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Watch an audio slideshow of how traditional Icelandic rhubarb stew is made. Rhubarb is one of the few vegetables that grows effortlessly in Iceland and for that reason it used to be a highly-valued addition to the traditional diet of fish and lamb.
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The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, RÚV, reports on a controversy surrounding information published in Brazil concerning energy prices which the aluminium conglomerate Alcoa pays to suppliers.
According to RÚV, an article published in a Brazilian newspaper, and which appeared on Alcoa's website in Brazil, claimed that Alcoa was paying USD 30 per megawatt-hour of electricity in Brazil, twice the rate in Iceland. The article appeared to quote Alcoa chairman and CEO Alain Belda as a source of price information. It was removed from Alcoa's Brazilian website after employees of Alcoa in Iceland complained.
According to RÚV, Alcoa issued a statement yesterday saying this information was wrong and apologising the Icelandic national power company, Landsvirkjun, because of the apparent breach of confidentiality. The price Alcoa pays Landsvirkjun for electricity is confidential.
RÚV quotes Sigurdur Jóhannesson, an economist at the Institute of Economic Studies at the University of Iceland who has studied the commercial terms between Landsvirkjun and its industrial customers. Sigurdur said that the price information in the Brazilian article was "not far from from [the actual prices]."
According to RÚV, Erna Indridadóttir, a spokesperson for Alcoa in Iceland said the information published in Brazil was "wrong and the comparison misleading, in spite of having come from the chairman and CEO of Alcoa."
Disclosure: Sigurdur Jóhannesson is the chairman of the board of Útgáfufélagid Heimur hf which publishes Icelandic Review.
On the way back to Reykjavík following this morning's news conference, at which the new government agreement was formally presented, the next Prime Minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, and his assistant, Jóhannes Þór Skúlason, who was driving, were stopped for speeding.
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Leader of the Progressive Party, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, who held the mandate to lead coalition talks, presented the government agreement between the Progressive Party and Independence Party to the President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson at the presidential residence Bessastaðir this morning.
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The chairmen of the Independence Party and Progressive Party, Bjarni Benediktsson and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, formally presented the government agreement to the public at a press conference shortly after 11 am this morning.
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The party council of the Independence Party and central committee of the Progressive Party unanimously accepted the government agreement negotiated by their respective chairmen, Bjarni Benediktsson and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, yesterday evening.
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The 2013 April-May issue of Iceland Review & Atlantica has been released. Packed with informative and entertaining stories, highlights include an interview with outgoing Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and the people who know her best, a photo essay of ice caves in Europe’s largest glacier and a colorful feature on life in the West Fjords.
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REVIEWS
The 11th Reykjavík Shorts & Docs. Catch it while it lasts!
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Artist couple Nína Ivanova and Ómar Smári Kristinsson explain why they decided to settle in the West Fjords’ capital.
Reykjavík Queer Choir’s annual spring concert takes place on Friday, May 24.
