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Watch an audio slideshow of how traditional Icelandic rhubarb stew is made. Rhubarb is one of the few vegetables that grows effortlessly in Iceland and for that reason it used to be a highly-valued addition to the traditional diet of fish and lamb.
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Trawlers numbered fifty-eight at the end of 2011 and their combined size amounted to 73,137 GT.
Ragnheiður Hildigerður Hannesdóttir is among 208 Icelanders who have their birthdays today. Today Ragnheiður’s 22nd birthday; she was born in 1924 and will turn 88 today, visir.is reports.
Happy birthday Ragnheiður Hildigerður!
Icelandic software company Mobilitus, which works with companies such as Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment, where people can buy tickets to concerts, theatre performances and other events with their smart phones, have a 30 percent market share in e-commerce in Canada and US, mbl.is reports.
Later today, Iceland is playing a soccer friendly with Montenegro in their capital Podgorica. Iceland lost to Japan last week, but in today’s game Iceland manager Lars Lagerbäck, in his second game in charge, goes into the game with the best on the team ready to play. Stefan Savic playing for Manchester City is Montenegro’s best known player.
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The exchange of power in Iceland took place yesterday when the government of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson formally took over from that of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and ministers exchange keys.
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Mountaineer Leifur Örn Svavarsson became the first Icelander to reach the peak of Everest, the world’s highest mountain, by the North Face from Tibet just before sunrise yesterday morning.
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Iceland’s new government formally took power today following a state council meeting at Bessastaðir, the presidential residence.
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One of the last tasks of Steingrímur J. Sigfússon while in office as minister of industries and innovation was to issue a regulation on Monday extending the reserve for whales in Faxaflói bay, off Reykjavík in Southwest Iceland. The regulation took affect at midnight.
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The 2013 April-May issue of Iceland Review & Atlantica has been released. Packed with informative and entertaining stories, highlights include an interview with outgoing Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and the people who know her best, a photo essay of ice caves in Europe’s largest glacier and a colorful feature on life in the West Fjords.
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The 11th Reykjavík Shorts & Docs. Catch it while it lasts!
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Artist couple Nína Ivanova and Ómar Smári Kristinsson explain why they decided to settle in the West Fjords’ capital.
Reykjavík Queer Choir’s annual spring concert takes place on Friday, May 24.
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