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Wednesday, 04 April 2012 19:45 |
There is currently no ice on Öskjuvatn, the crater lake of the volcano Askja in the northeastern highlands, which is unusual for this time of year. There are two possible reasons: increased geothermal activity or a snow-light winter; scientists lean towards the first option.
A screenshot from the website of Vatnajökull National Park.
“Usually Öskjuvatn is covered in ice until the summer, June or July,” Björn Oddsson, a geologist at the University of Iceland’s Institute of Earth Sciences, who flew with the Icelandic Coast Guard across the area on Monday, told mbl.is.
Pictures of the lake taken by...
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Last Updated on Thursday, 05 April 2012 07:30 |
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Wednesday, 04 April 2012 18:30 |
The Competition Authority decided yesterday to fine the telecom Síminn by more than ISK 400 million (USD 3.2 million, EUR 2.4 million) for abusing its market-dominating position through predatory pricing and violating the laws on market competition in the EEA agreement.
Archive photo by Páll Stefánsson.
A statement from the Competition Authority explains that pricing pressure is primarily exerted by companies that hold a monopoly and dominate the market control of the margins between the wholesale and retail levels to, among other purposes, make it more difficult for new competitors...
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Wednesday, 04 April 2012 16:00 |
The Icelandic national team in men’s handball tied Norway 34-34 in a friendly handball game in Reykjavík yesterday. Today, the team travels to Croatia to participate in the qualifying round for the Olympics in London this coming summer.
The Icelandic national team returns after winning the European bronze in 2010. Photo by Geir Ólafsson.
The tournament, in which Iceland will play against Chile, Japan and Croatia, kicks off on Friday and ends on Sunday; the game against Norway was the last of the team’s preparation phase back home, Morgunblaðið reports.
In yesterday’s game, Ólafur Stefánsson...
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Wednesday, 04 April 2012 14:00 |
 I suppose it’s inevitable that such a small nation—who for so long struggled with poverty, harsh living conditions and isolation but was swiftly brought forward in time with the Second World War and the booming post war years—would show all the symptoms of a neo-rich society for quite a while afterwards.
One of the signs of a neo-rich nation (and we’re still neo-rich, despite the recent credit crush) is the waste. People who are neo-rich waste things: money, food, water, natural resources, nature and space.
It’s understandable. Someone who’s been starving for a long time and suddenly finds her...
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Tuesday, 03 April 2012 11:00 |
The weather outlook for the Easter holidays in Iceland is good and ski resorts around the country will be open. Programs include toboggan and sleigh races, snowboard shows and Easter egg hunts in the slopes of Hlíðarfjall, Akureyri, and Oddsskarð, Neskaupstaður.
Skiing in Iceland. Photo by Páll Stefánsson.
“It is very important to us to have people come ski during Easter and to properly say goodbye to the season before they start tending to the duties of spring,” Magnús Árnason, managing director of the ski resorts in Bláfjöll, outside Reykjavík, told Morgunblaðið...
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Wednesday, 04 April 2012 03:00 |
The young band RetRoBot from Selfoss, south Iceland, stood up as the winner of the annual talent competition Músíktilraunir (Music Experiments) 2012, where ten bands took the stage on Saturday.
RetRoBot. From the band's Facebook site.
The competition, which has sometimes proven a springboard to stardom, was held for the 30th time this year, Fréttablaðið reports.
Previous winners include Of Monsters And Men (2010), which in recent months have boasted considerable success in Iceland and abroad; signing with Universal last year.
“We just flipped out; we did not expect this,” commented Daði Freyr...
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 04 April 2012 10:37 |
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Tuesday, 03 April 2012 19:00 |
 A body which was found in the ocean off the island Kvaløya in Norway on Thursday last week is believed to be that of the captain of the Icelandic trawler Hallgrímur SI-77 which sank in an accident in Norwegian waters on January 25.
After the police in Troms were notified of the body suspicion quickly arose that it was one of the three men who perished in the sea accident, visir.is reports.
The body was sent to Tromsø for examination. Results from a DNA analysis have not been received but a floatation suit and personal items found on the body strongly indicate that it is captain Magnús Þórarinn...
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