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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 men do not dare go west,” BÍ/Bolungarvík first division football team coach Jörundur Áki Sveinsson said in an interview with Ísafjörður local newspaper Bæjarins Besta.
Seyðisfjörður in the West Fjords, roughly 55 kilometers from Bolungarvík, a breeding ground for the next generation of football players? Photo: Páll Stefánsson/Iceland Review.
“We have a small pool of players and need to strengthen the team but we expect to do this with foreign players. It is difficult to get Icelandic players to play here in Ísafjörður, they think we are too far from Reykjavík.”
Two foreign players are now testing their skills with the team and more players are arriving next week. Jörundur said it is sad that the only way to strengthen the squad is to get players from abroad but some Icelandic players have asked for astronomical fees to relocate to the region.
The team, BÍ/Bolungarvík, managed to cling to its spot in the first division last season after almost dropping out.
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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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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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