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Iceland's Eyþor Ingi Gunnlaugsson performs during the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, on May 18, 2013.
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Iceland now is booming; unemployment fell back to below 5% and GDP growth is above 4% — far exceeding any of other European countries that suffered major recessions.
The band's music scores Homer's visit to Iceland, make an unprecedented musical collaboration between the show and a band; with this episode, Sigur Ros have written and performed more original music for The Simpsons than any other outside band in the show's history.
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Iceland forms center-right govt, halts EU talks
to seek a bailout from Europe and the International Monetary Fund.The Progressive Party promised during the campaign to cut Icelanders' housing debts by 20 percent."The government keeps open the option of creating a special adjustment fund to achieve its goals," 44 m ago Read more »
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New app helps Icelanders avoid accidental incest
related. "Bump the app before you bump in bed," says the catchy slogan.Some are hailing it as a welcome solution to a very Icelandic form of social embarrassment."Everyone has heard the story of going to a family event and running into a girl you hooked up Read more »
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Skydive site owner: Men didn't deploy parachutes
in woods south of the Zephyrhills Municipal Airport, Snow said.The victims were part of a group of about 12 who travel from Iceland to Florida every year to jump, Hayes said.Arnarson, the instructor, had been to the facility before, but Pordarson had not, Read more »
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Iceland's plan to ban Internet porn sparks uproar
global financial crisis, and leaving a string of failed businesses around the world.The economy is now bouncing back, aided by Iceland's status as one of the world's best connected countries, with one of the highest levels of Internet use on the planet. Recent Read more »
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Iceland forms center-right govt, halts EU talks
within a week in 2008. The value of the country's currency plummeted, while inflation and unemployment figures soared. Iceland was forced to seek a bailout from Europe and the International Monetary Fund. The Progressive Party promised during the campaign 42 m ago from ABC6 Columbus Ohio Read more »
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Iceland heads for EU referendum
note that Iceland just signed a free trade agreement with China and has returned to economic growth," he said. "This move by Iceland shows that the EU is more and more perceived as a failing political and economic project." Martin Callanan MEP, the leader 10:57 AM from The Telegraph Read more »
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UPDATE 1-New Iceland government freezes EU talks till referendum
to bring economic stability in the future. But Europe's sovereign debt problems reduced interest in joining a bloc with which Iceland already has good trade ties. The party leaders also presented a pact where they stated the government planned to use the assets 10:44 AM from Reuters.co.uk Read more »
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Iceland forms center-right govt, halts EU talks
Iceland (AP) — The leader of Iceland's center-right Progressive Party was chosen as the island nation's new prime minister Wednesday and promptly announced a halt to talks with the European Union about Iceland joining the 27-nation bloc. Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson 10:41 AM from FindLaw: AP News Read more »
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Artist displays chunks of real glaciers as sculpture
you feel sorry for those little glacier pieces so that you then think about the big glacier they broke off of, melting away in Iceland? Only he knows. And, since he’s the sort of artist who has no qualms about putting a bunch of glaciers in an artificially 10:14 AM from Grist Read more »
