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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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The young Icelandic band Of Monsters And Men is enjoying incredible success in the US: their album My Head Is An Animal sold in 55,000 copies in one week and on Wednesday it went straight to sixth place on the US Billboard list.
Of Monsters And Men a few years ago. Photo by Páll Kjartansson.
This is the best achievement Icelandic musicians have ever boasted on the Billboard list, which has reported on record sales in the US since 1945, Fréttablaðið reports.
The highest score by an Icelandic musician on the Billboard list to date was when Björk’s album Volta climbed to ninth place in 2007. Sigur Rós reached 15th with Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust the following year.
In other music news, singer-songwriters Lára Rúnars and Myrra Rós embarked on their Iceland tour yesterday, Morgunblaðið reports.
The tour started with a concert in Grindavík, which will be followed by other towns in southwest Iceland, then moving up north, ending in Siglufjörður.
Click here to read more about Of Monsters and Men and here to read an interview with Lára Rúnars.
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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 government of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir will formally step down after a state council meeting with President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson at his residence Bessastaðir at 11 am today. At 3 pm, the new government of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson will attend a state council meeting and afterwards formally take power.
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Air traffic was grounded at Keflavík International Airport for up to two hours this morning due to a failure in the flight data system. Due to the delay, many passengers missed their connecting flights.
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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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REVIEWS
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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