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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 Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) maintains in a story posted on their website on Monday that more than 1,400 ads on Google Japan’s Shopping Site promote whale products, including fin whale meat said to originate in Iceland.
A slain fin whale in Iceland. Photo: Páll Stefánsson/Iceland Review.
“Google Japan Shopping is promoting the sale of a huge variety of products from threatened and endangered whale species. These range from endangered fin whales killed in Iceland to products taken from animals killed off Taiji … Google must immediately eliminate all such trade,” demands Clare Perry, head of EIA’s Cetaceans Campaign.
The EIA also reports that up to 10,000 ads on Google Japan’s Shopping Site promote elephant ivory products.
According to the EIA, these ads are at odds with Google’s policies, which state that neither elephant ivory nor whale products can be promoted on its websites.
EIA is now appealing to Google CEO Larry Page to ensure that all Google promotions of ads for endangered wildlife products are immediately and permanently removed.
No fin whales were killed in Iceland last year.
Click here to read about whaling in Iceland.
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Sales of Icelandic vegetables are at a record high according to managing director of The Marketing Association of Horticultural Producers (Sölufélag garðyrkjumanna) Gunnlaugur Karlsson.
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Four tourists were rescued from a piece of floating ice in Fjallsárlón glacial lagoon, East Iceland, yesterday afternoon. Fjallsárlón is just west of the popular Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon.
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Today is the Second Day of Whitsun, or Pentecost, a Christian holiday and bank holiday in Iceland. Although Whitsun is a religious holiday, many people skip mass and use the opportunity to engage in outdoor activities with their friends and families.
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Iceland finished in 17th place in the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest yesterday.
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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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