Author: Haukur Már Helgason
Oil Exploration Continues Despite Drastic Price Drop
On Sunday, Vísir reports that oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean, more precisely in the so-called Dragon Area, close to…
Seasonal Beer Flavoured With Dung-Smoked Fin Whale Testes
The brewery Steðji by Borgarfjörður uses dung-smoked fin-whale testes to add flavour to its seasonal beer Hvalur 2—Whale 2. This…
PM, President And Mayor Offer Condolences To France
Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson met with French ambassador Philippe O’Quin on Thursday, and offered condolences on behalf of Iceland’s…
Icelandic? —Icelandish!
Icelandish is a public Facebook group where foreign learners and speakers of Icelandic share resources, tips, advice and whatever else…
Upcoming Stundin Gathers Pace —DV Shakes Off Top Journalists
On Tuesday, a group of journalists, some of whom are former member of DV’s editorial team, and other professionals, announced…
Icelander’s Firm Handles All Freight Shipping To Guantanamo Bay
Since 2000, Transatlantic Lines’ contracts with US military amount to US $184 millionSince 2001, the US-registered shipping company Transatlantic Lines…
Strike Ends As Doctors And State Sign Agreement
Includes drastic changes to conditions and higher wages, says doctor’s representative“An agreement has been reached in the labour dispute between…
More Money To Church Is Priority, Says Interior Minister
Interior Minister Ólöf Nordal has expressed her agreement with Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and the Interior Ministry’s task force,…
Doctors And State Hope To End Strike This Week
Finance Minister Gone On Vacation Until Jan 11Negotiations between the Icelandic Medical Association and the State’s representatives continued towards midnight…
Prime Minister’s Economic Advisor Is Bishop’s Son
Bishop Asked PM For More Money At The PM’s RequestAs reported by RÚV on Saturday, Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson…
Nothing Around Here Bears Any Relation To Fascism—Capisce?
—And if it did, I wouldn’t understand it, so why bother explain?—Weird Debates on Monday #17 This Sunday, DV.is published…
Týr Rescues 360 Migrants In Drifting Cargo Vessel Ezadeen
Ezadeen is the name of the vessel found drifting in the Mediterranean, last Thursday and towed to land by the…
No. 2015
Google “When did we start counting years from christ’s birth”, ignore all the cultural presumptions involved, click on the first…
Garbage In One Place Is Wealth In Another, Says New Minister Of Environment
On Friday, Sigrún Magnúsdóttir, now Minister of Enviroment and Natural Resources, officially received the keys to the ministry, as reported…
Leaks About Private Matters Are “Very Common” In Administration, Says PM
On Stöð 2’s New Year’s Eve talk show, Kryddsíld, Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson said that leaks from within ministries…
One More Clip Of Country For The Road
Alex Cornell. 30 years old. Californian. Went to Iceland in May 2013. Loved it. Usually hates driving long distances, he…
Sigrún Magnúsdóttir New Environment Minister
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson appointed Sigrún Magnúsdóttir as Minister of Environment and Natural Resources. This was reported…
DV’s Editor-In-Chief Replaced —Again
Vefpressan hires Eggert Skúlason and Kolbrún Bergþórsdóttir as joint editors-in-chiefHallgrímur Thorsteinsson has been discharged as DV’s editor-in-chief. Journalist and literary…
No Agreement In Sight Between Striking Doctors And State
Finance Minister alludes that the State might withdraw its earlier offers if strike action continuesFinance Minister Bjarni Benedkitsson says that…
Beauty And Its Discontents
KODDU Or What Does A Chain Reaction Look Like? —Debates on Monday #16 Rather than summarise 2014’s debates in brief,…
On New Year’s Day, 500 People Lose Unemployment Insurance
Clients given ten days notice —172 job vacancies listed in November —Minister optimistOn December 18, the Directorate of Labour announced…
Police App Will Speed Up Law Enforcement
In recent months, police units have been testing a custom-made tablet computer app, for registering offences, filing reports and more….
Will Bárðarbunga Eruption Ruin 2015 Crops, Financiers Ponder
Among ten “outrageous predictions for 2015” published by the Danish Saxo Bank’s Tradingfloor.com, is the possibility that “the already-active volcano…
PM Discreetly Awarded “Order Of The Falcon Grand Cross”
—Business as usual, explains President’s office On December 13, Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson was awarded the highest national order…
Lampedusa Survivor Wrongfully Imprisoned, Says High Court
Released from custody —To be evicted all the same —Regrets wasting a year through Iceland’s processOn Tuesday, the High Court…