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Icelandreview.com is ranked number 23 on the list of the 100 most popular websites in Iceland in 2012, published in Fréttablaðið today.
Icelandreview.com ranked first among foreign-language websites with an average of 15,741 daily visitors, above tourism information website visiticeland.com, which ranked 29th, and the website of Reykjavík Grapevine, grapevine.is, at number 30 and the website of the Reykjavík tourism office, visitreykjavik.is, which is in 45th position.
Mbl.is, the online news site of daily Morgunblaðið, is in first position and motocross website motocross.is, comes last at number 100.
The top ten websites in Iceland are as follows:
1. mbl.is (news)
2. visir.is (news)
3. dv.is (news)
4. ja.is (telephone directory)
5. pressan.is (news)
6. ruv.is (news and streaming from RÚV, the Icelandic National Broadcast Service)
7. vedur.is (weather)
8. bland.is (online marketplace)
9. fotbolti.net (football news)
10. blog.is (blog portal)
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A petition urging the government to reconsider a proposed bill, in which the terms of the law requiring fishing companies to pay a tariff for their use of Iceland’s fishing resources are to be changed, has been signed by more than 11,000 people.
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Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson is meeting with Prime Minister of Sweden Frederik Reinfeldt today, 
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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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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