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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 Ministry of the Interior has ordered the mapping of volcanoes to be used for prioritizing in a risk assessment of eruptions in Iceland.
The National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police’s Civil Protection Department has also consulted volcanologist Haraldur Sigurðsson due to his prediction of a possible volcanic eruption above Hafnarfjörður in the capital region, ruv.is reports.
Minister of the Interior Ögmundur Jónasson revealed this when asked about the matter by two MPs, Ólína Þorvarðardóttir of the Social Democrats and Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir of the Independence Party, in parliament earlier this month.
Ögmundur responded that the volcanoes that are thought to pose the most danger will be evaluated first and that the first stage of the project is set to be completed in three years. However, completing the entire project might take as long as 20 years.
Ögmundur also stated that the gravest risk for Reykjavík and the vicinity is posed by the volcanic region on Reykjanes peninsula.
There isn’t any special emergency plan for an eruption on Reykjanes, he added, but a general emergency plan is at hand and strategies, methods and checklists are regularly reviewed.
Click here to read more about Haraldur’s comments on a possible eruption in the Reykjavík area and here to read an article by him in Iceland Review about the subject.
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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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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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