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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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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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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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