“There is life with HIV”
There are 158 HIV positive men and women and 23 persons diagnosed with AIDS living in Iceland right now. Thirty-seven people in Iceland have died of the virus. HIV and […]
Radio To The Other Side: In search of the Real McCoy
“What stays inside you all your life, but leaves only when you’re dead?” ‘What is this? A riddle?’ I ask the elderly gentleman sitting before me whose empty glass urgentl
Davíð Oddsson To Be Morgunblaðið’s New Editor?
Morgunblaðið has not yet hired a new editor since the previous one, Ólafur Þ. Stephensen, left the position last Friday, but one name has emerged as a possible candidate: Daví
Pachauri “Misinformed” About Iceland
Árni Finnsson, chairman of the Nature Conservation Society of Iceland, believes Nobel Prize winner Rajendra K. Pachauri – who recently visited and praised Iceland for being
NATO Bomb Squad to Iceland
The Ministry of Justice, the Icelandic Coast Guard, the Office of Defense and NATO will be jointly conducting bomb squad exercises in Iceland as a part of the Northern Challenge. [
Dutch Optimistic About Icesave Agreement
Dutch authorities are confident that ongoing negotiations between themselves and British and Icelandic authorities will reach a positive conclusion. According to Morgunblaðið, a
Chinese Authorities Meet in Húsavík
Two representatives from the Chinese embassy are meeting with municipal authorities in Húsavík, expressing an interest in investing in energy production in the area. According to
Foreign Minister to Address UN
Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson will address the 64th convening of the United Nations, which opens this Wednesday. Apart from giving the main address, Skarphéðinsson wil
The Blue Fox (Skuggabaldur)
In his 2003 novel, writer/poet Sjón takes the reader on to a journey to provincial Iceland of the 19th century and the life of two men, Pastor Baldur and the […]
Skin and bones
These past few years Scandinavians have been busy re-examining their history on screen. The Finns have given us the masterpiece Border 1918, which looks at the very founding of the
Conservatives Have Most Support Again
The Independence Party – the political party that had been in power for nearly two decades before last fall’s financial crisis saw them driven from power – are on
Icesave Saga Continues
Icesave negotiations between Icelandic, British and Dutch authorities, as it now seems likely that the new deal will return to parliament for more work. Finance Minister Steingrím
Civic Movement Splits, Becomes “The Movement”
Newly-founded political party the Civic Movement, after losing one MP in the midst of controversy, has lost the remaining three, who have formed a new party calling itself The Move
A Traveler’s Guide to Icelandic Folk Tales
While traveling around Iceland, tourists will often hear stories of Icelandic folk legends. In A Traveler’s Guide To Iceland, Jón R. Hjálmarsson attempts to provide some insigh
Passion For The Bean
Kaffismiðja Íslands is Reykjavík’s Mecca for coffee enthusiasts. September 16–19, they will be bringing home the cream of the international crop as they co-host the Nordic B
Your Post-Collapse Guide to the Movies
It is a sad fact of life that outside the glorious ten days of the Reykjavík International Film Festival, almost everything being served in the cinemas here is standard Hollywood
AMFJ
Art, shouting, runaway glitchy madness There’s a point where art-music becomes almost transcendentally self-indulgent and that is the point at which it also becomes magnifi
Rounding Up the Musical Herds
After one of the most creatively prolific summers Reykjavík has seen in ages, we are now approaching fall festival madness. There’s a brand spanking new concert series on the me
Egill S
The lighter side of Egill While bereft of the homemade, tinker-happy style that so distinguished his earlier work, Egill’s new album is nonetheless an excelle