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Iceland Will Continue Accession Talks With EU
24.05.2012 - grapevine-news: A parliamentary proposal which would have possibly withdrawn Iceland from accession talks with the European Union was defeated today....
Salmon farming
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Keflavík Airport in Iceland receives Best Airport in Europe award
24.05.2012 - icenewsis: Keflavík International Airport (KEF) in Iceland has received an award for the Best Airport in Europe 2011 at the annual ASQ Awards Ceremony, which took place at the ACI Asia Pacific Regional Assembly in Singapore today. KEF won the award in the category...
Five-Year-Old Finds Amphetamine in Kindergarten
24.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
A five-year-old boy found a bag with a white substance, which proved to be amphetamine, in the clo...
Reykjavík Music Mess Tribute to NASA Tonight
24.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
Reykjavík Music Mess, a festival that will run in Icelands capital from May 2...
H2O (KH)
24.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
Water, water, water. In many aspects, Iceland is shaped by water....
Special Prosecutor Staff Charged for Confidentiality Breach
24.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
The Special Prosecutors Office has filed charges on breach of confidentiality over two of its forme...
Björk Programme To Teach Primary School Children In New York
24.05.2012 - grapevine-news: Artist Björk Guðmundsdóttir, in conjunction with the New York Public Library and others, will be creating an interactive learning programme for children in playschool and grade school. ...
Herbalife Objects To Health Criticism
24.05.2012 - grapevine-news: Although two Icelandic doctors have found a connection between using Herbalife supplements and health problems, an Herbalife employee contends that there is nothing harmful in any of their products....
Forbes Blogger Calls Out Iceland's Fishing Policy
24.05.2012 - grapevine-news: A blogger for Forbes has criticised what he sees as a terrible mismanagement of one of Iceland's most abundant resources: its fish....
Verdict Appealed in Infant Manslaughter Case
24.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
Vice-State Prosecutor Helgi Magnús Gunnarsson has appealed Reykjavík District Courts verdict over Agné Kratav...
Oldest Icelander Celebrates 106th Birthday
24.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
Guðríður Guðbrandsdóttir, the oldest living Icelander, celebrated her 106th birthday on Wednesday. She lives...
Murder Case Opens, Suspect Confesses
23.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
A 23-year-old man confessed at the opening of his case in Reykjanes District Court yesterday morning to ...
Icelands PM and Foreign Minister at NATO Summit
23.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
Prime Minister of Iceland Jóhanna Sigurðardótt...
Of Monsters and Men inspired by trolls and ghosts
23.05.2012 - icenewsis: Up-and-coming Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men have told how the tall tales of their ancestors have shaped there music and lyrics. The six piece folk-pop outfit, which were first noticed in 2010 after winning the Músíktilraunir battle of the bands, said...
Convicts Suspected of Causing Fellow Prisoners Death
23.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
Two men, convicted debt collectors and violent abusers, were transferred from the general ward of the maximum ...
Referendum On EU Could Happen This Year
23.05.2012 - grapevine-news: There may be a public referendum on whether or not Iceland should continue accession talks with the European Union, possibly as early as this year....
Eurovision Nation (ÁA)
23.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
At this years Eurovision Song Contest, Iceland goes back to the roots....
Iceland Qualifies for Eurovision Song Contest Final
23.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
Icelands entry in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan, “Never Forget”,...
Iceland's Eurovision Song Gains International Attention
23.05.2012 - grapevine-news: Iceland's Eurovision entry, Never Forget, has apparently been a hit with fans as far afield as Mexico. ...
Chaos Erupts At RÚV Over Wrong Episode Aired
23.05.2012 - grapevine-news: The offices of the national broadcasting service, RÚV, found themselves in the centre of a maelstrom of anger yesterday afternoon, due to a mistake involving a soap opera....
Icelands First Exclusively Farm-Made Produce Store
23.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
The family at Holtsel, a farm in the rural Eyjafjörður region 20 kilometers south of Akureyri in north Icela...
Lowest Jobless Rate in Iceland since 2008
23.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
The unemployment rate in Iceland was 6.5 percent in April, down by 0.6 percent...
Newlyweds Spot “Vampire Seals” in Iceland
22.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
Travelers Barrie and Bungon OSullivan tied the knot—for the fifth time in five years—in the church of K...
German Ambassador Slams Morgunblaðið
22.05.2012 - grapevine-news: The German ambassador to Iceland wrote a scathing open letter to "the main editor of Morgunblaðið", in response to an editorial column the paper ran accusing the EU of mixing itself in Iceland's domestic affairs....
Man Seriously Injured after Assault in Reykjavík
22.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
An assault victim was found covered in blood at Grandagarður in Reykjavík on Saturday evening. According to a ph...
Volcanic Ash Causes Air Pollution in Icelands Capital
22.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
There was significant air pollution in Reykjavík yesterday evening, p...
Face It (PS)
22.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
Twitter, Nokia Maps, a cod, my daughter Kolbrún, who I can follow on her plus two months of traveling in Africa, and few w...
Movement Terminates Talks with Government
22.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
The three MPs of The Movement have terminated their negotiations with the coal...
Sigur Rós Film Experiment Begins
22.05.2012 - grapevine-news: Sigur Rós is embarking upon an ambitious new film project, calling upon the talents of different film makers to interpret their latest album, Valtari, in their own way....
IKEA Most Popular Restaurant In Iceland
22.05.2012 - grapevine-news: The restaurant within the Swedish-owned houseware store IKEA is the most popular restaurant in Iceland....
Asylum Seeker Refuses Age Test
22.05.2012 - grapevine-news: One of Iceland's asylum seekers claiming to be under the age of 18 has refused to submit to an age verification test, and has thus been denied the treatment given to underage refugees....
Icelands Kaupthing bank repaid billions
22.05.2012 - icenewsis: More than three years after the Icelandic banking collapse, Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander (KFS) says it has repaid nearly all of the £4.6 billion owed to non-preferential creditors. Although all retail depositors have already been paid in full by the...
Busy Weekend for Search and Rescue in Iceland
22.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
Search and rescue workers were busy last weekend. On Friday, approximately 150...
Summer Arrives in Iceland, Heat Wave Underway
22.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
After a nasty cold spell with frosty temperatures and snowfall in north and east Iceland, summer arrived i...
Fatal Car Accident in West Iceland
21.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
An elderly woman died in a car accident in the rural Skorradalur in west Iceland on Saturday after...
Ash Cloud Comes To Reykjavík
21.05.2012 - grapevine-news: Volcanic ash is making its way over the capital area, and will likely make conditions overcast and lower the air quality for the next few days. ...
Fire in Old Timber House in East Iceland
21.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
A fire started in Kaffi Lára in Seyðisfjörður, east Iceland, a timber house, which is one of the...
Huldrufolk and representatives
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Presidential Candidate Gives Birth to Baby Girl
21.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
Presidential candidate Þóra Arnórsdóttir and her husband Svavar Halldórsson be...
Event of the Week: (I)ndependent People
21.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
The large-scale collaborative “(I)ndependent People” is part of the ongoi...
Man Falls in West Fjords Cliffs after Rope Snaps
21.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
A man, who is in his fifties and an experienced sea cliff climber, fell while collecting e...
Are We Too Big? (JB)
21.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
Obesity has been a hot topic in Iceland in recent months and some claim the rate is one of the...
Þóra Increases Her Lead Over President
21.05.2012 - grapevine-news: Presidential candidate Þóra Arnórsdóttir appears to be widening the gap between her and incumbent president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, a new poll shows....
Child Protection Laws Toughen
21.05.2012 - grapevine-news: A bill from the Ministry of the Interior, due to be submitted to parliament this fall, would toughen existing laws regarding child pornography and child exploitation....
Wheel Falls Off Plane During Take-Off
21.05.2012 - grapevine-news: An Icelandair passenger jet was forced to return to Keflavík when ground crew discovered that one of its wheels had fallen off and landed on the tarmac during take-off....
Hotel Construction Planned in North Iceland Town
21.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
The tourism development company Rauðka ehf., owned by Róbert Guðfinnsson...
Icelands Of Monsters and Men on Jay Leno
21.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
The young Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men, which has enjoyed incredible popularit...
Archeologists to Study Pre-Settlement Hut in Iceland
20.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
The first archeological research in Iceland this year will begin at Hafnir in Reykjanes, southwest Iceland, ...
Minor Glacial Burst in South Iceland Volcano Katla
20.05.2012 - icelandreview: 
A small glacial burst occurred in the volcano Katla, which lies underneath the Mýrdalsjökull...
