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International Aerial Photographer of the Year competition winners
Times-Georgian
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Top-down aerial drone photo of a spinner shark creating a gateway into a school of menhaden fish in the Atlantic Ocean, Southampton, New York. (Joanna Steidle/International Aerial Photographer of the Year via SWNS) By Dean Murray The winners of...
Politically-Connected W.Va. GameChanger Program Receives Opioid Funds Amid Doubts from Experts
100 Days in Appalachia - West Virginia
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July 1, 2025
On a Tuesday afternoon, Michelle Allen is in her office in an empty Robert C. Byrd High School. Allen is the career and technical instructor at RCB and also runs GameChanger, the school’s prevention education club. In an empty classroom, Allen...
Government’s development footprints in Mangochi
The Times Group Malawi
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July 1, 2025
HOUSES COLD ROOM—Mangochi District Hospital Maternity WingWednesday, June 11, 2025. At exactly 2:30pm, four tractors are ploughing the land at Nkopola Mega Farm in Mangochi District. Surprisingly, although it is a sunny day, with the temperature...
The Women Behind South Iceland’s Tastiest Hot Dogs
Iceland Review
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July 1, 2025
In the South Iceland town of Selfoss, just off the Ölfusár Bridge, there’s a hot dog stand that has become something of a local landmark over the years. Pylsuvagninn may not be as famous as other hot dog joints in the capital, but for over four...
Iceland Power Market Outlook To 2035: Market Trends, Regulations, And Competitive Landscape, With Landsvirkjun Hf, Orkuveita Reykjavikur, And HS Orka
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Explore the "Iceland Power Market Outlook to 2035," offering insights on market trends, regulatory landscape, and competition. Review historical and forecasted data on capacity, generation, and consumption....
Michelin Star Dining And A Luxury Spa Resort At Iceland’s Blue Lagoon
Forbes
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The Retreat at Blue Lagoon Courtesy of The Retreat at Blue Lagoon Inspired by the steam rising from the surrounding waters of the Blue Lagoon, many of the dishes from Chef Aggi Sverrisson at Moss Restaurant are a visual sensation as well as being...
PM Orbán appoints minister responsible for suspending Hungarian citizenship
Daily News Hungary
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July 1, 2025
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has appointed the minister who will be responsible for suspending Hungarian citizenship. The new law, which empowers the authorities to suspend the Hungarian citizenship of non-EEA (EU, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, and...
James McClean - International return is out of my hands
The Irish News
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JAMES McClean insists that any talk of him possibly making a return to the international stage for the Republic of Ireland isn’t up to him – for now. Heimir Hallgrimsson’s side start their World Cup qualifying campaign with a home clash against...
Iceland Roundup: Silicon, Meth, Self-Defeating Socialists, MRI Scanner, Moomins & Hearts
Reykjavik Grapevine
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July 1, 2025
The Reykjavík Grapevine’s Iceland Roundup brings you the top news with a healthy dash of local views. In this episode, Grapevine publisher Jón Trausti Sigurðarson is joined by Heimildin editor Aðalsteinn Kjartansson, and Grapevine friend and...
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EXCLUSIVE: Iceland 'keeper Runarsdottir on injury horror & Euros
Goal
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There was arguably no more impressive shot-stopper on the continent in 2024-25 than the 21-year-old, who shone on loan at Inter in Serie A There are a lot of goalkeepers in the European women’s game who have marked themselves out as household...
University independence: Minister forges ahead with probe
University World News
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SWEDEN Sweden’s former Minister for Education Johan Pehrson has indicated that a government investigation into the independence of the country’s universities is to go ahead, despite some recent pressure exerted from opposing political parties, the...
Hot deal: You can fly from Vancouver to London and Iceland for half price
Vancouver Is Awesome
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June 30, 2025
Two for the price of one is always a good deal. Travellers from the Lower Mainland can visit two world class destinations for the price of one this year. Iceland, known as the land of Ice and Fire, has some of the best affordable airfare for folks...
UK businesses could be legally required to prioritise people and planet alongside profit under new law proposals
Business Matters
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June 30, 2025
The Company Directors (Duties) Bill, tabled in Parliament today by Liberal Democrat MP Martin Wrigley, seeks to amend Section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 to ensure directors balance the duty to promote their company’s success with new duties to...
International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation: save the glaciers!
Pressenza
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June 29, 2025
The United Nations has designated 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation to highlight the importance of glaciers and ensure that those relying on them, and those affected by cryospheric (1) processes, receive the necessary...
Iceland’s Personal Names Committee approves new first names
Ice News
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June 28, 2025
The Personal Names Committee of Iceland has approved a variety of new first names that can be used in guidance with Icelandic culture, including Baggio and Star. Among the approved names include Baggio, Star, Bíi, Celina, Sesselíus, Vava, Anóra,...
Iceland’s RÚV to support Israel’s exclusion from Eurovision/EBU after board vote
ESCXTRA
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June 28, 2025
In a vote at the board on April 28th of this year, the Icelandic broadcaster RÚV decided to ask its Director-General to vote in favour of Israel’s exclusion from Eurovision and/or the EBU, should such a subject arise. A short majority in favour of...
Icelandic Naming Committee Approves Baggio, Rejects Hó
Iceland Review
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June 28, 2025
Iceland’s Personal Names Committee has approved a number of new first names, including Sesselíus, Vava, Anóra, Link, Eugenía, Kareem, Míló, Baggio, Star, Bíi, and Celina. However, one suggested middle name, Hó, was turned down. The committee...
Carbon Taxes in Europe, 2025
Tax Foundation
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Sweden currently levies the highest carbon taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities. rate...
Students Pay More For Bus Pass Than University Staff
Reykjavik Grapevine
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July 1, 2025
A difference of 20,000 ISK in the subsidised annual Strætó bus pass can be found between University of Iceland staff and students, in favour of the staff, reports Vísir. Representatives of the student interest groups at the university are very...
Euro 2025: How 'small' Switzerland came to host a tournament that could spark 'cultural change'
The Athletic
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July 1, 2025
Sometimes Tatjana Haenni felt envious during her teenage years and her eyes would flit towards football’s traditional behemoths — Germany, France, Italy, Portugal or the Netherlands. “I was almost jealous I wasn’t one of them,” the former...