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February
22
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A Sense of Snow (IRB)
Snow is snow is snow. One way of coping with it is to try to ignore it, but I think we should play with it more.
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February
13
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Þorrablót – Mid-Winter Feast
Click on the picture to watch an audio slideshow of Þorrablót, an Icelandic mid-winter feast. In the past there was no fresh food available at this time of year so people ate dried fish, smoked lamb, putrefied shark and soured blood and liver pudding along with other soured meat products—ram testicles included.
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Fjallabyggd (“Mountain Settlement”) is a skier’s dream. Its slopes are perfect for slaloming and there are also tracks for telemark skiing. Winter sporting enthusiasts can also go ice skating or rent snowmobiles. In summer, Fjallabyggd turns into a paradise for hikers. Read this special promotion about one of Iceland’s best hidden gems.
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Daily News
February
22
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Young Boys’ Use of Psychopharmaceuticals on the Rise
More than eight percent of Icelandic boys take medicine for neurological and psychological ailments on a daily basis. This is revealed in a new report by Welfare Watch, an initiative of the Ministry of Welfare.
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Daily News
February
22
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(Not) Breaking News
A Playboy model, Progressive Party in trouble and a bad hair day.
Daily News
February
22
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Biggest Listing Ever in Iceland
Seven companies have asked to be listed on the NASDAQ OMX in Reykjavík, in one of the biggest privatization plans in the country’s history. All seven companies are owned, at least in part, by Landsbanki Íslands, which the Government of Iceland owns 81 percent.
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Daily News
February
22
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More Power to the People
Landsvirkjun accounts for 75 percent of total electricity production in Iceland; in the year 2010 production reached 12,625 GWh. Climate change and the resulting increase in temperatures are expected to lead to a significant increase in the flow of glacial rivers in the years to come.
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Daily News
February
22
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Kaupthing’s Top Dogs Charged with Criminal Activity
The Special Prosecutors’ Office has filed charges in the so-called Al-Thani case, which pertains to the purchase of a five percent share in Kaupthing Bank in late September 2008, merely two weeks before the banking system’s collapse.
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Daily News
February
22
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Ash Wednesday is Today!
Öskudagur, literally: Ash Day, is in many ways Iceland’s answer to Halloween.
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Daily News
February
21
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Better to Build Up Euro than ISK?
Journalist Richard Barley asks in today’s Wall Street Journal: Who has had the better crisis: Ireland or Iceland?
Daily News
February
21
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Surgeries to Remove Faulty Breast Implants Begin
Yesterday, surgeries to remove PIP breast implants began at the Landspítali University Hospital.
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Daily News
February
21
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Firing of FSA Manager: Time Limit to Object Extended
Last night, the board of the Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) decided to grant its manager Gunnar Andersen with an extension in which to prepare his case, or until Tuesday evening. Previously the board had asked him to resign.
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The current issue of the quarterly magazine Iceland Review includes for example an interview with world-renowned fashion designer Steinunn Sigurðardóttir as well as features on the successful biotech company ORF Genetics and the hot debate regarding the EU. If you subscribe now, you will receive a photo book by IR editor, photographer Páll Stefánsson of the eruptions in Eyjafjallajökull as a gift. Click here to subscribe to the magazine and here to buy a gift subscription.
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February
20
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Crime Gone Bad
The second series of The Press continues to follow the life of journalist, mother and wife Lára and her investigation of Iceland’s underground world.
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February
20
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Feature of the Week: Genius in a Bottle
Harvesting human-like protein from genetically modified barley, Icelandic company ORF Genetics is revolutionizing the world of green biotechnology. With Iceland’s First Lady Dorrit Moussaieff and Hollywood stars among its loyal fans, the company’s phenomenal skincare range has, quite literally, changed the face of the cosmetics industry.
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The international recognition that the architecture firm Snøhetta has received is quite unique in a Norwegian context.
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