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Iceland’s government MORE popular after Panama Papers

Edit Iceland Monitor 14 Apr 2016
According to the latest Gallup poll reported on by national broadcaster RÚV, the government now enjoys 34% support among Icelandic voters – up four percentage points on a week ago ... ....

Iceland’s government MORE popular after Panama Papers

Edit Iceland Monitor 14 Apr 2016
According to the latest Gallup poll reported on by national broadcaster RÚV, the government now enjoys 34% support among Icelandic voters – up four percentage points on a week ago ... ....

Controversial strap-on performance by Icelandic rap group on national television

Edit Iceland Monitor 29 Feb 2016
An Icelandic actress caused a stir by walking out of the set on Rúv national television during the chatshow Vikan with Gísli Marteinn on Friday evening. The reason. a performance by rap group Reykjavíkurdætur wearing hospital clothing and one strap-on ... ....

Drug-resistant chlamydia on the rise

Edit Iceland Monitor 17 Feb 2016
Cases of antibiotic-resistant chlamydia are on the increase in Iceland and condom use is still something of a “taboo”, reports Icelandic national broadcaster RÚV ... ....

Eurovision goes hip - cover song by Högni Egilsson and Glowie wows the audience

Edit Iceland Monitor 15 Feb 2016
The second half of the semi final to choose Iceland’s entry for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest took place on Rúv national television last night. The song, however, which proved to be the biggest hit on the show wasn't a part of the contest ... ....

Theme park death under investigation

Edit Iceland Monitor 29 Jan 2016
The parents of Andri Freyr Sveinsson, an eighteen year old boy who died in a rollercoaster accident in the summer of 2014, appeared on the Kastljós news programme on RÚV national television last night speaking about the tragedy ... ....

Listen to Iceland’s Eurovision hopefuls!

Edit Iceland Monitor 16 Jan 2016
The 12 songs competing for the honour of representing Iceland in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest are now available to listen on the Eurovision page of national broadcast RÚV’s website ... ....

Listen to Iceland’s Eurovision hopefuls!

Edit Iceland Monitor 16 Jan 2016
The 12 songs competing for the honour of representing Iceland in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest are now available to listen on the Eurovision page of national broadcast RÚV’s website ... ....

Grímsson not to run for President

Edit Iceland Monitor 02 Jan 2016
President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson declared in his New Year's speech to the nation, broadcasted on RÚV today that he would not be standing for re-election next year. Grímsson is already Iceland’s longest serving president and will be celebrating twenty years in the office in 2016 ... ....

Iceland's most ambitious TV series premieres on Sunday

Edit Iceland Monitor 27 Dec 2015
Icelandic series Ófærð (Trapped) premieres on RÚV on Sunday night. The series is the most ambitious and expensive Icelandic TV series to date and will be shown in all of Scandinavia, Britain, Germany and the US in the next few weeks ... ....

Iceland’s radio Christmas greetings

Edit Iceland Monitor 24 Dec 2015
Anybody tuning into Iceland’s RÚV Radio 1 today cannot fail to happen across the traditional annual ‘Christmas Greetings’ programmes ... ....

Iceland’s radio Christmas greetings

Edit Iceland Monitor 24 Dec 2015
Anybody tuning into Iceland’s RÚV Radio 1 today cannot fail to happen across the traditional annual ‘Christmas Greetings’ programmes ... ....

Anger over foreign accent news broadcast

Edit Iceland Monitor 11 Dec 2015
The weather news on RÚV is routinely provided by the Icelandic Met Office and on Monday was read out by a seismologist of the IMO with a detectable foreign accent ... ....
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