With 47% of the vote, Dagur B. Eggertsson won the Social Democrat’s top seat in the primaries for Reykjavík city council reports news station NFS. Dagur was followed by the current mayor, Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir, and the representatives Stefán Jón Hafstein and Björk Vilhelmsdóttir.
Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union, will celebrate the 20th year anniversary of the Reagan – Gorbachev Summit Meeting in Reykjavík this coming fall.
Geir H. Haarde, minister of foreign affairs and the leader of the Independence Party, believes, similar to prime minister Halldór Ásgrímsson, that the Icelandic economy can accommodate three new heavy industry projects, a new aluminum smelter in Helguvík, an enlarged aluminum smelter in Straumsvík and a new aluminum smelter in northern Iceland.
The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service reports that up until December 1st, 2004, 183 Icelanders had been infected with AIDS. Of the 183 infected, there were 141 males and 42 females. Most of those infected were between the ages of 25 – 29.
According to an announcement at a news conference last Friday, the board of FL – Group has decided to seek a listing for its subsidiary Icelandair Group on the Icelandic Stock Exchange.
The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, RÚV, reports that the Military Police at Keflavík Airport arrested a few US soldiers, on Saturday, when their military aircraft stopped in transit at Keflavík Airport.
