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Three people die in large salmonella outbreak in Denmark
According to the BBC, three people have died in Denmark from a large salmonella outbreak, apparently linked to psyllium husk capsules by Husk, which h...
Iceland used as backdrop for parts of upcoming Dungeons & Dragons movie
Select scenes for the upcoming live-action Dungeons & Dragons movie directed by Goldstein & Daley were recently filmed in Iceland, reports Mor...
New Architecture and Design Museum in Helsinki sees historic private donation
Helsinki’s New Architecture and Design Museum has received a donation of 20 million Euros, making it the largest private donation ever given to ...
Norwegian Prime Minister fined for breaking COVID-19 rules
The Norwegian Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, has been fined for breaking her own COVID-19 rules by ignoring social distancing during a birthday celebra...
Iceland Volcano: Third fissure opens up
The Icelandic Met Office has confirmed that a third fissure has opened at the ongoing eruption site at the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland. The fissure...
Facebook: Personal information of 31,000 Icelanders leaked
The personal information of over 31,000 Icelanders stored on Facebook has been leaked due to a data breach, reports mbl.is. According to information f...
Politics
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Municipal elections in Finland pushed back to 13th June
In a press conference held on Saturday 6th March, the government of Finland announced that the country’s municipal elections had been pushed bac...
Turning point in Iceland-Greenland relations emerge with new report
Several propositions to strengthen relations between Iceland and Greenland have emerged as part of a new report officially handed in by the former Ice...
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...
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Request made for Disney+ to include Icelandic language
The on-demand streaming service, Disney+, has recently seen pressure from Iceland’s Minister of Education and Culture, Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, to i...
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...
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...