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Author: Ingibjörg Rósa Björnsdóttir

Ragnar Kjartansson Shortlisted For UK’s Biggest Art Prize

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Artist Ragnar Kjartansson is one of ten international artists shortlisted for the 2015 Artes Mundi, the biggest art prize in…

Irish Butter Used In Icelandic Cheese

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Icelandic cheese makers have had to import Irish butter to make cheese, due to the increased consumption of Icelandic butter….

Only One Nomination To Sigur Rós

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The 2013 Icelandic Music Awards nominees were announced on Tuesday; Emilíana Torrini is nominated in four categories, Sigur Rós in…

Herring Not Scared Of The Rolling Stones

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After various attempts to scare it away, the herring in Kolgrafarfjörður won’t budge. Not even the music of The Rolling…

Record Lottery Jackpot Roll Over

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No one won the National Lottery’s jackpot on Saturday night, for the 7th week in a row. This is the…

EVE Online Players Support Typhoon Victims

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EVE Online players raised 22 million ISK for the Icelandic Red Cross to aid the people of the Philippines after…

Julian Assange Fooled?

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Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, might possibly have been fooled to believe he had attained recordings of phone calls from…

Icelandic Leaders Remember Mandela

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The President of Iceland has sent his and the nation’s condolences to South-Africa president Jacob Zuma on the passing of…

Geothermal Water Getting Us Through The Cold

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Iceland is living up to its expectations with temperatures dropping significantly in the past few days, reaching -20°C in some…

PISA Survey Outdated?

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The PISA survey doesn’t measure pupils’ performance according to modern teaching methods, which might explain why Icelandic pupils ranked so…

Tablet Computers In Every Other Home

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Nearly every other household has a tablet computer or 49% of all homes in Iceland. One year ago, 31.8% af…

Of Monsters And Men Go To Studio In January

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Of Monsters and Men have already started working on new material for their next album and recordings will likely begin…

No More IPA Funding Says EU

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The European Commission’s office of enlargement has decided to cancel all projects with IPA funding in Iceland. IPA, or Instrument…

Icelandic Pupils Doing Worse

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Nearly a third of all 15 year old boys in Iceland can’t read for comprehension, according to the latest PISA…

Biggest Cyber Attack On Iceland

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The cracking of Vodafone Iceland’s website on Saturday is the most serious cyber attack Iceland has seen so far; security…

Icelandic Extinct After 100 Years

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There is real danger of the Icelandic language having disappeared in a 100 years time, because we can’t use it…

Gunman Overpowered After Siege In Árbær

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A man opening fire from his apartment in the Árbær neighbourhood of Reykjavík was arrested at his home early Monday…

Vodafone CEO: “Terrible mistake”

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Vodafone Iceland admits to “a terrible mistake” in not encrypting passwords and for not deleting customers’ communication data older than…

Confidential Info Leaked After Vodafone Hacking

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Text messages of Icelandic MPs and ministers are now accessible online, as well as texts, passwords and other personal data…

Suggests Collaboration With Moscow

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Reykjavík’s City Manager proposes the city collaborates with Moscow regarding human rights, focusing on the rights of homosexuals and trans…

The Herring Is On The Move

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Using explosives to scare the herring in Kolgrafarfjörður away seems to have worked so the operation will continue on Friday….

Propose A Change Of Time

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MPs of Bright Future have put forth a parliamentary resolution about changing the clock permanently in Iceland. In their explanatory…

Will Bombing Save The Herring?

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Depth charge will be used in an attempt to scare the herring in Kolgrafarfjörður away in order to avert yet…

Summer Temperatures In The Eastfjords

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The weather station at Dalatangi, on the far east of Iceland, showed 20.2 degrees Celsius on Tuesday and the temperature…

Fear Of Espionage At Cabinet Meetings

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From now on Icelandic ministers have to leave their cell phones by the door before entering cabinet meetings, a precaution…