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Álfur from Selfoss, one of Iceland’s most valuable and sought-after stallions, was sold to Norway this week. Álfur’s value is estimated at approximately ISK 150 million (USD 1.2 million, EUR 950,000) and it garnered some ISK 30 million (USD 238,000, EUR 183,000) for its previous owner annually for fertilizing mares.
The red-and-white skewbald has fathered 417 foals in Iceland and more than 100 are expected. It is the only winner of the Sleipnir Cup—the highest recognition a horse breeder can hope for—that has been exported, Stöð 2 reports. Álfur is the offspring of Orri from Þúfa, one of Iceland’s most famous stallions.
Around 70 horses were exported on Monday and approximately 1,000 have left the country to join foreign owners so far this year. Horse export is picking up again after a temporary low following the horse flu in 2010.
Horse exports delivers about ISK 1 billion (USD 7.9 million, EUR 6.1 million) to the national economy every year.
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Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson attended an annual consultative meeting last weekend with colleagues from the Nordic and several African countries, as announced in a press release from the Minstry of Foreign Affairs.
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From many salmon rivers anglers are reporting great opening days. Reykjavík Citizen of the year caught the first salmn in Ellidaár in Reykjavík this morning.
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The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved new names for nine craters on Mercury including one for Icelandic littereture Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness.
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A petition urging the government to reconsider a proposed bill, in which the terms of the law requiring fishing companies to pay a tariff for their use of Iceland’s fishing resources are to be changed, has been signed by more than 11,000 people.
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The 2013 June-July issue of Iceland Review is out. Themed ‘We Are Young’ the magazine celebrates the arrival of summer by interviewing young energetic Icelanders who excel in art, sports, business and politics—and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, the youngest PM in the republic’s history and the world’s youngest ruling state leader. Click here to take a look at a selection of the current issue and here to subscribe to the magazine.
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The road to Höfn, a 1,690-person harbor town by the fjord Hornafjörður, is lined with reindeer. Whole herds of the wild horned animals rest peacefully on withered pastures, grace next to sheep and horses and bounce along the road. Soon, Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier and the region’s biggest attraction, comes into view. Looming over Höfn, its outlet glaciers flow down from the mountains on which the bright white icecap rests.
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Sin Fang will celebrate the release of his third album with a release concert in Iðnó on June 12. Flowers was released in February by Morr Music and has been well received by music enthusiasts and critics alike. The concert will be supported by Vök, this year’s winners of the Icelandic Music Experiments.
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