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  • The Poor Donate Second Hand Domestic Appliances To The Rich

    The Poor Donate Second Hand Domestic Appliances To The Rich

    “The Poor Give The Rich Second Hand Domestic Appliances” is the title of an announced event, scheduled on December 23, the last business day before Christmas, locally known as Þorláksmessa. The event was announced on Facebook last Monday. —Thursday afternoon, over 800…

  • Good Ol’ Traditions

    Good Ol’ Traditions

    One of last week’s loudest debates has to do with next year’s State Treasury budget, which Alþingi has been debating, as tradition has it, these last days before Christmas. Among the proposed changes in taxation is the lowering of VAT on electric…