Die isländische Freiwilligenorgaisation SEEDS feiert gegenwärtig in Reykjavík das Festival “Grüne Tage”. Auf dem Programm steht heute die Fahrrad-Veranstaltung “Kritsche Masse”.
In Húsavík, Nordisland, wurden im Juni und Juli genauso viele Kinder geboren wie in den ersten fünf Monaten des Jahres. Auch in Reykjavík erreichen die Geburtenzahlen neun Monate nach Ausbruch der Krise Rekordhöhen. Dennoch ist die Bevölkerungszahl Islands das erste Mal seit 120 Jahren leicht rückläufig.
Twice the amount of cod and cod products was exported from Iceland to the United States in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2008, according to Statistics Iceland.
After a 5-0 victory over Serbia in the 2011 World Championship qualifying round in Reykjavík on Saturday, the Icelandic women’s football team is ready for the first game in the European Championship in Finland, against France on Monday.
Former Kaupthing CEO Hreidar Már Sigurdsson said in an interview on RÚV’s news magazine Kastljós last night that it is not his place to apologize to the Icelandic nation. He stated that it would not be financially burdened because of Kaupthing’s bankruptcy.
Icelandic volunteer organization SEEDS is currently celebrating a Green Days festival in Reykjavík, which kicked off on Tuesday. The program includes a film screening and the Critical Mass bicycling event, which will take place tomorrow.
Már Gudmundsson formally began working as the new director of the Central Bank of Iceland this morning, replacing Norwegian Svein Harald Oeygard, who was hired to the position temporarily after his three predecessors were made step down in February.
This week, Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir announced that 42 of the 46 projects, which the government had intended to finish during its first 100 days in power, had been completed. The six large projects that remain unfinished are being worked on.
Ein etwa 30-jähriger Mann, der verdächtigt wird, am Montag einen Gleichaltrigen in einem Haus im Stadtteil Hraun in Hafnafjördur ermordet zu haben, ist in Untersuchungshaft genommen worden. Der Verdächtige ist ein polizeibekannter Gewalttäter.
