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Click on the picture to watch an audio slideshow of the lambing season at Brimnes, a farm in the north of Iceland, in April 2008. Sheep farmer Arnar Gústafsson and his girlfriend Edda Björk take shifts watching over the nearly 300 ewes and helping them give birth 24/7 for about two months or until the last lamb is born. In Iceland, the arrival of lambs is synonymous with the arrival of summer. The lambing season is currently at its height.
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Located just 40 minutes by car and six minutes from Keflavík International Airport, Sandgerdi (“Sandy Hedge”) is a growing town of 1,700 with a storied history and loads to see. Read this special promotion about the hidden secrets of one of Iceland's most charming seaside villages.
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Former Prime Minister of Iceland Geir H. Haarde held a press conference yesterday on the occasion of today’s filing of a case before the High Court (Landsdómur) based on the Icelandic parliament’s charges against him for misconduct in office.
Former Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde and former Foreign Minister Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir. Copyright: Icelandic Photo Agency.
“I reject all items of the charge. They are absurd, especially considering that the decisions made by my government in the lead-up to the banking collapse proved to be right,” Haarde said at the press conference, according to visir.is.
“The charge is also written in such a way that it is necessary to verify whether it is in accordance with the rules of the court,” the former PM added.
He said that he will demand the dismissal of the case as soon as possible, calling it a political attack. “The filing of the case […] means that the first political trial in Iceland’s history is about to start.”
Haarde claimed that with the trial, those currently in authority are using the opportunity to take a shot at a former political opponent.
The former PM stated that the case is built up in such a way that he is up against superior strength; therefore a charity was founded to raise funds to cover his legal costs.
More than 1,000 people have registered their names to a website supporting Haarde’s cause, among them Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, former leader of the Social Democrats and foreign minister in Haarde’s government.
Click here to read more about the case against Haarde.
The first archeological research in Iceland this year will begin at Hafnir in Reykjanes, southwest Iceland, on Monday. Archeologists will continue their study of a hut which may originate from 770-880 AD and predate the historical settlement of Iceland in 847.
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A small glacial burst occurred in the volcano Katla, which lies underneath the Mýrdalsjökull icecap in south Iceland, on April 28 and lasted a few days. The activity was registered by seismic monitors and increased conduction was measured in the river Múlakvísl until May 7.
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Kexland (“Biscuit Land”) is a new events organizer and tour operator based at the hip KEX Hostel in Reykjavík, where its plans were presented on Wednesday. These include a guided tour and exercise at the capital’s swimming pools with comedian Dóri DNA.
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American disco queen Donna Summer, who died of cancer at age 63 on Thursday, worked closely with Icelandic musician Þórir Baldursson in Germany from 1973 to 1976. He remembers her with warmth, describing her as a wonderful person.
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The current issue of the quarterly magazine Iceland Review includes interviews with fashion photographer Saga Sig and conceptual artist Rúrí. Also, we take you to Grímsstaðir á Fjöllum, that desolate land coveted by a Chinese tycoon, and also explore Icelandic archeological remains. We discuss the Icelandic Church, the flourishing gaming industry, debate the future of Iceland’s energy resources and interview the president of the Icelandic National League of North America. Subscribe now and receive a free photo book by IR’s editor Páll Stefánsson of the Eyjafjallajökull eruptions. Click here to subscribe to the magazine and here to buy a gift subscription.
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The Reykjavík Shorts&Docs was held in Reykjavík from May 6 to 9 in Bíó Paradís, and what an enriching experience it was to attend the festival.
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Shedding light on Iceland’s thousand-year history, as manifested in remains ranging from Viking graves to enchanted sites, Mannvist is a fundamental piece of writing. Ásta Andrésdóttir met with its author, archaeologist Birna Lárusdóttir.
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“The House Project” currently on display in Hafnarborg, the Hafnarfjörður Centre of Culture and Fine Art, is a new artwork by Hreinn Friðfinnsson consisting of a photography series of the three houses. His work is described as “a poetic and philosophical exploration of every day human experience.”
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