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Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs Össur Skarphéðinsson will cosponsor a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly proposing to upgrade the status of Palestine to a Non-member Observer State of the United Nations. The resolution will be voted on by the UN General Assembly today.
Össur Skarphéðinsson. Photo by Geir Ólafsson.
The cosponsoring of the resolution is in line with the government’s policy towards supporting the Palestinian cause, the minister reasoned in a statement to the press yesterday.
“We support the resolution in the strongest terms, while we also believe that Palestine should become a fully-fledged Member State of the UN. Our decision to cosponsor the resolution is to lend further support to this goal of the Palestinians,” Össur said.
The Icelandic Parliament voted unanimously in recognizing Palestine’s sovereignty last year.
Click here to read more about that story and here to read more about recent protests in front of the U.S. Embassy in Reykjavík in relation with the Gaza conflict.
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A three-meter long walrus was discovered on the shores by Eyri in the town of Reyðarfjörður in East Iceland yesterday.
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In 1915, women aged 40 and over were granted the right to cast a vote in all official elections held in Iceland.
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Four Icelandic contestants will participate in this year’s World Skills International, the world cup for industrial- and vocational subjects. The competition is held every other year.
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This year’s free English-language travel guide Around Iceland has been released, the 38th year in a row. The guide is also published in Icelandic and German and is distributed in 100,000 copies to the country’s most frequented tourist destinations.
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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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