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Iceland, along with Antarctica, has long been one of the few regions on earth without any mosquito population.

As a result, production at the smelter has been temporarily reduced by approximately two-thirds. Grundartangi's other potline remains unaffected and in full production. An impact assessment and a timeline for obtaining replacement…

Mosquitoes have been discovered in Iceland in a first for the island nation, which has long been one of the world’s mosquito-free places, a researcher told AFP Monday. Three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes, two females and one male, were…

Now, Antarctica is the only place left on Earth untouched by these pests.

Three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes, two females and one male, were sighted around 30 kilometres (20 miles) north of the capital Reykjavik, according to Matthias Alfredsson, an entomologist at the Natural Science Institute of Iceland.

Iceland, one of the last places on Earth to be free of mosquitoes, recorded its first sighting this month. Scientists say warming is making the country more hospitable to the insects.

Sucks to be them.

LONDON, Oct 21 — For the first time in recorded history, mosquitoes have been found in Iceland, with three specime...

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Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects

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The protests calls for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence (Picture: Snorri Zóphóníasson)

One shopper got £13.80 worth of shopping for £2

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A collision between an elderly pensioner and a car occurred in the car park

The woman sustained serious injuries and was taken to hospital after the crash in the car park of an Iceland supermarket on Monday, but was sadly pronounced dead on Wednesday

Even the exact description failed to clue her - or the other tourists - that she was the 'missing' woman.