Author: Alda Kravec - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Author: Alda Kravec

First Minke Whale Of The Season Shot

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The whaling vessel Hafsteinn SK, shot the first minke whale of the season yesterday, Vísir reports. The whale was shot…

Valitor Begins Processing Payments To WikiLeaks

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Valur hf., the Icelandic partner of MasterCard Inc. and Visa Europe Ltd., began processing credit card payments to WikiLeaks yesterday…

Series of Earthquakes Hits Southwest

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Over one hundred earthquakes have occurred in the past 48 hours along the Fuglasker rock off the southwest shore of…

Oil Spill In Bláfjöll Ski Area Puts Drinking Water At Risk

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Six hundred litres of diesel fuel spilt onto a parking lot next to one of Reykjavík’s drinking water sources in…

Former Gogoyoko Staff To Start New Company

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The entire staff of Gogoyoko have stopped working for the online music store and plan to start a new company…

Gay Nigerian Refugee Refused Asylum

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The Ministry of the Interior has rejected an application for asylum by [name redacted], a gay refugee from Nigeria who…

Iceland Ranks Among Top Countries For Mothers

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Iceland was ranked 4th in Save the Children’s list of  best places to be a mother, which came out today,…

40% Of Foreigners Face Daily Discrimination

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A new poll reveals that 40% of foreigners living in Iceland experience prejudice on a nearly daily basis, RÚV reports….

Whaling Resumes This Summer

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The whaling fleet Hvalur hf. will resume commercial hunting of fin whales this summer after a two year break, company…

Let Them Eat Waffles!

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The Progressive Party leader Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson met yesterday with leader of the Independence Party Bjarni Benediktsson to feast on…

Icelanders Out-Read And Out-Publish Their Nordic Neighbours

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A new study conducted at Bifröst University reveals that Icelanders publish and read more books, and are more likely to…

Sigur Rós Composes For The Simpsons

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Sigur Rós has composed a special piece for an episode of The Simpsons, which airs in the States later this…

Iceland Tightens Restrictions On Foreign Property Rights

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Minister of the Interior Ögmundur Jónasson recently signed a new regulation limiting the right of foreigners within the European Economic…

Kanye West Gushes Over Sruli Recht’s Umbuster

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Sruli Recht is stirring up a storm in the world of online window shopping as Kanye West looks to purchase…

Court Orders Former Bank Mogul To Pay Up

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Ingólfur Helgason, the former chief executive of Kaupþing bank, was ordered by the Reykjavík District Court this morning to pay back…

Puzzling Acts of Vandalism in Crater and Lava Cave – UPDATED

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Striking acts of vandalism have been wrought in two natural preserves in the Mývatn area of north Iceland, as the…

May Day Demonstration Goes Green

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A collective of environmental organisations promises to add green colour to Reykjavík’s International Workers’ Day celebrations tomorrow, Smugan reports.  More…

Progressive Party To Form New Government

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The president has formally granted Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, leader of the Progressive Party, the mandate to begin talks to form…

President Likely To Choose Progressives To Form Next Government – UPDATED

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It looks as if the leader of the Progressive Party, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, who has been summoned to meet with…

Orca Whales Beached and Shot in Þórshöfn

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Two orca whales were shot and four died in Þórshöfn after a pod of six was beached on shore last…

Geothermal Plants Ordered To Comply With Regulations On Toxic Gas

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The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has rejected a petition put forth by a lobby of Icelandic geothermal energy…

Iceland’s Next Prime Minister Still Undecided

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The final decision of who will be the next prime minister of Iceland rests with President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, who…

Party Behind Financial Crisis Back In Business

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The Independence Party, the party which led the country into the 2008 economic meltdown, has won the largest percentage of…

High Streets And Piss Pots

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An introduction to Einar Már Guðmundsson’s new book ‘Bankastræti Núll’Before the authorities plugged them up in 2006, there used to…

Mapping Out ‘Overkill’

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An interview with the MoMS boysMundi (Guðmundur Hallgrímsson) and Morri (Friðrik Sigurðarson) started working together in 2006, when they met…