The plant life in east Iceland is unusually green for the early time of year. Forest rangers can barely remember a greener March and say they worry a cold snap could cause great damage. Last May, for example, saw a sharp cold snap.
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Early spring confusing plants in east Iceland
Posted on 29 March 2012.
Posted in Environment, Featured, Iceland, MBL, WeatherComments (0)
The Living in Copenhagen Diary entry number five: Dejlig dag
Posted on 27 March 2012.
The fifth in a series of light-hearted columns about life as a foreigner living in the Danish capital.
Posted in Columns, Culture, Denmark, Featured, Leisure, Lifestyle, MBL, WeatherComments (5)
Remains found at Norwegian plane crash site
Posted on 19 March 2012.
Rescue workers have found bodily remains on the slopes of Sweden’s tallest mountain, near where a Norwegian military plane went missing on Friday with five people on board.
Posted in Featured, MBL, Norway, Sweden, Technology, Travel, WeatherComments (0)
Man survives in snow-covered car for two months
Posted on 22 February 2012.
A Swedish man has been rescued after spending two months in his snow-covered car without food or water.
Posted in Featured, General, MBL, Sweden, Travel, WeatherComments (1)
Piggy poo-llution causes stink in Wales
Posted on 19 February 2012.
A council in Wales is blaming its poor air quality on Danish pigs, saying particles from their faeces are drifting over the UK.
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Severe weather in parts of Iceland
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.
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Fuel tanker crashes in Iceland, leaks into sea
Posted on 17 January 2012.
There was a significant risk of explosion alongside an Icelandic fjord this morning where a petrol tanker skidded off the road and began leaking its cargo over the tarmac and into the sea.
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Tens-of-millions lost because of power cut
Posted on 11 January 2012.
Because of yesterday’s bad-weather-induced power cuts in Iceland production at both the Elkem ferrosilicon plant and the Norðurál aluminium smelter at Hvalfjörður in the west ground to a halt. It is thought the cuts cost the companies tens-of-millions of krónur.
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More Members of Parliament against the Icesave deal
- IMF loan to Iceland blocked by Dutch and British
- Icelandic economy: making sense of the unintelligible
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British and Dutch stance on Icesave hardening
- Unbowed Icelandic PM sends a strong message to UK
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Finland’s president to visit Iceland
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President of Iceland calls for scrutiny of economic failure at Global Leadership Summit 2013 in London
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Riots shake Stockholm for three consecutive nights
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Central bank starts buying forex
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A Government of the Progressive Party and the Independence Party has been formed and took office today