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Motion To Subtitle All Icelandic Content
Several members of parliament have table a motion to introduce subtitles on all visual media content, reports Vísir. Currently it is only compulsory to subtitle foreign language content in Iceland but the MP’s believe that all content, including Icelandic news, films and…
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Resignations At DV Stack Up After Editor Is Ousted
DV’s managing director, assistant editor, and at least 4 other employees have resigned in light of recent events which saw chief editor Reynir Traustason ousted from his position, reports RÚV. As reported, ‘World Class’ gym chain owner, Björn Leifsson, filed a libel suit against…
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Ungoo
[Continued from Ungoo: Part IX] Earlier this year, a free-trade agreement between Iceland and China took effect. Iceland is the first, and so far the only, European country to make such an arrangement with the People’s Republic of. No one knows what…
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MP Encourages Business To Boycott Newspaper
Progressive MP Vigdís Hauksdóttir called for a boycott of ads in a newspaper which spoke poorly of her, prompting the Journalists Union of Iceland (BÍ) to condemn “attempts to suppress freedom of expression.” Vísir reports that Vigdís has been less than happy with…