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• No Motörhead wine for Icelanders, branding too negative February 9, 2012
  ÁTVR, Iceland’s public sector alcohol retail monopoly, has refused to sell a red wine marketed under the branding of British rock band Motörhead. The decision was taken because the name is apparently a nod to amphetamine abuse and because the band sings about war, unsafe sex and drugs. The wine marketed under the Motörhead name […]
• Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival begins today February 9, 2012
  Reykjavík’s annual Winter Lights Festival kicks off tonight when Marcos Zotes transforms the Hallgrímskirkja cathedral with his trademark moving lights show. Some 300 different events make up the festival, which runs until Sunday. All events in the Winter Lights Festival are free to attend and the full schedule can be read in English here. Reykjavík […]
• Multiple shooting in Greenland hamlet February 9, 2012
  Three people have been killed and another two seriously injured in a shootout in a remote Greenland community, according to reports. Police have taken a helicopter to the hamlet of Nutaarmiut, about 90km from Upernavik in west central Greenland. “We have been informed by a citizen that three people have been shot and killed in […]
• IMF refutes claim it tried to shut Icelandic national theatre and museum February 9, 2012
  The head of the IMF mission in Iceland has responded to claims that the Fund asked Iceland to close key public sector cultural institutions like the national theatre and national museum to save money. The claims, made by a government minister, were strongly refuted. Franek Rozwadowski, the permanent representative of the International Monetary Fund in […]
• Iceland central bank holds rates, predicts ongoing economic growth February 8, 2012
  The Central Bank of Iceland has today decided to keep its benchmark interest unchanged this month and has predicted ongoing economic growth, despite international economic turmoil. The interest rate of 4.75 percent will not change this period, despite continuing inflational pressure calling for rate rises. The last rate decision was in December, when the Cen […]