David Oddsson, Iceland’s foreign minister, and Jóhannes Eidesgaard, a lawyer for the Faroe Islands, signed an agreement yesterday to establish a single economic area for Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
“Is the man a fool?” asked Australia’s environment minister Ian Campbell in response to a letter written by Icelandic fisheries minister Arni Mathiesen that compared hunting whales to killing kangaroos and feral camels.
Starting next spring Iceland Express will fly to six new destinations in Europe. Ticket price fall to Nordic countries predicted.
Icelandic shipping company Eimskip signed an agreement yesterday to buy one of Europe’s largest frozen storage companies, Daalimpex in Holland.
35 new local acts will be in the line-up of Iceland Airwaves 2005, a talent festival for Icelandic music artists.
