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“Icelandic men do not dare go west,” BÍ/Bolungarvík first division football team coach Jörundur Áki Sveinsson said in an interview with Ísafjörður local newspaper Bæjarins Besta.
Seyðisfjörður in the West Fjords, roughly 55 kilometers from Bolungarvík, a breeding ground for the next generation of football players? Photo: Páll Stefánsson/Iceland Review.
“We have a small pool of players and need to strengthen the team but we expect to do this with foreign players. It is difficult to get Icelandic players to play here in Ísafjörður, they think we are too far from Reykjavík.”
Two foreign players are now testing their skills with the team and more players are arriving next week. Jörundur said it is sad that the only way to strengthen the squad is to get players from abroad but some Icelandic players have asked for astronomical fees to relocate to the region.
The team, BÍ/Bolungarvík, managed to cling to its spot in the first division last season after almost dropping out.
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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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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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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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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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