Virðing hf. has, in partnership with other investors, completed a contract for the renovation of historic buildings in Fáskrúðsfjörður; the east Iceland village with strong ties to France. Continue Reading
Posted on 07 February 2012.
Virðing hf. has, in partnership with other investors, completed a contract for the renovation of historic buildings in Fáskrúðsfjörður; the east Iceland village with strong ties to France. Continue Reading
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Posted on 07 February 2012.
A man in his twenties is in police custody suspected of having killed a woman yesterday in Hafnarfjörður in the Reykjavík region, Icelandic police say. Continue Reading
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Posted on 07 February 2012.
A video was recorded this weekend of what may or may not be the legendary Lagarfljóts Worm — Iceland’s answer to the Loch Ness Monster. Continue Reading
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Posted on 06 February 2012.
Valdimar Össurarson runs a company called Valorka, which has designed a marine electric turbine by the same name. The generator won first prize at the International Inventors’ Awards 2011. The company hopes its turbine will create a steady and reliable supply of electricity. Continue Reading
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Posted on 06 February 2012.
Icelandic tax payers are set to bear the heavy burden of recapitalising the government employees’ pension fund (LSR). Billions of extra krónur are needed by the fund over the coming decades so it can stand up to its responsibilities. Continue Reading
Posted on 05 February 2012.
Offers on the British supermarket chain Iceland Foods are close to the value which the resolution committee of failed Icelandic bank Old Landsbanki had hoped for. The likely Republican presidential candidate in the USA is connected to one of the bidding investment funds. Continue Reading
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Posted on 05 February 2012.
The Icelandic phone book company has released stickers people can use to remove Egill Einarsson from the cover of the current book after the celebrity was accused of two rapes. Continue Reading
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Posted on 04 February 2012.
Former Icelandic government minister Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson (1987-95) says that the battle for Iceland’s natural resources is not against the European Union and that is a purely domestic fight, he told a conference. Continue Reading
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Posted on 03 February 2012.
Foreign visitors to Iceland have never numbered higher in the month of January than this year. Continue Reading
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Posted on 03 February 2012.
Iceland’s brand new coastguard patrol ship, Þór – the biggest in the country and the service’s new flagship; has developed a persistent vibration in one of its engines and will likely need to go overseas for repair. Continue Reading
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Iceland historic French village restoration finance secured
Murder in Hafnarfjörður
Workplace drug tests increase tenfold
Mythical Icelandic monster captured on film?
Explore Vatnajökull and Jökulsárlón in Iceland with Glacier Lagoon tour
Ocean turbine designer: “Iceland could up its energy production twentyfold”
Witnesses calling media before police
Icelandic public must bail out indebted public sector pension fund
‘Skara Cannibal’ and ‘Vampire Woman’ plan to wed
Iceland Foods bids in, US Republican candidate connected to one
