The View from Here, No. 8
The eighth in a regular series of columns by Chay Lemoine: ‘Halldor Gudmundsson Interview’, in which Chay talks with Halldor Gudmundsson about h...
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Danish party leader rejects call to prosecute George W. Bush
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U.S. Embassy in Reykjavik monitoring Icelandic citizens
The U.S. Embassy in Reykjavik has admitted to being involved in Surveillance Detection Unit (SDU), which basically involves broadening security survei...
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Oddi Printing receives certificate of merit in international print competition
Oddi Printing of Iceland has been awarded a 2010 Premier Print Award, for outstanding achievement in the production of art books. The graphic arts ind...
Norwegian terror suspect released
One of three suspected terrorists has been released by the Supreme Court in Norway after an attempt by the police to keep him in custody was rejected....
The View from Here, No. 7
The seventh in a regular series of columns by Chay Lemoine: ‘Jail’, in which Chay describes the tribulations of teaching Halldor Laxness t...