The refugees who have been resettled in Akureyri, North Iceland are, by and large, adjusting very well to their new……
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Once upon a time, there was a brave Viking chief called Ingólfur Arnarson. He took to the open ocean along with his family and farmhands to seek out a land far across the sea that only a handful of explorers had visited. When Ingólfur saw this new, uninhabited land rise from the sea, knowing nothing of its opportunities or the challenges it presented, he asked the gods for direction on where to settle. Ingólfur threw his high-seat pillars overboard, swearing an oath to build his farm wherever they came ashore. The gods directed the pillars to Reykjavík, where Ingólfur made his home in the year 874.
Twenty-five quota refugees are expected to arrive in the capital area in the next month and preparations for their arrival……
An official review of refugee reception in the town of Mosfellsbær, just outside of Reykjavík, has revealed that the resettlement……
Fifty Syrian refugees will be resettled in the Northwest Iceland towns of Blönduós and Hvammstangi, RÚV reports. Blönduós mayor Valdimar……