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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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Hallgrímur Helgason’s novel, The Hitmans Guide to Housecleaning, or 10 ráð til að hætta að drepa fólk og byrja að vaska upp (which translates as 10 tips to stop killing people and start doing the dishes), reached the eight place of Amazon’s chart of most sold books, issued by Kindle as an e-book. Amazon issues the book both in Kindle- and paperback form and the book was put on the site in late January 2012.
On the first day, the book had already reached the top ten list in the Kindle-branch of Amazon, England, and for a while it even took the first place in the thriller category from Stieg Larsson, author of the Millennium trilogy. Yesterday, visir.is reported that the book had reached eighth place of sold books on Amazon in all categories.
The book was published in Iceland in 2010 and has been published in ten different languages, most recently in Korean. The movie rights to the book have also been sold to Denmark.
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Iceland is among the top five OECD-countries where immigrants help to boost the economy and increase nation-wide production by approximately 1 percent, according to a new report from the OECD.
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Neither Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson nor Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir have responded to Edward Snowden’s request for a political asylum in Iceland, as spokesperson for Wikileaks Kristinn Hrafnsson wrote in a letter published in Fréttablaðið today.
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The first fin whale to be hunted in Iceland this season was killed by the crew of whaling vessel Hvalur 8 yesterday evening. The vessel, which set out yesterday along with Hvalur 9, is expected to unload the catch today.
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U.S. negotiator Lee C. Buchheit, who led Iceland’s last Icesave negotiation in 2010, met with Minister of Finance Bjarni Benediktsson last week to discuss Iceland’s planned talks with creditors of the banks, according to Fréttablaðið’s sources.
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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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