Iceland has experienced strong winds and heavy snowfall in the last couple of days and conditions in the northwest are particularly hard today, with people advised to simply stay at home. Read the full story
Posted on 25 January 2012.
Iceland has experienced strong winds and heavy snowfall in the last couple of days and conditions in the northwest are particularly hard today, with people advised to simply stay at home. Read the full story
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Posted on 13 January 2012.
Icelandic musician Mugison, full name Örn Elías Guðmundsson, has been named Westfjordian of the Year 2011 by people in his native Westfjords region. In 2011 he released one of Iceland’s best ever selling albums and gave a string of free concerts. He is also widely known for being a nice guy. Read the full story
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Posted on 22 December 2011.
The chief suspects in the recent gruesome ‘murder’ by drowning of a dog in northwest Iceland have gone missing. Police are looking for them but stopped short of saying they have gone on the run. Read the full story
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Posted on 12 December 2011.
Dýrafjörður, taken from Þingeyri
Police in the Westfjords of Iceland are investigating the brutal ‘murder’ of a dog in the town of Þingeyri. Suspect(s) have been interviewed and townspeople are still in shock. Read the full story
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Posted on 05 December 2011.
Carnival, the biggest cruise ship company in the world, has decided to add Ísafjörður in northwest Iceland to its list of destinations in summer 2013. Read the full story
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Posted on 28 October 2011.
The seas off the Westfjords region of Iceland have been teeming with an unusual number of fish in recent weeks and the town of Bolungarvik has not processed greater volumes of catch in over ten years. Read the full story
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Posted on 09 August 2011.
The number of people living in all regions of Iceland has gone up since the middle of last century — with the worrying exceptions of Northwest Iceland and the Westfjords. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 August 2011.
Landsbanki bank has denied causing an emergency situation in the tiny Westfjords town of Flateyri due to its inaction. Read the full story
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Posted on 23 June 2011.
Rocks and stones rained over the town of Bolungarvik this morning in the Westfjords of Iceland. The dangerous downpour was caused by routine dynamiting in the course of building avalanche protection barriers for the town’s wintertime safety. Read the full story
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Posted on 18 April 2011.
Upcoming Icelandic music festival Aldrei for eg sudur (I never went south), taking place on 22-23 April 2011 in Iceland’s Westfjords, is to be streamed live via the Inspired by Iceland website, giving music lovers across the world a chance to tune in and be a part of one of Iceland’s most celebrated music festivals. Read the full story
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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
