The movie Oblivion, filmed in Iceland recently with Tom Cruise, nearly had a prophetic ending for the box office heart-throb when dangerous scenes got out of control. Revealing the incident on Ireland’s The Late Late Show, co-star Olga Kurylenko recounts how she nearly caused a potentially fatal accident while shooting a scene with Cruise. “We were [...]
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Revealed: Cruise nearly killed while filming in Iceland
Posted on 12 April 2013.
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Iceland establishes diplomatic ties with Myanmar
Posted on 04 January 2013.
The governments of Myanmar and Iceland have agreed to establish diplomatic relations.
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Meet halfway: Iceland looks to attract business travellers
Posted on 03 January 2013.
As tourism continues to be a driving force behind Iceland’s ongoing economic recovery, the country is now seeking to boost annual visitor numbers further by attracting corporate travellers.
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Iceland annual tourism up by 16 per cent
Posted on 25 December 2012.
Iceland’s tourism sector continues to grow amid the island-nation’s ongoing recovery. According to the latest statistics from the country’s tourism board, the number of foreigners visiting the North Atlantic country grew by 15.9 per cent last year, while the industry now comprises 5.9 per cent of Iceland’s total GDP.
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Survey: majority of Icelanders want out of EU membership bid
Posted on 21 November 2012.
A newly published poll has shown that most of Icelanders want to back out of the country’s bid to become part of the European Union.
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Icelandic children learning to write computer code
Posted on 17 November 2012.
A unique start-up programme is teaching complex technological tasks, including how to write code for computer programs, to Icelandic children.
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Endangered Icelandic swans shot during migration
Posted on 10 November 2012.
Poachers are shooting hundreds of endangered swans during their annual migration across the North Atlantic. The news comes via a new report from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) in Scotland
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Finland to rule next month on Iceland flight monitoring
Posted on 24 October 2012.
Finland’s government will decide in November whether or not the country will participate in a joint Nordic scheme that will see the region help monitor Icelandic airspace.
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