Landsvirkjun, the national power company, and PCC BakkiSilicon hf., a subsidiary of the German PCC SE, have reached an agreement on the sale of electricity to a silicon metal factory the company plans to operate at Bakki by Húsavík in northeast Iceland.
Icelandic and Canadian archeologists are currently working on an excavation at Svalbarð by Þistilfjörður in northeast Iceland. This summer they plan to dig out a rubbish heap at Hjálmarsvík in Svalbarðstunga, which dates at least as far back as the Icelandic Commonwealth.
The rare phenomenon marimo (a.k.a. lake ball or moss ball), known as kúluskítur (literally: “poop ball”) in Icelandic is about to disappear from Lake Mývatn in northeast Iceland, according to research by Japanese plant physiologist Isamu Wakana.
Up to 40 foreign journalists and five foreign television channels have entered the volcanic crater Þríhnúkagígur in southwest Iceland in recent weeks. Managing director of Inside the Volcano Björn Ólafsson calls the crater a “diamond in the rough”.
The cultural life of Iceland’s capital will be presented in English, Polish, Spanish, Thai and Lithuanian in the city center on July 5. Information on the location of, for example, libraries and museums, theaters, statues and other places of interest will be introduced.
The Stonehaven Chorus, from Aberdeenshire in Scotland, will visit Iceland in the first week of July and give three concerts in Háteigskirkja, Reykjavík, on July 3, then move on to west Iceland and perform in the church in Stykkishólmur, July 4, and in Reykholt, July 5.
This is a question posed by German journalist and photographer Tina Bauer in her upcoming photo book Iceland – lovely home for German women, featuring German women who fulfilled their dream of making Iceland their home.
Hollywood actor Tom Cruise’s son Connor is currently in Iceland where his dad is shooting scenes for his new film Oblivion. Connor Cruise is active in tweeting about his adventures, including grilling hotdogs in a volcanic crater on Tuesday.
Vinnslustöðin, a fisheries company in the Westman Islands off south Iceland, announced yesterday its plans to lay off 41 employees and put its vessel Gandí VE up for sale for rationalization purposes.
The Human Rights Council of the United Nations met on Wednesday to discuss the report of an investigative committee on alleged human rights violations in Syria, including the mass murders in El-Houleh. Iceland participated in a declaration made by a number of states where condemnation over events in Syria was declared.
