Day: February 2, 2006

Thorsteinn Pálsson, former prime minister and former chairman of the Independence Party, will become one of two editors of the Baugur-owned Fréttabladid. On the same day Thorsteinn was hired, deputy editor Gudmundur Magnússon was fired.

Yoko Ono, widow of John Lennon, will arrive in Reykjavík on the 25th of February for Reykjavík’s winter festival to discuss a peace column, an art work that she is presenting to Reykjavík.

Icelanders have never been heavier than they are today, reports the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service.