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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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MP for The Movement and former WikiLeaks volunteer Birgitta Jónsdóttir says she plans to visit the United States and show support for Bradley Manning, the soldier who has been in prison since May 2010 on suspicion of having passed on confidential information to WikiLeaks, despite warnings that she should not travel to the country.
In spring 2009 Birgitta assisted with getting a video of American soldiers shooting at civilians in Bagdad from a helicopter and was since named in the U.S. Department of Justice probe against Wikileaks.
Birgitta says that the FBI went through her communication and personal documents on her computer, but that the incident did not receive much attention in Iceland because the FBI did not physically break into her home but rather her computer, where she says most people now keep their personal information, ruv.is reports.
In a statement released to the press on Friday, Birgitta said that she had been receiving, free of charge, the best legal assistance available in North America to try to fight for her legal right to privacy and would travel to the country despite advice from the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs as well as lawyers warning her not to go to the United States, visir.is reports.
The U.S. Justice Department sent her message in 2011 stating that she was welcome to the country and that her communication would not be monitored.
“I have not committed any crime. I will go to the United States in the beginning of April to show my support for Bradley Manning, who has been in prison for more than 1,000 days without charge. I will meet lawyers there and many good people in the academic community in North America to discuss issues of freedom of expression and the right to privacy,” she said.
News that a group of FBI agents arrived in Iceland in August 2011 requesting collaboration with Icelandic police authorities to investigate WikiLeaks, as revealed by Wikileaks spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson on RÚV’s news magazine Kastljós on Wednesday, has garnered significant attention from the international media.
Click here to read more about the visit by the FBI to Iceland.
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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 Identification Committee of the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police yesterday completed its investigation of human remains found by travelers on the beach Kaldbaksvík in Strandir, the eastern West Fjords, on Saturday.
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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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