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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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Communities outside the capital region are what a new party-in-the-making, Landsbyggðarflokkurinn (‘The Rural Party’), wants to focus on.
The village of Bakkafjörður, the furthest you can go from Reykjavík. Population 62. Photo: Páll Stefánsson/Iceland Review.
On its brand-new website, landsbyggdin.is, the party advertises for energetic staff, who want to work for the 100,000 people living outside Iceland’s capital area.
“Now it’s time to stand together and work together so that our voices can be heard at Alþingi [the parliament],” the website reads. Even people without access to the internet can and should for the party, they say.
Here are some of Landsbyggðarflokkurinn’s goals:
- The party loves the countryside and will work towards making it blossom for the whole nation.
- The party cares about the capital, but thinks it is prioritized above the countryside.
- The party wants new homes for the elderly in every town and village, so that senior citizens can stay in their home regions and not move to Reykjavík.
- The party wants to move the headquarters of national broadcaster RÚV away from Reykjavík.
- The party wants to promote Icelandic history and culture. We should not be ashamed who we are, they say, and send the band Simbi og hrútspungarnir (‘Simbi and the ram balls’) to compete for Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Click here for other recent political news and here to read about Iceland’s entry to this year’s Eurovision.
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The exchange of power in Iceland took place yesterday when the government of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson formally took over from that of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and ministers exchange keys.
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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 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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