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WWE-Style Wrestling Comes to Iceland
Iceland Review
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June 22, 2025
The Icelandic Combat Theatre (ICT) was founded earlier this year, marking the nation’s first mixed martial arts club. Viktor Sigursveinsson, one of ICT’s founders, spoke to local media about how attitudes towards mixed martial arts in Iceland are...
How an Icelandic Concert Inspired Led Zeppelin’s ‘Immigrant Song’
104.5 KDAT - Iowa
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June 22, 2025
There are lots of mystical and moving metaphors to be found in Led Zeppelin songs, but when Robert Plant sang about coming from the land of ice and snow in "Immigrant Song," he meant it literally. "Immigrant Song" appeared on Led Zeppelin's 1970...
Why Greenland is more important to the US than ever
New York Post
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July 6, 2025
Wittingly or unwittingly, United Airlines gave Donald Trump a birthday present that more than made up for the lackluster army parade put on by Pete Hegseth. On June 14, the day Trump turned 79, the US carrier launched its inaugural flight from...
Government Accused of Rushing Through Fishing Fee Changes
Iceland Review
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June 14, 2025
A bill proposing changes to fishing fees has passed through Iceland’s parliamentary Industry Committee, though not without controversy. The legislation, introduced by the Minister of Industry and Trade, will now proceed to its second reading in...
Euro 2025 Daily: Hosts Switzerland keep knockout hopes alive
ESPN India
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July 7, 2025
The 2025 Women's European Championship is off and running. Let's catch you up on what's happening, what you've missed and what's still to come. We will update this file throughout each matchday with the latest reporting, analysis and fun from the...
Sheepish view of Iceland
Plains Producer
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June 22, 2025
Andrew Parker This week’s Over the Fence comes directly from Iceland where I have been examining the condition of Icelandic livestock, mainly sheep, which have recently lambed (twins are common). The rules around agistment here appear much...
US wants huge Arctic investment
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN) The United States plans to invest billions to expand its icebreaker fleet, with funding included in President Donald Trump’s recently approved budget bill. Trump has acknowledged that the US trails behind Russia, which boasts the world’s...
What it’s like to go blind at 25
The Spinoff
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July 6, 2025
My father and I share the same experience of retinitis pigmentosa: we knew something was wrong when we could no longer see stars. It was Barbenheimer weekend – a real cultural reset. The slight scent of body odour and popcorn filled the musty...
Iceland’s PLAY Airlines to drop all transatlantic services
Business Traveller
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June 14, 2025
PLAY Airlines has announced it will cease flights to the US later this year. The Icelandic low-cost carrier commenced transatlantic services in 2022, and currently flies from Reykjavík’s Keflavík International Airport to Baltimore/Washington...
Icelandair and Visit Greenland Renew Partnership Amid Expanded Nuuk Connectivity
Adventure Travel News
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June 14, 2025
As the first MAX 737 landed this week from Keflavik to Nuuk, marking an increase in capacity for flights to Greenland, Icelandair and Visit Greenland are pleased to announce the renewal of their long-standing partnership. Through a newly signed...
USMNT’s Chris Richards: Parents, Net Worth, Career & More
Essentially Sports
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July 7, 2025
Mauricio Pochettino has managed to take the USMNT to the 2025 Gold Cup Final. But with Mexico as the final hurdle, he would have hoped he had some of the main guys playing. Christian Pulisic, Sergino Dest, Gio Reyna, Folarin Balogun, and Antonee...
Visit the Icelandic Aviation Festival in Akureyri Today
Iceland Review
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June 21, 2025
Crowds are expected at Akureyri Airport today as the Icelandic Aviation Museum hosts its annual Aviation Day celebration. On display will be a range of aircraft, including a Czech Air Force Gripen fighter jet and a US Navy P-8 submarine-hunting...
Consent Law
The Portugal News
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This groundbreaking legislation follows the footsteps of their neighbour Sweden, taking an important leap for women’s legal security that will set the example for the world to adopt. Additionally, countries such as Denmark, Iceland and Finland...
The Who’s Who Of The Icelandic Brosphere
Reykjavik Grapevine
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June 20, 2025
Readers of this publication are more often than not unfamiliar with many aspects of Iceland’s politics and culture, and we try our best to give enough context in our coverage to compensate for that. However, in this issue’s main feature we cover...
We negotiate from position of strength, not under deadlines: Goyal on US trade deal
The Federal
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July 5, 2025
Bengaluru, Jul 5 (PTI) With the Congress mocking the BJP-led NDA government over the proposed trade deal with the US, Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said India negotiates from a position of strength and not under deadlines. He also...
Law firm Gordons retains trainee solicitors
Yorkshire Business Insider
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Offers accepted - from left, Gordons' Daniel Callaghan, Abbie Little, Tosif Bashir, Amy Pierechod and Jonathan Wu All trainee solicitors qualifying in September this year at Gordons have accepted offers to continue furthering their careers with...
GUEST BLOG: Talk Liberation – Talk Liberation and WikiLeaks Lawyers To Challenge Icelandic De-banking
The Daily Blog
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June 19, 2025
Talk Liberation is committed to providing equal access for individuals with disabilities. To view an accessible version of this article, click here. Talk Liberation, the creators behind the Panquake social media project, are once againon the...
How does Iceland contribute to NATO when it has no military?
ERR
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June 20, 2025
Thórlindur Kjartansson is Iceland's current deployment to Estonia (2024–2026), and like his colleagues in Latvia and Lithuania, his job is to contribute to strategic communications (stratcoms) and analysis of geopolitical developments. The ability...
Government issues alert to everyone with a UK passport
Liverpool Echo
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June 13, 2025
His Majesty's (HM) Passport Office has issued an important alert to all UK passport holders ahead of what is expected to be a hectic summer travel season. With millions of people set to jet off abroad, HM Passport Office has taken to X, formerly...
What Iceland’s Cocaine Surge Says About Europe’s Saturated Drug Market
InSight Crime - Washington D.C.
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June 18, 2025
Iceland has already broken its annual cocaine seizure record in the first half of 2025, a sign that Europe’s oversupply of the drug is spilling into smaller markets and creating new opportunities for enterprising traffickers. So far this year,...