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About Iceland
Iceland is a refreshingly unconventional travel destination. The Icelandic nature is unspoilt, exotic and mystical with its spouting geysers, active volcanoes, tumbling waterfalls, towering mountains, vast lava plains and magical lakes. Iceland’s fjords, glaciers and highland plains present visitors with some of the most beautiful and enchanting places they will ever see, as well as a rare feeling of utter tranquillity.

For travelers on a quest for action, Iceland’s pristine nature offers great potential for outdoor activities such as snowmobiling, horse riding, cave exploring, hiking, swimming, skiing, river rafting, kayaking and mountain safaris on modified four-wheel drives, to name but a few. Iceland supports a surprisingly diverse Nordic flora and fauna and is an ideal place for ornithology enthusiasts, while also offering some of the world’s best whale watching destinations.

About Reykjavik
Reykjavík sometimes feels like a cosmopolitan capital and a tiny seaside village - all wrapped up in one. But Reykjavík has the best of both worlds; the qualities of a modern, forward-looking society complemented by a close connection to Iceland‚s beautiful and unspoilt nature.

Reykjavík’s legendary nightlife is bolstered by plentiful cultural and social happenings in addition to an abundance of first-class restaurants. The size of Reykjavik city centre is also limited enough to allow for easy navigation by foot. Reykjavík has been described as a young and daring city that is characterized by strong contrasts. Conveniently small, clean and safe, it is more or less free from the major problems that haunt many other capitals. Big city events are frequent, the winter lights festival finished recently with thousands of participants and more tourist at this time of the year than we are used to.

in Focus

27.4.2007

Iceland and Norway Sign Defense Agreement

Iceland and Norway sign defense agreement Iceland’s Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdóttir and Norway’s Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Störe signed an agreement in Oslo yesterday on defense collaborations between the two nations on matters of defense.

Afterwards Iceland and Denmark signed a declaration, similar to the agreement with Norway, in which the two nations agreed to cooperate further on defense, as RÚV reports.

The agreement between Iceland and Norway includes increased visitations and exercises and other defense operations of special military forces in Iceland. Störe said he did not expect Norwegian military jets to be stationed in Iceland in the long term.

Störe told reporters there would not be additional costs involved for Norway and that the operations were within the framework of the current grant given to the military. The minister emphasized that Iceland and Norway had a good relationship, though they didn’t always agree on fishing limits.

Iceland’s and Denmark’s agreement is a confirmation of the agreement reached in January on increased supervision of fishing and pollution. The Icelandic Coast Guard and the Danish Navy already cooperate to a considerable extent, but with yesterday’s agreement the cooperation will increase further.

The agreement also stipulates that Iceland will support Danish military forces during their exercises in Iceland, for example to cover the cost of Danish military exercises at Keflavík airport.

Iceland’s Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde said both agreements are framework agreements, which have yet to be completed. “We have yet to decide how the execution will be in detail.”

“I want to emphasize that we have a good relationship with both nations, our neighbors, both within NATO and the Nordic Region Co-Operative,” concluded Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdóttir.

The opposition parties in Iceland have mixed feelings towards the agreement.

Leader of the Social Democrats (Samfylkingin) Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir said the agreements involve cooperation in a neighboring spirit, while leader of the Left-Greens (Vinstri graenir) Steingrímur J. Sigfússon called it unnecessary “tumbling about.”

Source: Iceland Review (www.icelandreview.com).

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