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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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A 25-year-old woman stated at Reykjanes District Court yesterday that she made her mother, who is in her early sixties, smuggle 569 grams of cocaine to the country in May.
Her mother was caught when traveling from Copenhagen through Keflavík International Airport with her partner. The substance was found in their luggage. The couple was released after questioning and neither of them are facing charges, ruv.is reports.
However, the daughter has been charged with drug smuggling along with two men, one of whom was wanted by Interpol last summer. Five persons are on trial in this case, charged with various drug and traffic violations.
The woman confessed to having organized the drug smuggling from Iceland with her associates in Denmark but stated she is innocent of organizing the smuggling of 347 grams of cocaine from Spain.
In other drug smuggling news, customs officers at Keflavík International Airport confiscated more than 35,000 steroid tablets and 500 ampules which were found in the luggage of a traveler coming from Berlin in the early hours of October 27, Morgunblaðið reports.
The man carrying the drugs was released after the steroids were confiscated but the police has now been given the case for investigation.
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The exchange of power in Iceland took place yesterday when the government of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson formally took over from that of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and ministers exchange keys.
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Mountaineer Leifur Örn Svavarsson became the first Icelander to reach the peak of Everest, the world’s highest mountain, by the North Face from Tibet just before sunrise yesterday morning.
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Iceland’s new government formally took power today following a state council meeting at Bessastaðir, the presidential residence.
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One of the last tasks of Steingrímur J. Sigfússon while in office as minister of industries and innovation was to issue a regulation on Monday extending the reserve for whales in Faxaflói bay, off Reykjavík in Southwest Iceland. The regulation took affect at midnight.
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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.
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