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• Just when you think this couldnt get any more ridiculous! Greece surprises.. this time with Iceland!

  
  Qwaider Planet — Authority: 169
  Greek-Macedonian spat splatters Iceland The ongoing Greek-Macedonian dispute has spilled over to affect Icelanders…in Washington DC and Norway. The issue came up when Hjalmar Hannesson, Iceland’s ambassador Read More......( read more )
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• European Investment Bank injects megabucks in Icelandic megawatts

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 530
  It was announced yesterday evening that Reykjavik Energy has signed a loan deal with the European Investment Bank for around ISK 30 billion (EUR 170 million). The loan deal was signed in a ceremony at the Hellisheidavirkjun geothermal power station in south Iceland. The money will be used to finance development of ...
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• Icelandic cod stocks: cautious optimism

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 530
  The 2008 cod stock in Icelandic waters was the strongest it has been since annual research trips began in the autumn of 1996; but preliminary figures this year are slightly less optimistic. The Icelandic Marine Research Institute has just released the final report on its autumn 2008 research mission which suggests ...
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• múm’s “Kay-Ray-Kú-Kú-Kó-Kex”

  
  Niamh is tumbling. — Authority: 150
  múm’s “Kay-Ray-Kú-Kú-Kó-Kex”
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• Aurora Borealis in Iceland

  
  Viator Travel Blog — Authority: 118
  “I am going to Iceland to see the Aurora Borealis,” I said confidently. Everyone was envious. Which only egged me on. “Yeah, it’s the right time of year, and I’ve just got a feeling.” Digging myself a whole trench full of trouble. Everyone knows the Northern Lights are capricious at best, downright ...
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• Five new travel ideas from Intrepid: get off the beaten path!

  
  Gadling — Authority: 693
  Filed under: Africa , Europe , North America , Algeria , Egypt , Libya , Morocco , South Africa , Iceland , United States , Ecotourism , Travel Deals After a year of "travel slumps," " staycations " and other cringeworthy words and conditions, lets plan to get out on the road next year. Hey, ...
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• H1N1 flu spreading east, peaking in some areas-WHO

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 728
  Source: Reuters * Flu moving eastward after peaking in parts of Europe, U.S.* Latest death toll is 6,770, up 520 in past week GENEVA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The H1N1 flu is moving eastwards across Europe and Asia ...
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• SPEND A DAY RIDING THE GLACIERS in Iceland

  
  Jetsettersblog — Authority: 159
  They come right to your hotel in super big trucks capable of navigating remote corners of Langjokull, Snaefellsjokull and other Icelandic glaciers not far from Reykjavik. When you get there, off you go on snowmobiles, with guides leading the way. Snowmobile excursions are arranged by experienced agents who also ...
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• A Serious Man opens today in the UK, Sweden and Iceland

  
  You Know, For Kids! NEWS — Authority: 124
  The Coen’s latest, A Serious Man opens today in the UK, Sweden and Iceland!Even though it opened in the US SEVEN weeks ago some other countries have it even worse! Check out this list of release dates;Russia 26 November 2009 Argentina 3 December 2009 Finland 4 December 2009 Belgium 20 January 2010 France 20 January ...
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• Jonsi (Sigur Ros) and Alex Make a Cookbook

  
  Matador Nights — Authority: 516
  Photo: rusvaplauke For years, artistic partners Jonsi, singer for the Icelandic band Sigur Ros, and Alex have been collaborating their talents. One of their more recent projects is a raw foods recipe book titled, Good Heart. The book, available for viewing and download on the couple’s website, JonsiandAlex.com ...
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• Greek-Macedonian spat splatters Iceland

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 530
  The ongoing Greek-Macedonian dispute has spilled over to affect Icelanders…in Washington DC and Norway. The issue came up when Hjalmar Hannesson, Iceland’s ambassador to the USA decided to screen the new film by Norway-based Icelander Sigurjon Einarsson. Einarsson’s film is called A Name is a Name and is set ...
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• Icelandic incinerator looks overseas for work

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 530
  The sale of south Iceland’s Sudurnes waste disposal site to German and American interests is under serious consideration. The interested companies want to use the site to burn waste oil from ships. The loan taken out to build the Sudurnes waste disposal site, including incinerator, has doubled in price and now ...
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• Taxing the Hidden Economy

  
  Dynamics of Cats — Authority: 539
  There is a radical proposal in Iceland to restore the economy and rescue the nation from bankruptcy: expand the tax base to recover revenue from the extensive underground economy. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
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• FILL YOUR HOLIDAY STOCKINGS WITH ICELAND PRODUCTS

  
  Jetsettersblog — Authority: 159
  Tired of giving soap-on-a-rope again to your dad? Or a pair of slippers for mom? Break out of the rut with a unique product from Iceland, the Niceland. The 15 percent tax-free refund for tourists on a minimum purchase of about $40 (5,000 ISK) adds to the shopping nirvana. Here are some ideas: Laugarvegur – ...
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• SWAY TO THE MUSIC in Iceland

  
  Jetsettersblog — Authority: 159
  It’s difficult to think of Iceland without thinking of superlative music. From Bjork and The Sugarcubes, Sigur Ros, Mum and Mugison and many other classical, jazz, folk and pop artists, this small and remote North Atlantic nation has punched well above its weight over the last two decades. If anything, the ...
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• Newsflash: hidden people to be taxed

  
  The Iceland Weather Report — Authority: 491
  So the guvn’ment has been bizzy bizzy these past couple of days introducing us to all the various new taxes and tax brackets we’ll be subjected to in the near future. It seems they’ve found a way to tax everything, from heavy industry to biscuits, and anything in between.Predictably the media is all-abuzz with ...
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• World’s best travel destinations for 2010 (National Geographic Magazine)

  
  iKUWADERNO.com — Authority: 132
  iKUWADERNO.com Here is the list of  the world’s best travel destinations for 2010 courtesy of National Geographic Magazine:Bhutan || Outfitter: Bio Bio ExpeditionsBolivia || Outfitter: Nantahala Outdoor CenterBotswana || Outfitter: Explore IncCanada – B.C. || Outfitter: Monashee Adventure ToursCanada – ...
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• Young Icelandic child compensated for dangerous candy

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 530
  The Icelandic companies CU2 ehf. and Bidskylid Njardvik ehf., have been sentenced by the Reykjavik District Court to pay a five year-old girl ISK 3.4 million in compensation for selling her sour spray novelty confectionery which damaged her lung. The sour spray was purchased by the girl’s mother at a snack stand ...
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• Iceland tax plan unveiled

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 530
  Iceland’s long-awaited tax reforms due to be implemented on 1st January have finally been announced to cautiously optimistic applause from unions and political analysts. The government yesterday announced that the country’s workforce will soon become subject to a three-tier tax system; with a rate of 24.1 ...
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• Why break the bank when you can break the ice?

  
  How do you like Iceland? - a blog by Iceland Express — Authority: 92
  Until midnight tomorrow: Iceland from €69, £55, DKK 530. To Reykjavík: from Berlin, Copenhagen, London (Gatwick + Stansted) and Warsaw Prices from: €69, £55, DKK 530, one-way including taxes and fees Fly: From today until 15 December 2009 Buy: Open for sale now until midnight tomorrow (or, if ...
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