RVK Newscast #103: New Cold War Meeting In Iceland And COVID At Eurovision

Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov will meet American Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Iceland on May 20th, for a kind of New Cold War summit.

At least 22% of people in Iceland have now been vaccinated, and 28% of the nation have had their first shot.

And one member of Daði og Gagnamagnið — Iceland’s contribution to Eurovision — has tested positive for COVID-19, meaning that perhaps the band will not even make it to the stage.

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