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Author: Ingibjörg Rósa Björnsdóttir

Teenage Girl Charged For Not Having Sex With A Grown Man

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A 17 year old girl was charged for fraud by the Reykjavík Police after she posed as a prostitute online…

Spot The Reykjavík Tourists On Google Maps!

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The photos taken by two Google Camera cars this summer are now accessible on Google Maps and its Street-View service….

Young Icelandic People Most Hardworking

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More young people hold paid jobs in Iceland than in any of the other Nordic countries, according to a new…

Record Spending Of Foreign Money In Iceland

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Turnover from usage of foreign credit cards has never been more than this past June, or 14.983 million ISK. Total…

Icelandic Settlement In Brazil Celebrated

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The City Council of Curitiba in Brazil, became sister town of Akureyri in North Iceland on Wednesday to honour the…

Peace Sweater Stole The Thunder At Imagine Peace Tower Illumination Ceremony

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As Reykjavík’s new Honorary Citizen Yoko Ono relit the Imagine Peace Tower at a ceremony in Viðey Island on Wednesday…

Hazardous IC Unit At Landspítalinn

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Doctors working in the Intensive Care facility at Landspítalinn University hospital need preventative medication because of mould in the building…

Yoko Ono Relights The Imagine Peace Tower

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It’s John Lennon’s birthday which means that this year’s Imagine Peace Tower Illumination Ceremony takes place in Viðey island tonight…

Björk’s Music Video Nominated For Two More Awards

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Björk’s Mutual Core music video has been nominated in two categories for the annual UK Music Video Awards, held 28…

German Tourists Rescued Off Icy Road

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Nearly 300 German tourists had a bit of a scare when four tour buses got stuck in icy slopes in…

Fewer Jeans Sign Of Bad Business

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Icelanders own fewer jeans than before the financial crash in 2008. Clothing retail business in Iceland has been in constant…

MI5 Searched For Mafia Money In Icelandic Banks

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MI5, the British security service, investigated the Icelandic banks in 2005 as it suspected they were involved in money laundering…

Winter Wonderland In Reykjavík

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This winter‘s first proper snow day is up, with 5-15 cm of snow in Reykjavík, causing several minor traffic mishaps,…

Baltasar Making Millions And Billions

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Baltasar Kormákur’s latest film, 2 Guns, has made over 100 million USD worldwide, nine weeks after it premiered. The action…

Lamb On The Loose, No Sight Of Mary

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A lone ram lamb was roaming the streets of Akureyri, North Iceland, most of the night. Police in Akureyri was…

Poor Treatment Of Mentally Ill Convicts

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Handling of mentally ill convicts in Iceland may very well be violation of the European Convention on Human Rights, says…

Most Networks In Iceland Easy To Crack

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About 70% of all wireless networks in Iceland are unsafe and easy to crack by hackers with minimum skills. Wayne…

Nordics Fight Against Boys’ Circumcision

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Iceland and the other Nordic countries have joined forces in a campaign against circumcision on young boys. The campaign was…

Iceland Still The Most Peaceful Country

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Iceland is the most peaceful country out of 162 countries evaluated in the 2013 Global Peace Index. Following closely behind…

University Of Iceland One Of Top 300

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University of Iceland maintains in the top 300 at the World University Rankings 2013-2014, published in UK magazine Times Higher Education on…

Greenlandic Children Learn To Swim In Icelandic Pools

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Children from Greenland come to Iceland for swimming lessons and to make friends with Icelandic children. 30 children, aged 11,…

Iceland Finally Complies With PACE Gender Equality Rules

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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) restored Iceland’s voting rights after a female was appointed to the…

Purchasing Power Drops Despite Increased Income

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Purchasing power in Iceland dropped by 0.8% per capita in 2012 compared to the previous year. At the same time,…

Apologies For Massive Honking

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Fire alarm system on board patrol vessel Þór went off late on Monday night and set off the ship’s foghorns….

The Nation’s Education Level On The Rise

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Only 29.3% of the population had merely finished compulsory secondary education level by 2012, according to a survey carried out…