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Last month, the unemployment rate in the West Fjords was 3.8 percent. That means that 129 people were without work, 84 men and 45 women, according to Bæjarins Bestu news web site in the town of Ísafjörður.
Since December, the number of unemployed individuals has risen by 23, or 0,8 percent.
Unemployment has gone down by 0,4 percent compared to the same month last year when 147 people were unemployed on average.
Out of the 147 individuals, 93 were unemployed in Ísafjörður, 13 in Bolungarvík, and 10 in Vesturbyggð. Seven are unemployed in the Strandir region, five in Súðavík, four in Tálknafjörður, three in Kaldraneshreppur, two in Árneshreppur and in Reykhólar.
Presently, seven jobs are advertised in the West Fjords.
In January, the unemployment rate in Iceland was 7.2 percent, a decrease of 0.1 percent from December last year.
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A petition urging the government to reconsider a proposed bill, in which the terms of the law requiring fishing companies to pay a tariff for their use of Iceland’s fishing resources are to be changed, has been signed by more than 11,000 people.
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Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson is meeting with Prime Minister of Sweden Frederik Reinfeldt today, 
A three-meter long walrus was discovered on the shores by Eyri in the town of Reyðarfjörður in East Iceland yesterday.
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In 1915, women aged 40 and over were granted the right to cast a vote in all official elections held in Iceland.
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The 2013 June-July issue of Iceland Review is out. Themed ‘We Are Young’ the magazine celebrates the arrival of summer by interviewing young energetic Icelanders who excel in art, sports, business and politics—and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, the youngest PM in the republic’s history and the world’s youngest ruling state leader. Click here to take a look at a selection of the current issue and here to subscribe to the magazine.
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The road to Höfn, a 1,690-person harbor town by the fjord Hornafjörður, is lined with reindeer. Whole herds of the wild horned animals rest peacefully on withered pastures, grace next to sheep and horses and bounce along the road. Soon, Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier and the region’s biggest attraction, comes into view. Looming over Höfn, its outlet glaciers flow down from the mountains on which the bright white icecap rests.
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International artists of the likes of rappers Tinie Tempah (U.K.) and Iggy Azalea (AUS), The Temper Trap (AUS), hip hop groups Outlandish (DK) and Far East Movement (U.S.) will take the stage this week at the Keflavík Music Festival.
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