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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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Reykjavík Mayor Jón Gnarr dressed up as an Icelandic Yule Ladearlier this week to support thefundraising activities of the Icelandic Mental Health Alliance (Geðhjálp).
The project, Geðveikjól (‘Insane Christmas’), is an annual Christmas song competition among companies and institutions. The 15 companies participating this year are asked to select or write a Christmas song and submit a corresponding video.
The public is asked to vote for the “most insane Christmas song of 2012” via sms with proceeds going to the Icelandic Mental Health Alliance, an NGO which supports and promotes positive mental health.
In other Christmas-related news, the Icelandic government announced on Friday that the ministries would not send Christmas cards (to recipients in Iceland) this year, but would instead allocate ISK 7.5 million (USD 60,000, EUR 45,770) of the budget to ten aid organizations including the Icelandic Red Cross, the Salvation Army, Samhjálp, Fjölskylduhjálp Íslands and Icelandic Church Aid, ruv.is reports.
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Click here to learn about our custom made photo book Iceland 2012 with the best pictures of the year.
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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