Yesterday, the President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, presented Icelandair with the award “Best Marketing Company of the Year” at the annual Icelandic Marketing Awards ceremony organised by IMARK. Read the full story

The President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, today kick started a new tourism campaign by making a speech in which he openly invited tourists into his own home Read the full story

Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, the President of Iceland, stated in an interview with Wall Street Journal, that Gordon Brown, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, should apologise to Icelanders for actions he took in October 2008. Read the full story

The President of Iceland’s wife, Dorrit Moussaieff, recently commended two Icelandair pilots for their efforts after a flight was grounded due to bad weather conditions. Read the full story

The Kotlumot male choir concert event, held every 5 years, celebrated its seventh edition in the small town of Fludir in the south of Iceland over the weekend. Read the full story

The Eyjafjallajokull and Aviation conference, organised by the Keilir Aviation Academy in cooperation with ICAO, IATA and others, will take place between September 15th and 16th 2010. Aviation leaders, experts and policy-makers from all over the world will gather at Keflavik Airport in Iceland to discuss what lessons have been learnt from the Eyjafjallajokull eruption.

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The President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson will be presenting film director Jim Jarmusch with the 2010 RIFF Honorary Creative Award during this year’s Reykjavik International Film Festival, to be held between September 23rd and October 3rd.

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Around ten protesters enjoyed coffee with Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson and First Lady Dorrit Moussaieff at their official Bessastadir residence last week.

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Subsequent to IceNews reports on the Icelandic president’s planned arrival in Bangladesh on Tuesday (26th August), the visit has since been cancelled and then rescheduled in unexplained circumstances.

The president, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, is now expected to arrive in Dhaka on Friday for a four-day official visit, MonstersAndCritics.com reports.

Grimsson will chair an international symposium on climate change at Dhaka University and meet with Bangladesh’s President Iajuddin and other senior members of the caretaker government.

Iceland’s president is also expected to hold a meeting with Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank, which pioneered micro-credits for poor farmers and cottage industries.

According to xinhuanet.com and peopledaily.com.cn, Olafur Ragnar president of Iceland did not find it difficult to decide if he wanted to attend the Olympic Games in China or not.

“Sports are an important way for countries to enhance understanding and increase exchanges” said Olafur and added “countries will strengthen communication by participating in the Games, which will also give them an opportunity to have a better understanding of the host country”.

Mr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson also pointed out that the best way for countries to enhance mutual understanding is to actively conduct international negotiations, adding that hostility and criticism serve no purpose.
President of China Hu Jintao formally invited Grimsson to attend the event during Grimsson’s visit to China in 2006 and China’s president emphasized his invitation when the two leaders met again last year.

This will be the president’s first formal visit after being sworn for his fourth term as president of Iceland. The Olympics will start on the 08.08.08 next week.