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On December 3, the Icelandic government introduced the revised national transportation plan at a press conference. The plan presents the current government’s emphases in national transportation ...
The National Hospital of Iceland (Landspítalinn) has confirmed a language policy making speaking Icelandic mandatory among staff. According to the new policy, every hospital employee should be able to ...
On December 3, RÚV (Icelandic National Broadcasting Service) updated the intro sequence and jingle for its TV news broadcast, replacing the one since 2019. The new jingle sparked lively discussions in ...
Earlier this year, the Trade Council in Hokkaido, Japan, requested that Icelandic puffins be sent to a local zoo. The request, submitted in February, was rejected due to the status of Iceland’s puffin ...
For this issue, because it is the season of Christmas, Yule, Santas and various Icelandic children-eating mythical yule creatures, we will attempt to explain a word whose exact meaning and etymology ...
“Honey, you need to see this,” I said this week, while staring at my MacBook Air. I actually probably shouted each word separately. I was so clearly alarmed and amused that I didn’t have to explain my ...
If you didn’t already know, Icelandic Christmas folklore is about as dark as Iceland at Christmastime. Surely you already know the season’s cast of characters. These range from the fairly ...
Last night, RÚV reported that the Icelandic Coast Guard monitored five Russian fishing vessels east of Iceland. The Coast Guard says there is no indication that the ships are doing anything other than ...
The number of valid Icelandic passports stood at 345,388 at the beginning of December, reports RÚV, citing the data from the National Registry. This means that 91.1 percent of Icelandic citizens held ...
“I think the lack of vocals just gives everything else more space, and gives more of a focus to everything that’s going on in the other parts. And there’s a lot,” says Ægir Sindri Bjarnason, sipping a ...
On November 30, former first lady Dorrit Moussaieff stated she was mugged on the streets of London, United Kingdom. Dorrit shared the details of the crime in an Instagram post. Responding to worried ...
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