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11.01.2013 | 11:35
Customs Seize Drugs in 17 Christmas Packages
Icelandic customs authorities seized hash, amphetamines and cannabis seeds, among other drugs, from 17 packages, two of which contained steroids, delivered by post to Iceland in the two months before Christmas.
Photo: Geir Ólafsson/Iceland Review.
The illicit substances were discovered during routine x-ray of packages and handed over to police, ruv.is reports.
The number of seizures is down from 21 in November and December 2011.
Click here to read about other customs seizures in Iceland.
ZR
The illicit substances were discovered during routine x-ray of packages and handed over to police, ruv.is reports.
The number of seizures is down from 21 in November and December 2011.
Click here to read about other customs seizures in Iceland.
ZR
June
19
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Women's Day Off celebrated today
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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Four Icelandic contestants will participate in this year’s World Skills International, the world cup for industrial- and vocational subjects. The competition is held every other year.
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June
19
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Free Iceland Travel Guides Released
This year’s free English-language travel guide Around Iceland has been released, the 38th year in a row. The guide is also published in Icelandic and German and is distributed in 100,000 copies to the country’s most frequented tourist destinations.
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An international group of divers recently traveled to Þingvellir National Park in Southwest Iceland to explore this unique diving destination. A Polish guide, Michail Zinieuricz, who works for the DIVE.is, led the team of North Americans and a French couple.
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June
15
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From Russia with Hate?
June
13
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New Photos on Facebook
June
13
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Record Low in Sunny Hours
June
13
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Road Closure in the Icelandic Highlands
June
13
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Book Launches by IR Scribes
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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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REVIEWS
amiina
June
10
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Harboring the Homegrown
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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June
10
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Sin Fang’s Album Release Concert
Sin Fang will celebrate the release of his third album with a release concert in Iðnó on June 12. Flowers was released in February by Morr Music and has been well received by music enthusiasts and critics alike. The concert will be supported by Vök, this year’s winners of the Icelandic Music Experiments.
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