British cellist Zoë Martlew is holding a free concert at Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarhús, at 8 pm tonight.
Die 13-köpfige Kommission, die vom Bezirksrat des Fljótsdalshérað in Ostisland beauftragt wurde, die Existenz des Seeungeheuer Lagafljótsormurinn zu verifizieren.
The Icelandic government agreed at a meeting at 1 pm to submit a legislative bill to parliament to stop the strike by Icelandair pilots following the collapse of negotiations between Icelandair and the Union of Icelandic Pilots at midday.
Negotiations between pilots and Icelandair on a new collective bargaining agreement were broken off at around midday today. A new meeting has not yet been scheduled ahead of a planned strike on Friday from 6 am to 6 pm.
Die isländische Fluglinie Icelandair rechnet damit, dass der Streik der Airlinepiloten das Unternehmen 1,5 bis 1,7 Mrd. ISK (9,6-11 Mio. EUR) kosten könnte.
Die Gruppe der Befürworter einer EU-Mitgliedschaft Islands ist seit vergangenem April um vier Prozent auf nun 37,3 Prozent gewachsen.
Icelandic musician Ásgeir Trausti has sold out his show at Metro Theatre in Sydney on July 23, themusic.com.au reports. Ásgeir also plays Melbourne the night before and the Splendour in the Grass festival in Byron Bay on July 25.
Icelandic film director Baltasar Kormákur is in discussions to direct Reykjavík, a historical drama chronicling the 1986 Reykjavík Summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, held in Höfði in Reykjavík.
The truth commission set up to evaluate whether the infamous lake monster Lagarfljótsormurinn is the phenomenon filmed by a farmer in East Iceland has requested more time to complete the task.
