Posted on 02 September 2010. Tags: employment, government, Iceland, netherlands, Politics, war
An Icelandic cabinet meeting at the official presidential mansion of Bessastadir has ended and the reshuffle of the government is now official. One departing minister made his last official act to approve a Dutch application to bring old Russian fighter jets to Iceland for international war games.
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Posted in Business, General, Holland, Iceland, MBL, Politics, Technology, Travel
Posted on 02 September 2010. Tags: comedy, culture, Iceland, rúv, spaugstofan, stöð 2, television
Spaugstofan, Iceland's most famous weekly comedy sketch show, will not be consigned to history as had previously been reported. Despite being dropped from RUV for monetary reasons, the show's creators this week signed a deal to move over to rival station, Stod 2.
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Posted in Culture, General, Iceland, Leisure, MBL
Posted on 02 September 2010. Tags: 787, aviation, Boeing, dreamliner, Iceland, Icelandair, keflavik, keflavik international airport, testing
The new Dreamliner, also known as the Boeing 787, is currently stationed at Iceland's Keflavik International Airport for testing in side winds. This is only the second time the brand new aircraft has left the USA.
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Posted in Business, Environment, General, Iceland, International, MBL, Technology, United Kingdom, United States
Posted on 01 September 2010. Tags: Aurora Borealis, Iceland City Break, Icelandair, Northern Lights, Northern Lights Iceland, travel to Iceland, Winter Travel
A recent increase in solar activity has lead to the
Northern Lights gracing the skies as far south as Denmark and Germany. If this is any indication of the upcoming Northern Light season, Iceland is going to be the place to be this coming winter.
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Posted in Environment, General, Iceland, International, Leisure, Lifestyle, Travel
Posted on 01 September 2010. Tags: court, crime, Denmark, law, NATO, piracy, pirates, Somalia
International maritime laws have prevented authorities from prosecuting a group of Somali pirates captured by a Danish warship in the Aden Gulf this weekend. Denmark’s defence minister said a lack of witnesses forced a decision to free the rogue sailors.
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Posted in Business, Denmark, General, International, MBL, Politics, Travel
Posted on 01 September 2010. Tags: Arctic, cairn, Energy, Environment, gas, Greenland, Oil, scotland
Cairn Energy has confirmed that it has found gas off the western coast of Greenland. The Edinburgh-based oil and gas exploration company made the discovery in the Baffin Bay Basin, 175km from the island of Disko.
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Posted in Denmark, Energy, Environment, General, Greenland, International, MBL, Politics, Technology, United Kingdom
Posted on 31 August 2010. Tags: Björk, Concert Event, Damien Rice, iceland airwaves, Iceland Concert, Iceland Inspires, Iceland Music, Inspired by Iceland, Music Event, Seabear, Sigur Ros
The upcoming concert event in Iceland, Iceland Airwaves, is set to attract thousands of music lovers to the northernmost music capital in the world, Reykjavik; and with most of the line-up already announced, this years’ Airwaves will be as spectacular as ever.
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Posted on 31 August 2010. Tags: Aviation conference, Aviation Conference Iceland, Aviation Iceland, British Airways Flight 9, Captain Eric Moody, Eyjafjallajokull Volcano, Keilir Aviation Academy, president of Iceland, volcanic ash, Volcanic Ash Iceland, Volcanic Eruptions
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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Posted on 31 August 2010. Tags: history, Iceland, navy, Russia, sailing, sedov, ship
The world's biggest sailing ship is currently on its way to Iceland, according to Russian news website, Ria Novosti. The ship is called Sedov and is a three-masted barque.
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Posted on 30 August 2010. Tags: forest, growth, Iceland, organisation, plants, trees
Interest in forests and the growing of trees in Iceland has increased since the economic crisis hit, according to the head of the Icelandic Forestry Association. There is now forest growing on over 20,000 hectares all over Iceland. The organisation celebrated its 80th birthday at Thingvellir yesterday.
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Posted in Environment, General, Iceland, MBL