The Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages in Iceland will from now on be a part of UNESCO and will be called the United Nations Cultural Institute. Read the full story
Posted on 22 November 2011.
The Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages in Iceland will from now on be a part of UNESCO and will be called the United Nations Cultural Institute. Read the full story
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Posted on 22 November 2011.
Finnish boys are pulling in better grades in English than Finnish girls because they spend more time playing computer games, according to a new report. Read the full story
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Posted on 06 August 2011.
Every summer hundreds of foreign students visit Iceland in order to learn the Icelandic language. This year, over a hundred of them are studying in the remote and wild Westfjords region. Read the full story
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Posted on 25 April 2011.
Since its release a year ago, Sermersooq.dk has received over 10,000 visitors. The website provides Danish – Greenlandic, Greenlandic – Danish language courses for beginners. Now it will be available for free to everyone. Read the full story
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Posted on 10 February 2011.
An interpreter who risks his life alongside Danish soldiers in Afghanistan has been refused a residency permit despite coming to the country almost a decade ago. Read the full story
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Posted on 16 November 2010.
Today is the Day of the Icelandic Language – deliberately timed to coincide with the birthday of the famous poet, author and naturalist Jonas Hallgrimsson (1807-1845). Read the full story
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Posted on 08 September 2010.
A new website allowing distance-learning of the Icelandic language has been officially opened by the Vigdis Finnbogadottir Institute of Foreign Languages. Read the full story
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Posted on 17 August 2010.
A mucky-minded motorist has been refused the number plate of his dreams after being told FCKU2MF is too offensive. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 July 2010.
A man from Grindavik in southwest Iceland has received official permission to use Grindvik as his middle name. His new name is therefore Matthias Grindvik Gudmundsson. Read the full story
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Posted on 21 March 2010.
The Swedish football club Brommapojkarna (BP) has introduced a contentious language policy that demands all players at the club converse only in Swedish, or find they are ineligible for team selection. Read the full story
No Motörhead wine for Icelanders, branding too negative
Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival begins today
Multiple shooting in Greenland hamlet
IMF refutes claim it tried to shut Icelandic national theatre and museum
Iceland central bank holds rates, predicts ongoing economic growth
Continued Malmö violence embarrasses police
Currency exchange privacy case thrown out of Icelandic court
Sauli Niinistö wins Finland presidential race
Iceland historic French village restoration finance secured
Murder in Hafnarfjörður
