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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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Icelandic boxer Valgerður Guðsteinsdóttir won gold in the ACBC 2012 international boxing tournament in Gothenburg, Sweden, in early November.
The article in Fréttablaðið.
The ACBC (Angered Centrum Box Cup) is the second biggest boxing competition in the worldand has been running since 1987, Fréttablaðið reports.
Valgerður competed in the senior class division under the 57-60 kilogram weight category. Valgerður says she trains six times a week in a special competition group at Hnefaleikastöðin boxing club. This was her first international competition.
“I wanted to do my best and wanted to focus on having good technique and demonstrating beautiful boxing. I was not trying to knock out my opponent with the first punch,” she said of her performance.
According to Valgerður, there are too few women in boxing in Iceland, making it difficult to find opponents and resulting in long pauses between competitions.
Around 600 people competed in this year’s competition, 25 of whom were from Iceland.
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The Identification Committee of the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police is working on the identification of a body swept up on the beach at Kaldbaksvík in Strandir, the eastern West Fjords, on Saturday. The body was found by travelers in the area.
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Outgoing Prime Minister of Iceland Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir stated that The Simpsons episode which was dedicated to Iceland and premiered on Sunday had definitely served as good promotion for the country.
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The party council of the Independence Party and central committee of the Progressive Party have been called to separate meetings tonight to discuss the planned coalition of the two parties in Iceland’s next government.
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Trips to the top of Iceland’s highest peak, Hvannadalshnjúkur (aka Hvannadalshnúkur), have proven popular this year, according to Icelandic Mountain Guides. Hvannadalshnjúkur is a peak on Öræfajökull in South Iceland measuring 2,109 meters in height.
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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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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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