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Director Aki Kaurismäki takes the Silver Bear at the Berlinale – jokes about Iceland no more taking over Europe than Islam (Video)

Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki joked in a press conference in Berlin in this week when asked about his thought on “the Islamication” of Europe. Islam...

EntertainmentFebruary 19, 2017
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One Billion Rising in Reykjavik Harpa – Dancing against the exploitation of women

Thousands of men, women and children are dancing in Harpa Concert Hall today in solidarity against the exploitation of women. UN Women in Iceland firs...

EducationFebruary 17, 2017
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Rape victim and rapist reconcile, co-author a book and give talks (Video)

In 1996, Thordis Elva Thorvaldsdottir shared a teenage romance with Tom Stranger, an exchange student from Australia. After a school dance, Tom raped ...

CultureFebruary 8, 2017
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Icelanders come face to face with refugees (Video)

The Icelandic division of Amnesty International published a video were Icelanders sit across from fugitives that have been granted asylum in Iceland. ...

IcelandFebruary 5, 2017
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Syrian families visit the presidential residency in Bessastadir

President Guðni Th. Johannesson and his family welcomed the newest group of Syrian refugees accepted by the Icelandic Government to settle in Iceland ...

IcelandJanuary 31, 2017
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The annual fireworks mania is on – New Year’s Eve will be a spectacle

New Year’s Eve in Reykjavik is thought to be an experience, there are a few official firework displays in the city leading up to the main event but th...

IcelandDecember 30, 2016
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Artists’ Christmas bazars popping up all over Reykjavik

A new (old) trend has developed in recent years in the city of Reykjavik as artists come together and make big salon exhibitions before Christmas with...

ArtDecember 16, 2016
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Visitors make note of Icelandic manners

Manners of Icelanders don’t go unnoticed with rising numbers of foreign visitors. Icelanders apparently eat very fast, draw in air through the nose wi...

IcelandDecember 13, 2016
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