Former PM Begins U.S. Ambassadorial Post
Former Prime Minister of Iceland, Geir H. Haarde, has assumed his pivotal ambassadorial post in Washington D.C., reports RÚV. Geir has taken over for Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson
PM Preparing Another Proposal To End EU Talks
Iceland’s Prime Minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, hopes to get a new proposal to end accession talks with the European Union off the ground in the early new year, rep
Týr Rescues 360 Migrants In Drifting Cargo Vessel Ezadeen
Ezadeen is the name of the vessel found drifting in the Mediterranean, last Thursday and towed to land by the Icelandic Coast Guard’s offshore patrol vessel Týr. The ship ca
Sheep Get Lost, Saved In Humorous Fashion
After wandering into dangerous terrain at the start of December and getting stuck in Ófeigsfjörður, a flock of five sheep were saved through unconventional but amusing means, re
Where There Is Sand, There Is A Beach Party
And they 'Wish You Were Here'Today I walked onto a warm island shore. To my right I watched the gentle waves slowly roll in over each other, loudly lapping up […]
No. 2015
Google “When did we start counting years from christ’s birth”, ignore all the cultural presumptions involved, click on the first item listed, the Wikipedia post for Anno Domi
Garbage In One Place Is Wealth In Another, Says New Minister Of Environment
On Friday, Sigrún Magnúsdóttir, now Minister of Enviroment and Natural Resources, officially received the keys to the ministry, as reported by RÚV. When prompted, by journalist
Leaks About Private Matters Are “Very Common” In Administration, Says PM
On Stöð 2’s New Year’s Eve talk show, Kryddsíld, Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson said that leaks from within ministries and public institutes are “very commo
Barry And His Guitar Are In Iceland
Ditch Game Of Thrones for a modern crime storyThe third production of the one-man show “Barry And His Guitar” has arrived in Reykjavík. After a successful year in London the [