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Iceland: Music streamed 1.2 billion times in Iceland during 2020

NordenBladet — According to RUV, Icelanders streamed music 1.2 billion times during 2020, as shown from data provided by the Icelandic Association of Record Publishing Companies. Spotify was noted as the dominating streaming service, with Icelanders streaming on the platform

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Iceland: North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission holds it 39th annual meeting

NordenBladet — NEAFC is the intergovernmental organisation responsible for fisheries management in international waters in the North-East Atlantic. Its Contracting Parties are Denmark (in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland), the European Union, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation and

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Iceland adopts the WTTC global safety and hygiene stamp

NordenBladet — Iceland is among 145 destinations to adopt the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) global safety and hygiene stamp, which was launched earlier this year. The Safe Travels stamp was developed as the first of its kind to

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Iceland: Mál og Menning Book Store permanently closed after 59 years

NordenBladet – Most people who have visited ReykjavĂ­k are no doubt familiar with the Mál og Menning book store, at Laugavegur 18. On Friday, it was announced that the store has been permanently closed. “The day Laugavegur became a pedestrian

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Iceland: Limited Number of Tourists Allowed in Some Ice Caves

NordenBladet – A limited number of people will from now on be allowed to visit ice caves and to go glacier hiking within five areas in the southern part of Vatnajökull National Park, MorgunblaĂ°iĂ° reports. The park received applications from

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Iceland: One COVID-19-Related Death in Iceland

NordenBladet – One death from COVID-19 was announced on the website of LandspĂ­tali National University Hospital today – the first such death in Iceland during this wave of the disease. Ten people died during the first wave of the disease

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Iceland: Will Icelandic Naming Committee Be Abolished?

NordenBladet – Iceland has long been known for its Naming Committee – a committee of three people and three substitutes whose role it is to determine which personal names are to be approved and which ones rejected in the country.

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Iceland: Meet in ReykjavĂ­k moves under the umbrella of Promote Iceland

NordenBladet — Meet in Reykjavík, the official convention bureau for Reykjavík city and the capital area, has joined forces with Promote Iceland. According to an agreement between  Reykjavík’s city council executive committee, Promote Iceland and Icelandair,  Meet in Reykjavík will

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Iceland: Njal’s Saga to be completed tonight at the Icelandic Saga Centre in Hvolsvöllur, South Iceland

NordenBladet – Njal’s Saga, the best-known among the sagas of the Icelanders, will finally be completed tonight – on tapestry, that is. Since February 2013 – for seven years and seven months – a group of about 20 women have

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Iceland: Reykjavik International Film Festival goes ahead in September

NordenBladet — This year RIFF will explore new technology and use it to bring quality cinema to an even wider audience in Iceland. There will be online screenings to movie lovers across the country to Keflavík, Ísafjörður and Akureyri as

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