Alþingi’s Environment and Communications Committee voted in a new chairman this morning amid upset over the return of the Klaustur scandal MPs to parliament, RÚV reports. The former chairman was one of the MP’s recorded making misogynistic comments last November. The recordings were reported to The Icelandic Data Protection Authority, which is currently investigating the […]
You’ve heard about the world wars, the Six-Day War, the Hundred Years’ War, and the not-really-a-war Cold War, but you’d have to be an expert either in Icelandic history or international fishing regulations to be familiar with the Anglo-Icelandic Cod Wars.
Iceland’s Ásatrú Fellowship is currently constructing its first and only Norse temple in Öskjuhlíð, but construction costs have already exceeded the budget set for the project, Fréttablaðið reports. The religious organisation is now considering crowdfunding part of the money needed to finish the job. The Ásatrú Fellowship is Iceland’s official Norse religion organisation. Despite being […]
Der Deutsche Sven Jacobi hat den Hellisfjörður in Ostisland gekauft, berichtet Austurfrétt. Jacobi gilt als Marketingspezialist in Deutschland. Der abgelegene Fjord war im vergangenen Sommer zum Kauf angeboten worden, er hatte zuvor einer Gesellschaft im Besitz des Hollywood-Produzenten Sigurjón Sighvatsson gehört. Der Aufkauf des Fjords durch Sigurjón im Jahr 2000 hatte zu seiner Zeit für […]
Már Guðmundsson, governor of the Central Bank of Iceland, warns against excessive pay raises in a new video, saying they would inevitably lead to increased interest rates and unemployment in the country. His words are expected to ruffle some feathers amongst union leaders who are now working to do exactly that. This morning, the bank […]
Numbers of langoustine around Iceland have plummeted, RÚV reports. Iceland’s Marine and Freshwater Research Institute suggests an 80% reduction in harvesting between years. If MFRI’s suggestions will be heeded, the langoustine quota will be reduced to 235 tons this year. Furthermore, langoustine fishing will get banned in Lónsdjúp and Jökuldjúpi to protect young langoustine. The […]
