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20/08/2010

Sigurður Einarsson, former director of Board of Kaupthing Bank, arrived yesterday for hearings at Special Prosecutor's office which began this morning.

13/08/2010

Hottest day of the summer this weekend! Over 20 degrees

A meteorologist says that the summer is not even close to being over, and the hottest day of the year may be right at our doorstep. The heat this weekend could exceed 20 degrees....

13/08/2010

Icelandic Scientists get the opportunity of a lifetime - Paul Allen's submarine used for research near Surtsey

Icelandic scientists, currently undergoing research about Surtsey’s aquatic deeps, have received permission to use the technology of...

12/08/2010

Iceland's national football team plays dreadfully - fresh, younger blood need to revitalize the team

 The Icelandic national football team’s performance yesterday against Lichtenstein was far from being satisfactory, say previous teammates. One of the previous members went as far as to say that the entire team should be replaced with younger...

12/08/2010

Icelandic bank collapse leads to layoffs in Britain

Over a hundred municipalities are currently pursuing legal suits at courts to be recompensed for the money invested in Iceland banks before the collapse. The city of Plymouth is currently in economic despair, with the government...

12/08/2010

British Airways - First Lady doesn't get any special treatment from us!

British Airways has lost the luggage of Dorrit Moussaieff, Iceland’s First Lady, three times and has criticized the airline for providing bad service. British Airways says that Queen Elizabeth II would receive the same...

11/08/2010

Dorrit, Iceland's First Lady, is displeased with British Airway's services: Is it revenge for the Eyjafjallajökull volcano?

In three different flights with British Airways has Dorrit Moussaieff, the First Lady of Iceland, not received her luggage, and consequently says that the airline’s service is appalling.

10/08/2010

Has the world of marketing reached a turning point? Icelandic advert says "Are you cheating? Book flight and hotel at Dohop.com and cheat in peace"!

The travel company Dohop has recently posted a controversial advertisement with the text “Are you cheating? Book flight and hotel at Dohop.com and cheat in peace.”

10/08/2010

Icelandic supermodel Ásdís Rán's recently taken Pl***oy pictures appear to be too hot for Facebook.

The world’s most popular men’s publication, Pl***oy Magazine, decided not only to photograph Ice Queen Ásdís Rán – Icelandic supermodel, Reality TV Host, and ‘Hottest Icelandic Woman’ – for the Bulgarian edition of...

10/08/2010

Not Alþingi's problem that foreigners cannot read the Icelandic banking report - Let them translate it themselves!

Alþingi’s parliamentary Report of the Special Investigation Commission (SIC), having reviewed the causes of the now-notorious banking collapse in Iceland, remains untranslated – much to the...

10/08/2010

90,000 people attended Gay Pride Parade - more colorful and diverse than ever - Video & Pictures

Tens of thousands of people came together in downtown Reykjavík last weekend to celebrate the 12th annual Gay Pride Parade. Jón Gnarr Kristinsson, the mayor of Reykjavík, was at the front of the parade that went...

10/08/2010

Does dried fish repel vampires?

The tourists voyaging to Iceland this summer are known for their extensive preparatory research into the country’s geography, history and culture before they have arrived. The Icelandic Tourist...