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Music streamed 1.2 billion times in Iceland during 2020
According to RUV, Icelanders streamed music 1.2 billion times during 2020, as shown from data provided by the Icelandic Association of Record Publishi...
Carbon tax to triple in Norway due to new climate procedures
Norway’s carbon tax is set to triple as part of a new set of procedures put forth by the Norwegian government to achieve the country’s cli...
Did Alaska Really Deliver Presidential Votes By Dogsleds?
In the days and weeks after the November USA Presidential 2020 election – which now feels like a century ago – Alaska was lampooned for ta...
Denmark Debuts Animated Series About Man with Giant Penis
New Danish animated kid’s TV show, John Dillermand, has caused a stir with its protagonist’s unique attribute, a giant penis. Danish publi...
The Engine Among the Ten Best Digital Marketing Agencies in Europe
Digital advertising agency The Engine, a subsidiary of the advertising agency Pipar\TBWA, has been named one of the ten best digital marketing agencie...
COVID-19: 5000 Doses of Moderna Vaccine coming to Iceland
Iceland is set to receive 5000 doses of the Moderna vaccine as of January lasting through to February, according to the vaccine distribution schedule ...
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The Time Is Now For A Globally Respected US Arctic Policy
It will take slightly more than rejoining the Paris Agreement, but the time is now for a globally respected Arctic Policy, states Dr. Dwayne Ryan Mene...
How will U.S. Presidential Elections impact the Arctic? – Ask Senator Lisa Murkowski
Arctic Circle VIRTUAL is a new addition to the Arctic Circle, starting in October – the same month as the annual Arctic Circle Assembly, the lar...
Awarding Destination Iceland campaign to M&C Saatchi UK leads to a lawsuit
In Iceland, like elsewhere, authorities have reacted in diverse ways to the negative economic impact of COVID-19. Amongst projects included in the gov...
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Outstanding Artistic Achievement goes to Iceland
The CARTA Outstanding Artistic Achievement and the Judge’s Choice for Best Oracle Deck went to father-daughter artist team Haukur Halldorsson, w...
Sex, Covid and borders most read content on Icenews
Over the past years, there are several articles that stand out as the most read on Icenews, and it’s not about Volcanos. For the past month, the...
Cheers to Icelandic National Beer Day
Beer Day is celebrated every year on March 1st in Iceland—a date that marked the end of a nationwide beer ban in 1989. You wouldn’t know it today, wit...