Author: Alda Kravec
Eulogy To The Knife/Birth Of Zhala: The Future Of Popstar
by Alda Kravec
The Knife has cut and run its course. As last night’s concert demonstrated, when the yahoos join the fray to…
A Mr. Silla Sensation
by Alda Kravec
The lights never went up in Harpa’s Silfurberg when Mr. Silla unleashed her set. She played in a fog of…
AmabAdamA: A Review
by Alda Kravec
Bands like Hjálmar and Ojba Rasta have shown that Icelandic reggae is not necessarily something to scoff at. White guys…
Grapevine Live Blog: ATP Iceland – Saturday!
by Bob Cluness, Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir, Alda Kravec, Liam Harrison, Atli Bollason and Ragnar Egilsson
It’s the end… the Bitter End! 14:00 – Media Hotel – Bob Cluness (BC) It’s 2pm and at the hotel,…
Grapevine Live Blog: ATP Iceland – Friday!
by Bob Cluness, Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir, Alda Kravec, Ragnar Egilsson, Atli Bollason and Liam Harrison
Our ATP Iceland Friday blogging starts…. NOW! 16:55 – Media Hotel, Keflavik – Bob Cluness (BC): Hi-De-Hi campers! i trust…
Grapevine Live Blog: ATP Iceland – Thursday!
by Bob Cluness, Liam Harrison, Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir, Atli Bollason, Ragnar Egilsson and Alda Kravec
Thursday Live Review of ATP Iceland in KeflavikW elcome to the Grapevine’s live blog action from ATP Iceland! Over the…
WOW Air Sizes Up Sex Trade Workers To Promote Ticket Sales To Amsterdam
by Alda Kravec
A recent description of Amsterdam which appeared on WOW Air’s homepage is complicit in marketing and objectifying female sex trade…
Skyr Sells Like Hot Cakes
by Alda Kravec
As the global market for aluminium plummets, Iceland’s signature dairy product, skyr, is currently experiencing a surge in foreign sales…
Global Oversupply of Aluminium Lowers Alcoa’s Credit Rating To “Junk”
by Alda Kravec
Alcoa Inc., which operates one’s of the largest aluminium smelters in Iceland, had its credit rating cut to one level…
New Zoning Plan Does Away With Inner City Airport and High Rises
by Alda Kravec
The City Council’s projected zoning plan for 2010-2030 calls for the gradual dismantling of Reykjavík’s domestic airport in the Vatnsmýri…
Iceland Likely To Extend Employment Restrictions For Croatians
by Alda Kravec
It is expected that Iceland will extend employment restrictions for Croatian citizens after Croatia joins the European Union on July 1…
Japanese Company Stops Buying Fin Whale From Iceland
by Alda Kravec
The Japanese company Michinoku Farms has announced that it will stop purchasing fin whale from Iceland to use in its…
Summer Ban On Feeding Ducks In Tjörnin
by Alda Kravec
City Council is warning residents to refrain from feeding the ducks in Tjörnin pond over the summer as it puts…
German Tourist Buses Caught Smuggling Sausages and Beer
by Alda Kravec
Customs officials confiscated a sizeable stash of canned sausages, liqueurs and beer from a fleet of German tourist buses as…
Environmentalists Submit Petition To Prime Minister
by Alda Kravec
Over one thousand environmentalists gathered with green flags outside the Prime Minister’s office yesterday to submit a petition against government…
Plane Chartered To Send Asylum Seekers Back To Croatia
by Alda Kravec
A plane was chartered and 18 law enforcement officers employed to escort a group of 29 asylum seekers back to…
Fin Whale Sold As Dog Food In Japan
by Alda Kravec
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) issued a joint press release this morning expressing dismay over fin whale caught in Iceland,…
Police Check For Work Permits Among Restaurants Workers
by Alda Kravec
Police recently visited 46 restaurants in the downtown area to verify that foreign staff had their work permits in order,…
FutureVolc Project Works To Predict Next Eruption
by Alda Kravec
Under the auspices of the European Union, local scientists are currently working with the FutureVolc project to improve ways of…
Champions Of Bridge And Bus Driving
by Alda Kravec
It was a big weekend for Icelandic bridge players and bus drivers as representatives of both won Nordic championship titles…
Norwegian Man Faces Charges For Reckless Tourism
by Alda Kravec
Authorities at Þingvellir National Park are pressing charges against a Norwegian who dove into Silfra rift without a permit on…
New Government To Review Energy Development Plan
by Alda Kravec
Prime Minister Sigmundur Davið Gunnlaugsson confirmed yesterday plans to review the Framework Programme for Hydro and Geothermal Energy Resources in Iceland, RÚV reports….
Cartoon About Baby Bird Big Hit At Cannes
by Alda Kravec
Local computer animation company GunHil Ltd. recently sold the rights of their film Ploe: You Never Fly Alone to some…
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Does A Little, Farewell Dance
by Alda Kravec
As the new coalition government officially took power yesterday, the outgoing Prime Minister’s office released a video where Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir…
Game Of Thrones Returns To Iceland
by Alda Kravec
Iceland will again serve as a key set in the next season of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones,…