Day: February 7, 2005

Yesterday 250 Chinese workers at the Kárahnjúkar dam project celebrated the end of the year of the monkey, and the beginning of the year of the rooster.

While many news sources, including the Associated Press, have suggested that Iceland will offer Bobby Fischer citizenship, Parliament yesterday asked for more information about the effects of such an action.

The most respected business magazine in Iceland, Frjals Verslun (also published by IR-publisher Heimur, HF) has released a survey stating that former mayor of Reykjavík Ingibjörg Sólon Gísladóttir has a great deal more support for the position of Chairperson of the Alliance party than active chair Össur Skarpheidsson.