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U.S. Visit To Discuss Whales
Nine Icelandic eco-tourism operators and museum professionals flew to the U.S. yesterday on a State Department exchange exploring the non-lethal use of whales, reportsRÚV. This comes after the White House stepped up their Anti-Whaling campaign against Iceland earlier this month. As reported, the White…
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Florida Man Runs People Over, Turns Out To Be Iceland Man
A Florida man was arrested and charged with a hit and run after sideswiping a motorcyclist, turns out, he is Icelandic, reports CBS. Florida Highway Patrol responded to a hit and run on Sunday afternoon and found that a motorcyclist and his passenger had…
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Economist: Need To Raise Food Prices Further
Environmental economist Daði Már Kristófersson has said there is a need to raise food prices further in order to deter food waste, reports RÚV. “A third of what is produced does not end up in people’s stomachs,” said Daði who believes that the biggest…
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Iceland’s Eurovision Odds Not Great
According to betting agents Iceland’s odds of winning this year’s Eurovision are terrible, reports RÚV. Oddschecker, which collects odds from betting agents, has predicted that Iceland’s peace-loving “No Prejudice” by Pollapönk will rank third from the bottom and that Armenia will take home the…
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Ólafur Arnalds Won A BAFTA!
Composer and musician Ólafur Arnalds won the award for Original Television Music for his work on the popular ITV crime series Broadchurch at last night’s BAFTA Awards, reports RÚV. The first season of Broadchurch, which stars David Tennant and Olivia Colman, was broadcast in…
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High Flyer’s Plans Go Up In Smoke
Police were called to the airport yesterday to deal with a drunk passenger who set off a plane’s fire alarm by lighting a cigarette in the toilet, reports Vísir. The woman in question was in her 30’s and considerably intoxicated when she disrupted the…
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Norway Want To Lure Hollywood By Copying Iceland
Norway is looking to boost its appeal to foreign film production companies by emulating Icelandic financial incentives, reports The Wall Street Journal.A report issued by the Norwegian government this week details how Norway wishes to to lure crews to shoot productions on the…
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Sexologist Warns: Teens Love Viagra
Sales of Viagra have gone up by 120% in the last 4 years and has become the drug of choice among high school students, sexologist says. “Ask any high school student, everyone’s heard of Kamagra. If they haven’t tried it, they know someone…
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First Icelander Admitted to Yale’s World Fellows Programme
Þóra Arnórsdóttir, renowned national media personality and 2012 candidate for the Presidency of Iceland has been invited to Yale’s prestigious World Fellows programme, becoming the first Icelander ever admitted, reports Vísir.Although she lost the 2012 race by a narrow margin, along with her…
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Pizza Guy Wins Annual Eating Contest
Prikið held their annual Big Kahuna Eating Contest yesterday and 22 year old pizza maker, Björn Ingvi Tyler Björnsson, won by eating 1.5 kilos of food in under four minutes, reports Vísir. Each contestant was challenged to eat a large burger, a large portion…
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Bloomberg Invests In Ólafur Elíasson’s Solar Lamps
Former Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, has invested 5 million dollars in artist Ólafur Elíasson’s solar lamp project, Little Sun, reports Politiken.Little Sun is a project currently operating in seven African countries and works to provides clean, solar-powered ‘Little Sun’ lights to…
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EU Referendum Petition Ending
The petition created to call upon the Icelandic government to hold a referendum on whether or not to continue accession negotiations with the EU will end this Sunday, reports RÚV. Over 53.000 people have signed the petition which was set up February 23 and…
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Vilborg Calls Off Everest Climb
Adventurer Vilborg Arna Gissurardóttir, who planned to climb the tallest mountain of each continent in one year has decided to call off her final climb, Mount Everest, after an avalanche kills 16 Sherpas, reports RÚV.The avalanche is the deadliest accident in Everest’s history…
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Iceland Pretty Progressive, Socially
According to a new report, Iceland is amongst the Top Three most sociallyprogressive nations in the world. The Social Progress Index operates on the premise that economic development is necessary but not sufficient for social progress and that a country’s overall level of development…
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Paralympian Rescued From Glacier
World champion downhill skier Sean Rose was three days into his expedition crossing Vatnajökull glacier when he fell ill and became stranded in treacherous weather conditions, reports Metro.As reported, Rose had planned the trip to Iceland in a bid to raise money for…
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Fear Of Property Flameout As Housing Prices Rise
Iceland’s economic revival is heating up the housing market, especially in Reykjavík, reports the Wall Street Journal. With inflation back down to between 5% and 6% – inflation was running close to 20% at the height of the 2008 financial crisis – and a…
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War Of The D’s
The Final Member, a documentary about Iceland’s infamous Penis Museumhas opened in movie theatres across the U.S.The film is framed around a battle between two men for the honour of being the first to bequeath their penis to Iceland’s Phallological Museum.The two…
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University Teacher Strike Is Off
The Association of University Teachers (FHK) have reached and signed a collective bargaining agreement and the strike has been called off, reports RÚV. As reported, university teachers were prepared to go on strike from April 25 to May 10 as they had long been…
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No More Hotels In The Centre Of Town
Mayoral race front runner, Dagur B. Eggertsson of the Social Democratic Alliance, has said that he would like developers to look elsewhere than the centre of Reykjavík when building hotels, reports Vísir. “Right now 1.100 new hotel rooms are going to be built for…
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Sigur Rós Wedding Singers At King Joffrey’s Nuptials
Did you spot Sigur Rós in the latest episode of Game of Thrones? The ethereal Icelandic band turned up as wedding singers at King Joffrey and Lady Tyrell’s wedding with their cover of ‘The Rains of Castamere’. The song, which is a…
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Greenpeace Plan To Stalk Alma
After petitioning to get the ship Alma turned away from Durban port for carrying 2000 tonnes of fin whale meat, Greenpeace is planning on closely monitoring the ship’s progress, reports Vísir. “This is one of the largest deliveries of whale meat that we’ve known about…
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16% Of Icelandic Children Living In Poverty
According to a new report by Save the Children 10.000 Icelandic children live in under the poverty line, reports Vísir. The growth of children living under the poverty line has increased rapidly across Europe in the past few years. In Iceland the rate…
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Tried To Sell A Tank
A number of people showed interest in buying a tank that was advertised in a forum on Icelandic website Vaktin.is, reports RÚV. The ad says the vintage military tank was used by the Americans in Tunisia during WWII. After which it was placed in…