The Farice Line, the fibre optic line connecting Iceland to Europe via the Faroe Islands and Scotland, was cut again yesterday morning near Inverness, Scotland, when a digger accidentally severed it.
Morgunbladid reports that a woman who employed a Chinese man in her massage parlour in Kópavogur was recently sentenced to 45 days in prison (suspended for three years) for forging his signature on an employment contract.
According to the National Registry, at the end of 2004, the first names Jón and Gudrún remained the most common names in Iceland. There was a considerable difference in names between generations, and among the youngest generation such traditional names were much less common.
