri studios. This week's highlights include the 'stepping aside' of Iceland's justice minister, turmoil at the appeals court, protests by students and refugees, and strike action that has been ruled illegal.

Alex Elliott is joined this week by Jesper Kristensen, a cognitive semiotician, specialising in communication, meaning, and gender, and by Birta Björnsdóttir, a broadcast journalist at RÚV. This week's highlights include WOW air's imminent struggle for survival, the mould that's been closing schools, the new Brexit trade agreement, the first lady's clothes, and plenty more.

Alex Elliott is joined this week by Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir, the editor of Iceland Review, and by Atli Már Steinarsson, radio and television presenter at RÚV. This week's highlights include the collapse of WOW air, strikes and progress in wage negotiations, alleged tax evasion crimes by members of Sigur Rós, and just a little bit about the ongoing Klaustur scandal.

Alex Elliott is joined this week by Bjarni Pétur Jónsson and Lára Ómarsdóttir, both broadcast journalists at RÚV. The programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir. This week's highlights include the surprising possible resurrection of WOW air from the ashes; the "revolutionary" new pay and conditions deal between unions, employers, and government; a new marketing campaign for domestic products; the alleged violent undertones of a cancelled first aid course, and more.