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Iceland Publishers' Association 2023 book fair

Culture

Record Sales at Icelandic Publishers’ Book Fair

A total of 97,829 books were sold at the Icelandic Publishers’ Association book fair in Reykjavík, which ended yesterday, RÚV reports. That is over one

Jelena Ćirić March 13, 2023

Culture

Icelandic Lamb Receives Protected Designation of Origin Within EU

The European Commission approved the first ever Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) from Iceland today for Icelandic lamb (ice. Íslenskt lambakjöt). The product name is

Jelena Ćirić March 13, 2023

Katrín Jakobsdóttir Bjarni Benediktsson Sigurður Ingi Ráðherra

Politics

Iceland’s Prime Minister Travelling to Ukraine

Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir and Foreign Minister Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir are on their way to Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital city, to meet with Ukrainian

Jelena Ćirić March 13, 2023

Politics

Speaker’s Committee Must Publish Contested Report

A report related to the sale of public assets that has been shrouded in secrecy will now likely be made public, thanks to a two-year-old

Jelena Ćirić March 13, 2023

Society

Man Fires Shot in Downtown Reykjavík Bar

No one was seriously injured when a shot was fired in a downtown Reykjavík bar yesterday evening. The Reykjavík Capital Area Police Department is still

Jelena Ćirić March 13, 2023

Culture

Iceland’s Last Dedicated Video-Rental Store Closes

At the end of the month, Iceland’s last dedicated video-rental store*, Aðalvideoleigan in downtown Reykjavík, will close. The owner of the store hopes to sell

Ragnar Tómas March 10, 2023

Travel

137,000 Foreign Passengers Departed Iceland in February

Approximately 137,000 foreign passengers departed from Iceland via Keflavík Airport in February. This is nearly as many foreign passengers who left the country in 2018

Ragnar Tómas March 10, 2023

Politics

Organised Crime, Sexual Offences Priority in New Action Plan

Extensive changes will be made to the handling of sexual offences and organised crime in Iceland, according to a new action plan introduced by the

Ragnar Tómas March 10, 2023

Travel

Chinese Tourists to Return After Resumption of Group Tours

The Chinese government has decided to allow the sale of cross-border group tours to an additional 40 countries, including Iceland, beginning on March 15. The

Ragnar Tómas March 10, 2023

Culture

Icelandic Opera’s “Madama Butterfly” Reinforces Racist Stereotypes, Critics Say

The Icelandic Opera’s ongoing production of Madama Butterfly is reinforcing harmful stereotypes of Asian people, local critics say. The opera, composed by Puccini in 1904,

Jelena Ćirić March 9, 2023

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Record Sales at Icelandic Publishers’ Book Fair

Icelandic Lamb Receives Protected Designation of Origin Within EU

Iceland’s Prime Minister Travelling to Ukraine

Speaker’s Committee Must Publish Contested Report

Man Fires Shot in Downtown Reykjavík Bar

Iceland’s Last Dedicated Video-Rental Store Closes

137,000 Foreign Passengers Departed Iceland in February

Organised Crime, Sexual Offences Priority in New Action Plan

Icelandic Opera’s “Madama Butterfly” Reinforces Racist Stereotypes, Critics Say

Fréttablaðið, Iceland’s First Freely Distributed Newspaper, Shuttered

Record Number of Overnight Stays in Iceland in February

Partial Easing of Evacuation Orders in East Fjords Announced

National Football Team Parts Ways with Head Coach Arnar Þór

Evacuations in Three Additional East Fjords Towns

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