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Internazionale festival

Niceland’s unofficial pundits on the loose

October 4, 2009

So the Internazionale Festival wound down this afternoon, and what a great weekend it has been. I am so impressed with everything about this festival – from the organization, to the speakers and events, to the wonderful way we’ve been treated. And don’t even get me started on the amazing food and drink we have [...]

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In Ferrara

October 1, 2009

So here I am, happily installed in a delightful Bed & Breakfast in beautiful Ferrara, Italy. And when I say beautiful, I mean bee-yootiful. And so far I’ve only seen a fraction of the place. It was a long hard day of travelling, though, which began at 4 this morning [all of you who have [...]

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Will the government collapse over the Icesave agreement?

September 30, 2009

Big news today: our Minister of Health Ögmundur Jónasson has resigned over the Icesave issue. Apparently the pressure is on to make everyone in government walk in step concerning Icesave – and he’s just not behaving. So instead of being pressured into going against his own convictions he’s decided to bow out. There has subsequently [...]

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Those lazy days of summer and all that lies ahead

July 21, 2009

These are such lazy days here in Iceland – almost lazy enough to make us forget everything that happened last fall and winter and just believe that Iceland is still Niceland. The weather has been awesome – warm and sunny with a relative absence of wind. The pools are full of people [Iceland has an [...]

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