Billions to Be Invested in Pools From Laugardalslaug swimming pool. mbl.is/Eggert Jóhannesson Vala Hafstað In the coming years, the City of Reykjavík plans to invest between seven and eight billion of ISK (up to USD 62 million; EUR 51 million) on the renovation on swimming pools, the building of new ones, and on the improvement of facilities for sea swimmers, mbl.is reports. These plans were presented by Reykjavík Mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson earlier this month. The grandstand by Laugardalslaug, designed by Einar Sveinsson, is need of major repair. mbl.is/Eggert Jóhannesson The largest investment is the renovation of the Laugardalslaug swimming pool, planned from 2021 through 2025 at the cost of ISK three billion (USD 23 million; EUR 19 million). In addition to renovating the pool and the hot tubs, a competition will be held to determine how the currently dilapidated grandstand can be used.
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Former Police Officer Suspected of Shooting at Reykjavík Mayor’s Car Shots were fired through the window panes of the office of the Social Democratic Alliance and at the car of Reykjavík Mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson. mbl.is/Eggert Jóhannesson Vala Hafstað
According to
Fréttablaðið, the man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for sexually assaulting three young girls in 2003, but in 2010, five years after completing his sentence, he was given rehabilitation, that is, the civil rights lost with his prison sentence were restored.
In 2017, his victims came forward and took part in a national debate about the process of giving offenders rehabilitation.
Two Arrested in Connection with Shootings Bullet holes in the window panes of the office of the Social Democratic Alliance. mbl.is/Eggert Jóhannesson Vala Hafsta[
Two men were arrested over the weekend in connection with shots fired at the office of the Social Democratic Alliance and later at Reykjavík Mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson’s car,
Morgunblaðið reports. One of the men, who is in his late 50s, has been remanded in custody. The investigation is ongoing.
The mayor believes the car was shot at either Friday or Saturday morning, January 22 or 23, where it was parked by his home in downtown Reykjavík. Bullets were found inside the passenger door of the car after Dagur noticed a hole in the door on Saturday, the 23
Shots Fired at Reykavík Mayor’s Car Mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson. mbl.is/Arnþór Birkisson Vala Hafstað
The Capital Area Police Department is investigating a case in which Reykjavík Mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson’s car was vandalized,
Morgunblaðið reports. Police are investigating whether shots were fired at the vehicle and whether this may be connected to shots fired at the offices of the mayor’s political party, the Social Democratic Alliance, on Sóltún, Reykjavík, last week. Chief Superintendent Ásgeir Þór Ásgeirsson states that this is a priority case.
“That’s all we can say, and of course we take a serious view of this, and this investigation definitely takes priority.”