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Get Your Read On: Zombie Iceland & Tómas Jónsson, Bestseller
Remember: nobody on their deathbed ever said: “I wish I’d spent more time online.” Guðberger Bergsson – Tómas Jónsson, Bestseller Originally published in 1966, Tómas Jónsson: Bestseller is often seen as having ushered in a new era in Icelandic literature and is…
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Don’t Ask Nanna: About Icelandic Hipster Chicks
Dear Nanna, What’s with Icelandic girls and thrift store shopping? I’m seeing this girl on and off and it’s all 80s prom dresses and frumpy leather jackets with her—blergh it’s like dating an extra from ‘Pretty in Pink’. I’m dying to ask…
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News In Brief: March
March saw an epic battle against misogyny in Iceland when the hashtag #FreeTheNipple took social media, the country and eventually the world by storm. Shortly after an Icelandic girl was cyber-bullied by a troll on Twitter for a photograph in which her…
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News In Brief Late July
Reykjavík’s streets have seen a lot of marching in the last two weeks. An estimated 11,000 Icelanders participated in the annual SlutWalk which helped to inspire a parliamentary proposal that calls for the improvement of the handling and litigation of sexual assault…
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News In Brief: Late June, 2014
Former prime minister and first openly gay head of state Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir delivered a moving speech about LGBT rights at Toronto’s WorldPride Human Rights Conference last week. In her speech, Jóhanna expressed gratitude for LGBT activists and told the audience that she…
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Woman Turns 90, Goes Horse Riding To Avoid Celebrations
An Icelandic woman with zero interest in celebrating her 90th birthday went on a 4 day horse riding trip to avoid throwing a party, reports RÚV.“I decided to go on this trip so I wouldn’t have to throw a party or participate in…
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Elementary School Teachers Sign A Deal
Elementary School Teachers signed a new collective bargaining agreement last night, ending a long and strained negotiation, reports RÚV. Elementary schools will therefore reopen this morning and lessons will resume at the usual time. As reported, Elementary School Teachers went on strike May 15 and…
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Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Sends Aid To Flood Victims
Iceland’s Foreign Ministry plans to send 3 million ISK in emergency aid to Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, reports RÚV. In a statement from the ministry, Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson wrote that his thoughts were with the many who had suffered or lost…
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Icelandic Serbs Collecting Emergency Aid For Flood Victims
A group of Icelandic Serbs have set up an emergency relief fund collecting money for flood victims, reports Vísir. This comes after the worst floods in the Balkans for decades left more than 35 dead and forced tens of thousands of people to flee…
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Boom In Animal Welfare Complaints
In 2012 roughly 50 civilians reported possible cases of animal abuse to the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority. This jumped up to 50 complaints per month in 2013, reports RÚV.Chief Veterinary Officer Sigurborg Daðadóttir told RÚV that the incidents of actual abuse had not gone…
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Household Debt Relief Package Goes Into Effect
Iceland’s Household Debt Relief Package voted through by parliament Friday night has already gone into effect, reports DV.Applicants are now able to seek amendments to their indexed mortgages or allocate personal pension funds to pay down their debts via the government website leiðrétting.is.The maximum…
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Showtime To Remake Icelandic Dramedy
Television network Showtime plan to remake award-winning Icelandic dramedy World’s End, reports the Hollywood Reporter. The show will be adapted to English by Jonathan Ames, known for Bored To Death, who plans to both pen the script and co-executive produce. In Iceland the programme was…
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Falls Asleep In Restaurant, Wakes Up After Closing
Police were called to a restaurant in the city last night after an abandoned customer set off the burglar alarm, reports DV. Upon arrival the police reported finding a young man trapped inside. The man was quite intoxicated and it seems that he fell …
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No School Today
Elementary School Teachers have gone on strike and therefore schools are closed today, reports RÚV. After a failed last minute attempt to reach a collective bargaining agreement last night, teachers went ahead with the strike. According to the negotiator working on behalf of the Union…
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Baltasar Kormákur Slated To Direct New Historical Drama
Baltasar Kormákur is in discussions to direct “Reykjavík,” a historical drama chronicling the 1986 Reykjavík Summit which took place during the Cold War, reports Variety. Michael Douglas is already attached to star as President Ronald Reagan in the long-gestating film project. Before Baltasar both…
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Parliamentary Smack Down
There was a heated confrontation in parliament yesterday as the session ran into the night and MP’s shared words, reports RÚV. While discussing the controversial Household Debt Relief Package at yesterday’s parliamentary session, Left-Green MP, Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, was interrupted a number of…
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Pilot Strike Could Cost Billions
Icelandair, which is currently negotiating a new collective bargainingagreement with its pilots and flight attendants, has released a statement announcing that thestrikes could cost the company between 1.5 – 1.7 billion ISK, reports RÚV. The statement also stipulates that it is possible the cost…
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Teacher Makes Fun Of Students On Facebook
An Icelandic teacher at Verzlunarskóla Íslands has gotten in trouble for posting the test answers of some of his students to his public Facebook profile, reports Vísir. The posts garnered a lot of attention and a number of people left belittling comments mocking the students. “I…
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No EVE For You!
EVE Online have permanently banned three members for defacing their newly revealed commemorative monument, reports Polygon. As reported, the vandals came from the in-game player alliance of griefer’s called Goonswarm. At some point following the end of this year’s Fanfest, members of Goonswarm stuck…
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Mayor Gnarr Considering Move To Texas
In a recent interview with Vice, Reykjavík Mayor Jón Gnarr – who is 43 days shy of finishing his term as mayor – has said he feels an indescribable pull towards Texas and might move there in the future. “People say that they don’t…
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EVE Online Monument Vandalised
The newly unveiled EVE Online monument was defaced within hours of the end of this year’s Fanfest, reports Polygon. The vandals are apparently a real-life group belonging to the in-game player alliance of griefer’s called Goonswarm.In gaming a “griefer” is a player who deliberately…
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Airport Strike Is Off
A collective bargaining agreement has been reached between airport staff and ISAVIA, reports RÚV. The general airport strike, which was scheduled to begin today has been called off. The collective bargaining agreement was signed late last night. The 3 year agreement stipulates a 2.8% pay…
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Halo Being Filmed In Iceland
Filming will begin in Iceland this week on a Halo “digital feature” produced by Ridley Scott. Halo, based on the popular video game of the same name is a part of Microsoft’s new venture into original TV Programming, reports RÚV.According to IGN reporters who spoke…