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Icelandic Minister of Economic Affairs Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, who just returned from a visit to Canada, commented that even though it is not the government’s policy to assume a currency collaboration with Canada, the idea of pegging the Icelandic króna to the Canadian dollar through a unilateral or bilateral agreement is not “absurd”.
Steingrímur J. Sigfússon. Photo by Páll Kjartansson.
The purpose of the minister’s visit was to talk with bankers, ministers and parliamentarians, primarily on the laws of banking and supervision with financial markets; it is sensible to increase financial and political ties with Canada, he told ruv.is.
He added that the idea of a currency collaboration was mentioned. However, it is something that would not happen in the immediate future; the viability of adopting the Canadian dollar in Iceland is currently being analyzed.
The idea has been discussed in Iceland before. Central Bank governor Már Guðmundsson called adopting the Canadian dollar unrealistic and Minister of Finance Oddný Harðardóttir declared it to be “crazy”.
ESA
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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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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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
Iceland’s vivid and bubbly music scene sometimes hides away in small cafés and bars, and you can call yourself lucky if you happen to discover some groovy band playing unannounced in the middle of the week. Síðasti sjens is one of these hidden gems. They certainly have stories to tell, and it’s exactly their tough life experience that makes the arrangements Blues – Er ekki örugglega enginn í stuði? so authentic and thrilling.
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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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