In a keynote speech at the annual convention of the Icelandic Chamber of Commerce yesterday, prime minister Halldór Ásgrímsson, chairman of the Progressive Party, predicted that Iceland would be a full member of the European Union by 2015.
According to Morgunbladid, a new report by the “Future Commission” of the Icelandic Chamber of Commerce calls for better instruction in English within the Icelandic educational system.
The geology in the area of the proposed Vestmann Island (Vestmannaeyjar) tunnel is the most difficult seen in Iceland to date said engineer Björn Hardarson yesterday in an interview with Icelandic Broadcasting System, RÚV. According to the results of independent scientists a tunnel would cost between ISK 70 and 100 billion.
