The National Youth Organization of the Independence Party presented Alfreð Þorsteinsson, chairman of Reykjavík Energy, with the board game “Monopoly” Friday.
According to interim statements published by the Central Bank of Iceland, Seðlabanki, on Friday, Iceland’s current account deficit in the first quarter of 2005 amounted to ISK 31 billion, up from ISK 13 billion last year.
The Icelandic Marine Research Institute, Hafrannsóknastofnun Íslands, will today publish its recommendations for next years catch of the various fish stock harvested in the waters around Iceland.
A crack opened below the waterline of a Polish sailboat after it collided with a whale when sailing close to the Vestmanneyjar islands south of Iceland late last week.
