My grammar teacher asked the class: “Who can form the longest word, where the letter a and a consonant alternate?”
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Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson is meeting with Prime Minister of Sweden Frederik Reinfeldt today, 
The Icelandic national team in women’s handball played their last game at the European Championship in Serbia on Friday. They lost 30-21 against Russia in the final round of qualifying group D, leaving the competition after three games, not earning a single point.
The game kicked off with a powerful start by Russia, scoring the first four goals. The score at half time was 15-8 for Russia. They maintained the lead throughout the second half, ending the game with a nine-point lead, ruv.is reports.
Rut Jónsdóttir scored the most goals for Iceland, four. Goalkeeper Guðný Jenný Ásmundsdóttir deflected 13 shots.
Russia qualified along with Romania and Montenegro—Montenegro finished at the top of qualifying group D.
Standing European, World and Olympic Champion Norway, led by Icelandic coach Þórir Hergeirsson, is currently in the best position at the European Championship, winning France 30-19 in the first round of the intermediate heat yesterday.
Click here to read more about Iceland’s performance at the Championship.
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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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