Iceland

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• Iceland’s Next Must See Destination

  
  Jetsettersblog — Authority: 160
  In Iceland the old idiom ‘it’s grim up north’ does not apply and with the launch of new direct flights next summer to Iceland’s second city, Akureyri, UK visitors can now find out why. Known as the ‘Capital of the North’, the new Akureyri gateway opens up a fascinating alternative holiday destination to ...
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• Hurtigruten New Ex-UK Voyage

  
  Jetsettersblog — Authority: 160
  Fancy enjoying a trip with Hurtigruten to Norway with the unique opportunity to sail direct from the UK and visit 12 of Norway’s main fjords with the country’s leading specialist cruise operator? A new, one off voyage departing from Dover in April 2010 now makes this possible. MS Fram, the newest ship in the ...
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• UK’s Top Brands Fail to Disclose Emissions Data

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 635
  Google, Burger King, Dyson, Facebook, McKinsey, Amazon and Iceland are some of the 250 top brands that failed to disclose carbon-emissions performance data, according to the first annual survey of carbon performance of 600 of the UK’s biggest brands, reports Marketing Magazine. Data for the Brand Emissions study is ...
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• Iceland celebrates Thanksgiving 2009

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 511
  Many Icelanders are commemorating the 2009 Thanksgiving celebrations this weekend by holding various parties and serving traditional U.S and Icelandic cuisine for travellers from across the Atlantic. Iceland prides it’s own unique Thanksgiving dinning experience for both U.S pats and Icelanders. How about trying ...
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• Beyoncé buys Icelandic clothes at Topshop London

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 511
  The American pop star Beyoncé Knowles arrived unannounced at a London Topshop yesterday to buy leggings from the Icelandic E-Label brand. E-Label has only been available at Topshop for a few weeks, so the Icelandic designers and Topshop workers were equally surprised to see the Destiny’s Child star. Shop workers ...
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• Reykjavik welfare system not to be cut, despite cuts

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 511
  The feared cutbacks in Reykjavik City’s welfare provision will not happen, despite the welfare department’s budget cuts next year. The department is due to cut back by ISK 175 million next year; but despite this, department head Jorunn Frimannsdottir says the savings must and will be made in optimisation and ...
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• Icelandic teen football player dies suddenly

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 511
  Members and friends of the Ithrottafelag Reykjavikur (IR) sports club and students at Verslunarskoli school are in mourning after an 18 year-old footballer (soccer player) collapsed during practice and died. A memorial service was held yesterday evening. The teenager collapsed during practice on Wednesday night and ...
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• Iceland Express Takes A Bite Out Of The Big Apple

  
  Jetsettersblog — Authority: 160
  Low fare airline announces new flight schedule to New York City Starting June 2010, Iceland Express will fly out four times a week from Reykjavik’s Keflavik International Airport to New York City’s Newark International Airport. With flights from London Gatwick to Reykjavik starting at £69 one-way including ...
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• Hunt For The Northern Lights On Top Of The World

  
  Jetsettersblog — Authority: 160
  - Iceland Northern Lights City Break includes flights, three nights accommodation + Northern Lights tour from £269. The Northern Lights reach their peak activity levels from November to March in Iceland and to provide UK travellers with an affordable way to see this natural wonder, Icelandair is pleased to offer the ...
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• Cruise & Walk Brochure for 2010

  
  Jetsettersblog — Authority: 160
  Now one of the most successful programmes within its extensive portfolio, Britain’s leading guided walks specialist operator, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays, has just launched its 2010 ‘Cruise and Walk’ brochure featuring many new holiday options. Commenting on this development, the company’s joint Managing ...
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• Iceland inflation figures see slight drop in November

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 511
  The annual rate of inflation in Iceland has dropped to 8.6 percent in November, compared to 9.7 percent in October. This is the lowest it has been since autumn 2007; but still a long way from the Central Bank of Iceland’s targeted 2.5 percent. Press release from Statistics Iceland: The CPI based on prices in ...
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• Brown belatedly responds to Iceland PM’s Icesave letter

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 511
  The long-awaited reply from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to a letter sent in August by his Icelandic counterpart, Johanna Sigurdardottir has been received in Reykjavik. The letter evades Sigurdardottir’s request for a personal meeting. Brown’s letter is dated 13 November and has since been released ...
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• Iceland to take up offered loan from Scandinavia

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 511
  Mar Gudmundsson, Chairman of the Central Bank of Iceland has confirmed that a portion of the promised loan to Iceland from the Scandinavian countries will be requested before the beginning of December and will hopefully be received before Christmas. Gudmundsson made his announcement in a speech to the Society of ...
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• American artists and Iceland

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 622
  Download audio file (11252009.mp3) Download MP3 Iceland has been one of the countries hardest hit by the economic crisis. One thing it still has going for it is its draw for American artists, writers and musicians. Writer Alissa Quart has the story. www.alissaquart.com www.olofarnalds.com Roni ...
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• Suspicious share dealing investigated at Byr and MP banks

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 511
  The office of Iceland’s Special Prosecutor into the banking crisis yesterday carried out searches at the headquarters of Byr savings bank and MP Bank. The issue concerns the purchase, by a holding company called Exeter, of shares in Byr at a time in autumn 2008 when share dealing in Icelandic banks was officially ...
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• Iceland provides perfect surroundings for stress-free Christmas break

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 511
  Christmas is known as everyone’s favourite time of year, but according to a recent poll by MORI, four out of five adults find the festive period stressful. So why not be the one of five who enjoys a stress-free Christmas this winter and visit Iceland. In the capital city every year, families gather together on ...
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• Refugee hiding in Iceland issues YouTube plea

  
  IceNews - Daily News — Authority: 511
  A refugee from Sierra Leone who went into hiding when authorities decided to deport him from Iceland has sent a video plea to the Icelandic nation on YouTube. A friend of the man says that he does not intend to come out of hiding before his case is reopened. Police have been looking for the man. Henry Turay, a ...
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• So I’m pretty sure I can’t dance

  
  Single Mom at Work — Authority: 104
  What I want to know is, why didn’t some wise elder woman of the tribe park my late-teen (or earlytwentysomething) still-shiny new moons down on a bench somewhere, to point out that if I wanted to pirouette, there was still time to get those pins and glutes twirling? Why, oh, why, did it take Sun Chips and brownie ...
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• Christmas Crochet

  
  marsupialia - collecting, breeding, breathing — Authority: 125
  Last weekend, travelling by train, I could wallow in vince: Looking for new crafting magazines at the station bookstore. The best: They had mags in french, spanish and english as well. Yipiiee! I spotted the new Marie Claire idée and a special edition of Verena about knitting socks. I HAD to buy them ...
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• Fred "Iceman" Mishkin Attempts To Generate A Logical Defense To Fed Secrecy, Fails Miserably

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 765
  When even the poster child for Fed hubris, the man who better than anyone embodies the complete policy disaster of the Fed, Fred "Iceman" [Ice is for Iceland] Mishkin, is unable to phrase one coherent sentence to none other than Steve Liesman as to why an audit of the Fed is equivalent to control of Wall Streets money ...
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