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Statistic Iceland has published new data on the life expectancy of babies born in Iceland. Life expectancy of males in 2011 was 79.9 years but 83.6 years for females.
In 2010, the infant mortality rate in Iceland was lower than in any other European country, 2.2 per 1,000 live births. Finland follows in the rankings with an infant mortality rate of 2.3.
The rate ranged between 2.5 and 3.4 in the other Nordic countries. In 2010, the infant mortality rate in Europe was highest in Turkey, 13.2 deaths per 1,000 live births.
In 2011, the average life expectancy at birth for Icelandic women was 83.6 years and 79.9 years for men. In 2010, life expectancy for Icelandic women ranked the ninth highest in Europe.
The highest average life expectancy for women in Europe in 2010 was in Spain with 85.3 years and France with 85.0 years.
Average life expectancy for Icelandic men was the third highest in Europe in 2010 with Switzerland in first place with an average expected life span of 79.9 years and Sweden in second place with an average life span of 79.6 years.
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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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Face to Face, the current group exhibition of portraits at the ASÍ Art Museum in central Reykjavík will be running until June 23. The exhibition opened on May 25.
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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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