The probability of the military naval base at Keflavík closing greatly increased yesterday when the US State Department requested not to be involved in the defense discussions with the Icelanders reports television station Stöd 2.
The Intercultural Centre in Reykjavík announced yesterday that it will offer Icelandic lessons to immigrants. It has recruited Ingibjörg Hafstad, a veteran in teaching Icelandic, to direct this new initiative.
Icelandair’s Special Children Travel Fund, Vildarbörn, granted fifteen children and their families a travel grant last Sunday.
Statistics Iceland reports that from 1996 – 2004, 411 children were adopted in Iceland – most of the recent adoptions from abroad were from China.
