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The Office of the State Prosecutor and the sex offenses department of Reykjavík Metropolitan Police have received a large number of reports regarding child abuse since RÚV’s news magazine started its coverage of a known pedophile on January 7.
Björgvin Björgvinsson, who heads the department, told Fréttablaðið that the number of reports had been unprecedented in his time in the position. He, along with ten other detectives, are working full-time to investigate various old and new sex offense cases.
State Prosecutor Sigríður Friðjónsdóttir said there has been such an increase in sex offenses being filed in recent years that her employees can hardly handle the workload.
“The situation is very difficult because cases are piling up and we cannot cope with processing them,” she stated. “But we have now received additional funding so that we can hire more manpower.”
The police in Akureyri have also noticed significant increase in reports of sex offences. So far this year, they have received ten reports, compared to 32 in the entire year 2012.
Nine of these cases concern child abuse and in all instances the alleged victims are adults today. “I assume that there has been accumulated need for old cases being revealed and the floodgates opened up following the recent discussions in society,” concluded senior officer Daníel Guðjónsson in an interview with ruv.is.
Click here to read more about Kastljós’s coverage and the perpetrator’s arrest.
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Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson is meeting with Prime Minister of Sweden Frederik Reinfeldt today, 
A three-meter long walrus was discovered on the shores by Eyri in the town of Reyðarfjörður in East Iceland yesterday.
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In 1915, women aged 40 and over were granted the right to cast a vote in all official elections held in Iceland.
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Four Icelandic contestants will participate in this year’s World Skills International, the world cup for industrial- and vocational subjects. The competition is held every other year.
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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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