Tag: Iceland
Iceland: New Police Council to be inaugurated on January 1
NordenBladet - A new Police Council under the chairmanship of the National Commissioner of the Police will begin operations on January 1 next year,...
Iceland: Landsvirkjun announces plan to become carbon neutral by 2025
NordenBladet - Today, Landsvirkjun*, the National Power Company of Iceland, will introduce plans to become carbon neutral by 2025, RÚV reports. According to Hörður...
Iceland: Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir meets Queen Elizabeth at The NATO Summit
NordenBladet - Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir met Queen Elizabeth at the NATO Summit in London on Tuesday, Vísir reports. The meeting celebrated the 70th...
Iceland: Reykjavík City Council racks up massive 7.2 Million ISK Food Bill
NordenBladet - The cost of 20 Reykjavík City Council meetings from June 2018 to July 2019 amounted to 17 million ISK, or 850,000 ISK...
MBL: Already over 50,000 Immigrants in Iceland
NordenBladet - There are over fifty thousand immigrants in Iceland, MBL.is mediates. First-generation immigrants now make up just over 14% of the population, which...
BBC Recommends new Iceland crime drama “The Valhalla Murders” + TRAILER
NordenBladet - The upcoming RÚV/Netflix co-production ‘The Valhalla Murders’ was just recommended on BBC’s ‘Ten TV shows to watch in December’ and Icelandic media...
MBL: Icelandic Name Committee says no to Zelda and Lucifer
NordenBladet - Iceland’s Naming Committee* met on the sixth of November to review another batch of contending names for their approval or rejection, MBL.is...
Iceland: Icelandic football star Kolbeinn Sigþórsson arrested after rambunctious night in Sweden
NordenBladet - It seems Icelandic footballer Kolbeinn Sigþórsson was partying too hard and landed himself behind bars in Sweden after a rowdy night out....
Icelandic novelist Arnaldur Indriðason has a new book “Better Change His Name” coming out...
NordenBladet - Icelandic crime novelist Arnaldur Indriðason (58) has a new book coming out in Iceland on Friday. It’s his 23rd in as many...
Parliamentary Ombudsman (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway) – Jurisdiction, Sanctions, History and Legacy
NordenBladet - Parliamentary Ombudsman (Finnish: Eduskunnan oikeusasiamies, Swedish: Riksdagens ombudsman, Icelandic: Umboðsmaður Alþingis, Danish: Folketingets Ombudsmand, Norwegian: Sivilombudsmannen) is the name of the principal...