Bildungsministerin Katrín Jakobsdóttir hat Kürzungen in Höhe von insgesamt sieben Prozent gefordert. Betroffen sind weiterführende Schulen (5,5 Prozent) und Universitäten (8,5 Prozent).
Die isländische Band Baggalútur hat vergangene Woche das Album Sólskinid í Dakota (“Der Sonnenschein in Dakota”) herausgebracht. Darauf sind Lieder zu hören, die die Band nach Gedichten von zwei der berühmtesen westisländischen Lyrikern komponierte: Káinn and Stephan G. Stephansson.
Der isländische Stürmer Eidur Smári Gudjohnsen unterzeichnete vorgestern einen Zweijahresvertrag mit dem Fussballclub AS Monaco. Damit ist er der erste Isländer in der Vereinsgeschichte, der für die Mannschaft antritt. Der FC Barcelona, für den Gudjohnsen zwei Jahre lang spielte, wird etwa zwei Millionen Euro für den Stürmer erhalten.
The condition of the puffin stock in the Westman Islands, south of Iceland, is even worse than last year as it seems that very few chicks have hatched and survived the summer.
Danish actress Iben Hjejle will chair the jury in the competition for the Golden Puffin, the grand prize of the Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF), held September 17-27, as announced today.
The Reykjavík Forestation Association’s annual mushroom picking tour will take place in the outdoor recreational area Heidmörk on Saturday between 11 am and 1 pm. Everyone is welcome to participate and learn to identify and pick edible mushrooms in the forest.
Clothing designed by Icelandic fashion label E-label will be sold in Topshop on Oxford Circus in London as of October 25. E-label’s designs have received positive coverage in the foreign media lately, including Elle, Grazia and the London Paper.
The Economic Crime Department at the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police is currently investigating donations from publicly owned companies to political parties before the 2007 parliamentary elections. Four parties have possibly been in breach of law.
All 14 employees at Altjódahús, the Intercultural Center in Reykjavík, have been laid off. Their term of notice expires on January 1, 2010. The reason for the layoffs is a delay of Reykjavík City’s service agreement with Althjódahús for next year.
