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Sunday, 17 February 2013 04:03 |
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 Greenland’s leading airline has increased flights between the Greenlandic capital and Iqaluit in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
Officials for Air Greenland said that the move comes in response to unexpected demand after the launch of the route last year, which marked the first time a scheduled commercial service between Nuuk and Iqaluit had been available in more than a decade.
Air Greenland’s head of sales Christian Berg told Canada’s CBC news agency, “We saw that there was actually more volume in the segment we call friends and relatives than we expected to see. We saw this primarily as a...
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Last Updated on Monday, 18 February 2013 22:20 |
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Sunday, 17 February 2013 10:08 |
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 The Norwegian and Danish capitals have once again been named as two of the most expensive cities in the world. The news comes via The Economist December 2012 Cost of Living Index, which placed Oslo as the fourth most expensive city worldwide, whilst Copenhagen took 15th place behind Frankfurt and Hong Kong and just ahead of London.
Meanwhile, only Tokyo, Osaka and Sydney are the only cities that are more costly than the Norwegian capital, according to the report. Despite the news, costs are down in both Scandinavian cities compared to five years ago. However, only 12 locations listed in the...
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Last Updated on Monday, 18 February 2013 22:19 |
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Monday, 18 February 2013 10:06 |
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 The threat of EU sanctions against Iceland over the North Atlantic mackerel dispute has had little effect on the Icelandic fishing industry, according to reports.
Both Iceland and the Faroe Islands could see their products banned from EU ports amid accusations that they are overfishing in territorial waters to the point of unsustainability.
But despite the fact that European officials have officially approved a sanctions package, many firms are continuing business as normal. According to a BBC report issued on Monday 11 February, officials Reykjavik-based seafood processor HB Grandi believe...
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Last Updated on Monday, 18 February 2013 22:18 |
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Written by Iceland Review
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Friday, 15 February 2013 13:30 |
Reykjanes District Court gave an 18-year-old a five-year non-suspended prison sentence on Wednesday for having stabbed his father’s partner multiple times with a knife in her apartment on April 21, 2012. The woman was severely injured but surgery saved her life.
Reykjanes. Photo: Páll Stefánsson/Iceland Review.
The father and son lived in the same building as the woman but in a different apartment, visir.is reports.
The convict confessed to having assaulted the woman but denied having intended to hurt or kill her. He had wanted to threaten her to make her go away and leave his father alone, he...
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Last Updated on Monday, 18 February 2013 22:17 |
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Written by Iceland Review
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Friday, 15 February 2013 18:30 |
Alyssa Miller, who models for the 2013 swimwear issue of Sports Illustrated, stated she had feared she would freeze to death wile posing in a bikini for a different photo shoot at Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon in Iceland.
Jökulsárlón. Photo: Páll Stefánsson/Iceland Review.
“I had to lay across an iceberg in a bikini,” Miller was quoted on latimes.com. She described the experience as “the craziest shoot” she had ever participated in. “I thought I was going to die. We had to do five minutes on, then take time off so I could warm up.”
Iceland is becoming a popular destination for film crews and photo...
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Last Updated on Monday, 18 February 2013 22:16 |
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Written by Iceland Review
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Saturday, 16 February 2013 05:00 |
 There have been fleeting moments when I wished I was a food snob. It must be exhilarating to be able to distinguish the subtle nuances of delicately flavored dishes playing with the senses.
Sadly though, my tastes are strictly pedestrian and while I do appreciate the time and effort required of gourmet cooking, I always turn to my Asian roots:Down home cooking now modified to accommodate Icelandic ingredients or remastered to cater (just a teensy, weensy bit) to the Icelandic palate.
There are a number of Asian grocers in Reykjavík. The most visible would be the Thai grocery and gift shop...
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Last Updated on Monday, 18 February 2013 22:15 |
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Written by Iceland Review
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Saturday, 16 February 2013 05:00 |
The economic growth in Iceland this year will be considerably higher than in the other Nordic countries, according to a new report on the economic outlook in Sweden and the world, written on behalf of the Swedish parliament.
Copyright: Icelandic Photo Agency.
It is assumed that Iceland will enjoy economic growth of more than 2 percent in 2013, whereas it is expected to be 1.4 percent in Sweden and 1.7 percent in Norway, Denmark and Finland on average. The oil industry is excluded in the evaluation of Norway.
The report estimates that economic growth will only be 0.8 percent in Germany and the
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