Burning Interest in Buying Eruption Land A hotspot for investors. mbl.is/Eggert Jóhannesson Vala Hafstað mbl.is reports. This was confirmed by Sigurður Guðjón Gíslason, their spokesman. “Inquiries have been received from real estate agents and from Icelanders, who hold their cards close to their chests and don’t reveal much about their plans,” he states. “My suspicion is that some of them are backed by strong investors and that something major is behind this.” The farm Hraun. mbl.is/Kristinn Magnússon He adds that talks about a sale have not advanced and that price ideas are similar to the price of a luxury apartment. That is an indirect reference to a recent report in
Plans to Ease COVID-19 Restrictions in Iceland Announced Minister of Health Svandís Svavarsdóttir. mbl.is/Eggert Jóhannesson Vala Hafstað
At present, a maximum of 20 people may gather in Iceland, but starting in May, that number is expected to be raised to somewhere between 20 and 200.
The plan hinges on vaccination goals having been met by the time restrictions are eased. The aim is for 35 percent of the 280,000 Icelanders who will be offered vaccinations to have received their first shot by the beginning of May, 50 percent by the end of May, and 75 percent by the end of June.
“We base our plan on four benchmarks,” Svandís states, “regarding the number of people who have received their first of two shots. The first benchmark, which we have already reached, is when 25 percent have received their first shot, which occurred in mid-April. That’s when we raised the maximum number of people allowed to gather to 20, [ext
Ban on Non-Essential Travel from High-Risk Areas to Iceland mbl.is/Kristinn Magnússon
This was announced on the government website.
The ban affects foreign nationals, regardless of whether they are citizens of the European Economic Area (i.e. the EU or the European Free Trade Association) or from outside it, who come from or have spent more than 24 hours during the past 14 days in an area with an infection rate of 700 or more per 100,000 inhabitants, or where satisfactory information regarding the infection rate is unavailable.
Exempt from the rule are foreign nationals whose permanent residence is in Iceland, family members of Icelandic citizens or of foreign nationals who reside in Iceland, foreign nationals who are long-time partners of Icelandic citizens or of foreign nationals who legally reside in Iceland, and foreign nationals able to present a certificate of vaccination or prior COVID-19 infection.