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Tuesday, 19 February 2013 02:45 |
Warmer temperatures and afforestation in Iceland have enabled more species of birds to settle in the country, with the number of species increasing every year.
 The third prize photograph in the Bird for a Million 2012 competition. Photo: Einar Guðmann.Most species are small forest birds which make their homes in the growing forests.
“Many of these small birds have not lived here during the winter for 15 to 20 years but the increase in afforestation and the warming climate has allowed them to live here,” ornithologist Jóhann Óli Hilmarsson told Morgunblaðið.
According to Jóhann, goldcrest...
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Tuesday, 19 February 2013 01:10 |
Sigur Rós recently announced that they have been working on a new album from Los Angeles slated for release later this year, as reported on nme.com.
The band revealed the news during a one-hour live interview session with fans on January 24.
The band is scheduled to tour extensively in 2013, with a gig in Milan, Italy, today and across Europe until March 9.
The band will then head to North America, where they will perform extensively including two recently announced appearances at Coachella music festival in California.
Next Sigur Rós is set to tour Asia and then return to Europe for further...
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Monday, 18 February 2013 18:05 |
Keflavík won the Women’s Basketball Cup for the 13th time after beating Valur 68:60 in the final at Laugardalshöll on Saturday.
 Archive photo of a game in the men's divison. Photo: Geir Ólafsson/Iceland Review. Click here to view a photo of Keflavík being awarded the cup. In the men’s division, Stjarnan from Garðabær beat Grindavík 79:91 at Laugardalshöll, taking home the cup for the second time.
Daily Morgunblaðið named Bryndís Guðmundsdóttir and Jarrid Frye the players of the respective women’s and men’s matches. Bryndís scored 15 points for Keflavík in the roughly 39 minutes that she was...
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Monday, 18 February 2013 10:45 |
Some of the largest pension funds in Iceland, along with the Iceland Enterprise Investment Fund (FSÍ) and parties connected with MP Bank, have been involved in acquisition negotiations with the winding-up committee of Glitnir Bank regarding its 95 percent share in Íslandsbanki.
Glitnir's headquarters. Photo copyright Icelandic Photo Agency.
The negotiations are in the initial stages, although they have had a long prelude. Chair of Glitnir’s winding-up committee Steinunn Guðbjartsdóttir confirmed to Fréttablaðið last week that there is interest in Íslandsbanki and that the winding-up committee...
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Monday, 18 February 2013 08:45 |
The oldest singles chart list in Iceland is compiled by state broadcaster RÚV’s radio station Rás 2 each week. Here is last week’s Top 10, February 9 to 16:
1. (1)* ‘Where Are We Now?’ by David Bowie
2. (3) ‘We No Who U R’ by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3. (8) ‘Yfir borgina’ by Valdimar
4. (-) ‘Ég á líf’ by Eyþór Ingi
5. (4) ‘Þannig týnist tíminn’ by Raggi Bjarna og Lay Low
6. (9) ‘Nýfallið regn’ by Ásgeir Trausti
7. (2) ‘Fortíðarþrá’ by Jónas Sigurðsson & Lúðrasveit Þorlákshafnar
8. (10) ‘Young Boys’ by Sin Fang
9. (-) ‘Sister’ by The Black Keys
10. (13) ‘Julia’ by Retro Ste
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