Author: Colin Arnold Dalrymple
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Cruising or Crashing? Iceland’s Economy in 2019
This year marked the tenth anniversary of the country’s economic collapse, bringing unprecedented attention to Iceland. The tourist salvation is…
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Iceland’s Prime Minister Joins Bernie Sanders’ Progressive International
Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Iceland’s left-wing Prime Minister, announced on Facebook her support for a new international progressive movement, Stundin reports. In…
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Inflation In Iceland Highest In Five Years
Statistics Iceland released a new report that shows a 3.3% rate of inflation over the last twelve months, RÚV reports….
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WOW Air Employees WILL Be Paid On Friday
WOW Air’s chief financial officer, Stefán Sigurðsson, sent an email this morning dismissing rumours that employees would not be paid…
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Christmas Cat Cost Causes Controversy
The City of Reykjavík spent a total of 4.4 million ISK on a large LED Christmas Cat (Jólakötturinn) on Lækjartorg…
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200 Attend Meeting On Iceland Silicon Plant Future
Around 200 Helgavík residents attended a meeting discussing plans to reopen the bankrupt United Silicon plant, RÚV reports. A representative…
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Safe Injection Site Plans Move Forward In Iceland
Plans to open a safe injection site for drug users in Reykjavík are moving forward according to Vísir. Minister of…
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VIDEO: Young Social Democrats Stage Pro-Refugee Demonstration In Iceland
On Sunday, the youth wing of the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) distributed pro-refugee stickers to counter a similar protest from…
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Icelanders Protesting Changes To Disability Pensions
The Facebook page “Jæja” is organising a protest outside Parliament tonight. The event page decries the proposed cuts in disability…
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Foreign Residents Increase By 16%, Despite Slowing Economy
The number of foreign residents has increased to 43,726 in early November despite the slowing economy, according to new data…
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Rent In Reykjavik 3,000 ISK Per Square Metre
Rental prices in registered Reykjavík housing increased by 6.1%, and increased by 12.9% in neighbouring municipalities, RUV reports. Prices rose…
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Women’s Day Off Sparks Controversy
On 24 October, thousands of women walked out of their jobs to protest sexual harassment, the persistent income gap, and…
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25 Million ISK Spent On EEA Report
A report on Iceland’s membership in the European Economic Area (EEA) will cost taxpayers 25 million ISK, RÚV reports, from…
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Failed Icelandic Bank Linked to Manchester City Scandal
An investigation by German magazine Der Spiegel shows that a subsidiary of a failed Icelandic bank was deeply involved in…
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Icelandic Bank Loses Millions in Airline Bankruptcy
Arion Bank announced in its third quarter report that it lost 2.5 billion ISK ($20.7 million USD) in the bankruptcy…
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More Than a Fifth of Icelandic Renters Fear Losing Homes
Iceland’s Housing Finance Fund (HFF) commissioned a study on the housing market that revealed the stark reality many renters face….
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Competition Authority Rules Against Keflavík Airport Operator
The Competition Authority’s appeals board ruled that Isavia, the state-owned company managing Keflavík International Airport, was charging bus companies too…
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Ending Exclusion: Iceland’s Public Broadcaster Increasing English Service
RÚV is Iceland’s public broadcasting service. Its mission is to inform, educate and entertain everyone. It operates several radio stations…
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Iceland’s Tourism Minister Calls for Tourist Limits
Minister of Tourism Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir has called for limiting the number of visitors to certain sites, RÚV. The…
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Night Bus Service In Reykjavik May End After New Year
The board of Strætó is considering whether late night bus service on weekends will continue after the new year, RÚV…
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EU Funds for Hydrogen Buses In Iceland
The capital region bus company, Strætó, has received 95 million ISK from the European Union to purchase hydrogen-fuelled buses by…
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Revisiting and Revising History: 10 Years After the Financial Crisis
October marks the tenth anniversary of the complete collapse of the Icelandic banking system. Several weeks after Lehman Brothers’ September…
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Reykjavik Area Bus Service Hopes to Increase Rush Hour Service By 2020
22 members of the 23-seat Reykjavík City Council approved a resolution to investigate increasing rush-hour service on Strætó’s busiest lines,…
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CCP Games Bought Out, Shifts Focus to Mobile and Hollywood
Pearl Abyss, the company behind the massively multiplayer online role-playing game ‘Black Desert Online,’ has bought the Icelandic gaming company…
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Icelandic Bank Loses Millions in Airline Bankruptcy
Primera Air, a Denmark-based airline owned by Icelandic businessman Andri Már Ingólfsson, has filed for bankruptcy and ceased operating, RÚV…