Day: January 3, 2006

January 1 saw a price increase for Reykjavík buses. The single fare for adults is now ISK 250 (USD 4), an increase of ISK 30 (USD 0.50) or 13.6%.

Come midnight on New Year’s Eve, you could hardly see the fireworks for the smoke in many parts of Reykjavík. The environmental health department has confirmed that pollution levels were well over the average.

The Parliamentary Commissioner has decreed that the Icelandic government was not legally permitted to prevent Falun Gong members from entering Iceland in June 2002, when the Chinese president was visiting Iceland