http://www.iceland.is/newsfeed.aspx Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:09:08 GMT Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:09:08 GMT Dacoda RSS cacher 1.0 icenewsis: Iceland&#8217;s special prosecutor into the banking crash is pressing charges against four former top executives at the now-defunct Kaupþing Bank. The charges relate to market manipulation in co-operation with a Qatari sheikh in the autumn of 2008. It has Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:47:30 GMT icenewsis: The Iceland tour provider, SuperJeep.is, is offering day trips and tours to Þórsmörk and Eyjafjallajökull. The company’s experienced drivers provide visitors with a unique all-day guided tour through some of the country’s most spectacular scenery. The tou Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:59:03 GMT icenewsis: The Human Race is a 2009 science fiction cum adventure thriller novel written by O. C. Heaton. The book focuses on a monumentally important scientific discovery and the dangerous race to make it available to the public. The Human Race is set in several lo Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:07:11 GMT icenewsis: Keflavik International Airport (KEF) in Iceland has been voted the best small airport in Europe by participants of an extensive airport service survey conducted by Airports Council International (ACI). KEF was awarded for the category of best airport for Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:48:52 GMT icenewsis: Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík, is to host the 9th annual internet marketing conference RIMC, next month. The renowned online communications event is set to feature presentations from well-respected marketing leaders from stakeholders such as Facebook, BBC, Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:16:22 GMT icenewsis: University of Iceland law reader and EFTA court secretary Skúli Magnússon says the draft bill on a new constitution for Iceland is too diverse to be put to the nation in a single referendum. There are simply too many complicated strategic elements all tog Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:14:47 GMT icenewsis: An inspector from Lloyd&#8217;s Register, who has technical oversight on coastguard patrol ships, says that one of the main engines aboard the Icelandic Coastguard&#8217;s newest cruiser, Þór was broken when the ship was handed over last autumn. Rolls Roy Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:19:17 GMT icenewsis: Long-term unemployment grew in Iceland between 2010 and 2011, according to figures from Statistics Iceland. In 2011 around 3,400 people had been looking for work for 12 months or longer; which is 26.5 percent of all job seekers. In 2010 the proportion was Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:33:34 GMT icenewsis: The year&#8217;s first migratory birds have arrived in Iceland, giving the country&#8217;s land dwellers their first glimpse (and sound) of spring. A group of lesser black backed gulls were seen over Seltjarnarnes (a suburb municipality of Reykjavík) on t Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:27:57 GMT icenewsis: The film Eldfjall (Volcano) was the big winner at this Saturday night&#8217;s Edda Awards ceremony in Reykjavík. The film&#8217;s director, Rúnar Rúnarsson won the Edda for best director, and also picked up the trophy for best screenplay. Theodór Júlíusso Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:15:02 GMT icenewsis: A new survey of transport in Reykjavík has revealed an upward trend in cycling. There has been a major increase in cycling in Reykjavík. According to the new comprehensive study, 3.8 percent of respondents make all their journies by bicycle, compared to o Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:30:13 GMT icenewsis: The global popularity of the viral video allegedly depicting a legendary east Iceland lake monster should be used as a tourist attraction for the region, a local marketing manager says. There is, however, little interest in selling small plastic replicas Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:18:21 GMT icenewsis: According to visitors at the Grímsborgir Guest Houses in Southwest Iceland, Northern Lights sightings are still frequent despite the season slowly coming to an end for this side of the year. Visitors at the guesthouse in Iceland have described it as being Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:03:27 GMT icenewsis: The newly founded ASKJA car rental, which specialises in Jeep 4&#215;4 car hire in Iceland, recently launched its brand new website and is now taking bookings. Renting a four-wheel drive allows for freedom and flexibility when exploring and the country’s Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:46:05 GMT icenewsis: As previously reported, one of Reykjavík&#8217;s best-known landmarks, Perlan (The Pearl), is for sale as part of the restructuring of its indebted owner, Reykjavík Energy. Now all purchase offers received have been published online. All the offers, and a Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:59:40 GMT icenewsis: The international financial ratings agency, Fitch yesterday increased its long-term foreign currency debt rating for Iceland by one notch from BB+ to BBB-. The country&#8217;s short-term debt rating was also put up from B to F3. The decision is more signi Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:48:18 GMT icenewsis: Iceland Data Center provider Verne Global has announced that is has three new customers located at its newly opened data center at the Asbru Enterprise Park in Keflavík, Iceland. Verne Global has announced that its hosting leading game developer CCP Games Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:00:41 GMT icenewsis: The Supreme Court of Iceland has rejected an appeal against a Reykjavík District Court decision and upheld former government ministry employee Baldur Guðlaugsson&#8217;s two year prison sentence for insider dealing and crimes in public employment. This is Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:06:43 GMT icenewsis: The world’s largest travel website, TripAdvisor, has highly commended the popular hotel in Reykjavik, Hotel Odinsve for its dedication to providing customer satisfaction, after it received high praise and great reviews on the website. The hotel located in Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:05:23 GMT icenewsis: This week&#8217;s Reykjavík mackerel fishing negotiations between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one side and the EU and Norway on the other have ended without agreement and with the EU&#8217;s fishing chief blaming Icelandic and Faroese unwillingness t Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:27:16 GMT icenewsis: Leading Iceland tour provider Reykjavik Excursions is offering free wireless Internet access for its passengers during all of its excursions in Iceland. Reykjavik Excursions provides free wireless Internet access on every bus in its fleet during all excur Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:11:35 GMT icenewsis: The resolution committees of Old Landsbanki and Glitnir have agreed a sale contract for the British supermarket chain Iceland Foods. The company&#8217;s founder and chairman now looks set to take over as sole owner and part of the sale price will be loane Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:52:08 GMT icenewsis: The results of a survey on birdlife in Iceland suggest that snipes and meadow pipits enjoy large areas of lupines, where a different selection of insects can be found. The golden plover, however, dislikes the blue flowering introduced flower species and t Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:34:00 GMT icenewsis: Iceland&#8217;s state media committee has published a detailed report of the ownership of the country&#8217;s media outlets. Vefpressan, the media empire run by Björn Ingi Hrafnsson, was the only national media company which failed to comply with the stat Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:07:47 GMT icelandreview: <IMG alt="olafurragnar_pk" hspace="4" src="/icelandreview/upload/images/news/almennt/100x100_olafurragnar_pk.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="0">Almost thirty thousand people have signed an online petition asking President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson to ru Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT icenewsis: UK travel magazine National Geographic Traveller and specialist travel provider Discover the World have announced that they are teaming up with Icelandair to offer a special holiday in Iceland for two lucky winners, as part of a new competition. As part o Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:18:02 GMT icelandreview: <P> <IMG alt="harpa-lights01_go" hspace="4" src="/icelandreview/upload/images/news/almennt/100x100_harpa-lights01_go.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="0">Writer Auður Alva in <EM>Marie Claire</EM>, two pieces of news about football, one about a shootin Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT icelandreview: <IMG alt="isafjordur-winter_ps" hspace="4" src="/icelandreview/upload/images/news/almennt/100x100_isafjordur-winter_ps.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="0">Last month, the unemployment rate in the West Fjords was 3.8 percent. That means that 129 people Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT icenewsis: Reykjavík is considering big increases to the cost of city centre parking, while the Westman Islands have decided to cut costs for the elderly. The Reykjavík City environment and transport committee has recommended to the city council that the cost of par Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:30:34 GMT icelandreview: <IMG alt="kopavogur_ps" hspace="4" src="/icelandreview/upload/images/news/almennt/100x100_kopavogur_ps.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="0">Last night the Kópavogur town council voted in favor of making the leader of the Kópavogur Independence Party Ár Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT icelandreview: <IMG alt="game-of-thrones_poster" hspace="4" src="/icelandreview/upload/images/news/100x100_game-of-thrones_poster.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="0">A&nbsp;promotional video for the new season of TV show <EM>Game of Thrones</EM> has been premiered. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:37:09 GMT icelandreview: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:15:01 GMT icelandreview: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:13:03 GMT icelandreview: <IMG alt="unnarthorisson_dl" hspace="4" src="/icelandreview/upload/images/daily_life/unnarthorisson_dl.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="0">When you donate your clothes to organizations like the Red Cross, do you ever stop to wonder about&nbsp; what be Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT icenewsis: Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, Iceland&#8217;s Minister of Fisheries, has told the media that he is optimistic for a positive outcome to new mackerel negotiations which began in Reykjavík yesterday. Steingrímur told the online journal Fish Update that he is ca Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:20:20 GMT icelandreview: <IMG alt="westfjords_go" hspace="4" src="/icelandreview/upload/images/news/almennt/100x100_westfjords_go.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="0">Last year, almost nine out of every ten Icelanders traveled locally. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT icelandreview: <IMG alt="gaypridervk09-01_cc" hspace="4" src="/icelandreview/upload/images/news/100x100_gaypridervk09-01_cc.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="0">Next weekend, the first annual gay winter festival entitled Rainbow Reykjavík will be held in the capital. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT icelandreview: <IMG alt="althingi-parliament_ipa" hspace="4" src="/icelandreview/upload/images/news/almennt/100x100_althingi-parliament_ipa.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="0">A fashion&nbsp;designer, a blog queen and&nbsp;an altercation at Alþingi. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT icelandreview: <IMG alt="baby_ps" hspace="4" src="/icelandreview/upload/images/news/almennt/100x100_baby_ps.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="0">On January 1st 2012, the population of Iceland was 319,575. That is an increase of 1,123 on the same time last year. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:30:00 GMT icenewsis: A project to pump carbon dioxide into the ground near to the Hellisheiði power station began at the end of January. The idea is for the greenhouse gas to be bound into the basalt rock below the lava field as a new calciferous rock which will remain in pla Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:23:44 GMT icelandreview: <IMG alt="thor-poster" hspace="4" src="/icelandreview/upload/images/reviews/100x100_thor-poster.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="0">Last weekend, <EM>Legends of Valhalla: Thor</EM>, Iceland’s first full length animated feature film, had its first inte Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:50:43 GMT icelandreview: <IMG alt="akureyri-winter2003_ps" hspace="3" src="/icelandreview/upload/images/news/almennt/100x100_akureyri-winter2003_ps.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="0">Yesterday, Snorri Óskarsson, a middle-aged middle school teacher in the North Icelandic town Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:39:10 GMT icenewsis: On the 1st January this year there were 319,573 people living in Iceland &#8211; which is around 1,100 more than a year before and a population increase of 0.4 percent. According to Statistics Iceland, the number of females in the country edged up more th Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:02:27 GMT icelandreview: <IMG alt="palli-dl" hspace="4" src="/icelandreview/upload/images/daily_life/palli-dl.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="0">Mao Zedong and vice chairman Siggi Stormur, Siggi the Storm, the world’s second or third most humorous weather man. Kind of. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT icenewsis: Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson, the former main owner of Baugur Group, will be on DV&#8217;s Direct Line with the general public later today. Jón Ásgeir, closely associated with Glitnir Bank and others, is one of Iceland&#8217;s most controversial pre-crash busin Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:59:32 GMT icelandreview: <P> <IMG alt="car_ps" hspace="3" src="/icelandreview/upload/images/news/almennt/100x100_car_ps.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="0">The average family pays ISK 100,000 (USD 800, EUR 660) more in taxes to the government on gas each year now than four ye Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT icelandreview: <IMG alt="capelin_bb" hspace="4" src="/icelandreview/upload/images/news/almennt/100x100_capelin_bb.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="0">This year, the capelin quota in Icelandic waters has reached a record 760 thousand tons, generating approximately IS Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT icelandreview: <IMG alt="stjornarradid_ps" hspace="4" src="/icelandreview/upload/images/news/almennt/100x100_stjornarradid_ps.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="0">A man in his seventies has confessed to having planted the bomb that went off on Hverfisgata, a busy str Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT icenewsis: A car was found in an Icelandic lake this morning, but emergency services and divers found nobody nearby. How the car got into the lake remains a mystery. Nobody was in the car which was found at around 09.00 this morning in Vífilstaðavatn in Garðabær, ne Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:36:54 GMT icenewsis: The Central Bank of Iceland is preparing to repatriate offshore krónur in a step towards relieving ongoing capital controls following the banking crisis. Icelandic pension funds are going to offer up EUR 200 million for the central bank’s foreign exchange Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:37:03 GMT