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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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Most main streets in the capital have reopened after today’s blizzard made them impassable. The four main lines of the Reykjavík buses will start running again as of 4 pm. Parents, who were asked not to pick up their kids from school earlier, can do so now.
Archive photo: Eygló Svala Arnarsdóttir/Iceland Review
The traffic jam on Vesturlandsvegur that leads out of the capital to the north didn’t budge for almost five hours since early this morning. According to a rough estimate, almost 1,000 cars were stuck on the road at the edge of Grafarholt suburb, visir.is reports.
People who were stuck with hungry children in their cars were asked to call emergency hotline 112 for assistance.
A MODIS satellite image of Iceland taken yesterday.
A total of 800 emergency calls were made to 112 before noon today. The emergency hotline’s managing director, Þórhallur Ólafsson, told visir.is that this was probably a new record.
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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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