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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

13.5.2007

Government Keeps Majority in Parliament

Government keeps majority in parliament The coalition governmental parties in Iceland, the Independence Party (Sjálfstaedisflokkurinn) and the Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn), received a slight majority in parliament, 32 MPs in total, after the general elections yesterday.

The last votes were counted around 9 am this morning.

According to mbl.is, the Independence Party received 36.6 percent of all votes and 25 MPs, three more than what the party received after the last elections in 2003.

The Progressive Party, on the other hand, lost five MPs since the last elections, and has now seven MPs in parliament after receiving 11.7 percent of all votes.

The Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) received 26.8 percent of all votes and 18 MPs – the party lost two MPs since the elections in 2003.

The Left-Green Movement (Vinstri graenir) increased their number of MPs the most, by four since the last elections. The party received 14.3 percent of votes yesterday and nine MPs.

The Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi flokkurinn) received 7.2 percent of votes and four MPs, the same as in 2003, but the newcomer, the Icelandic movement (Íslandhreyfingin), received only 3.3 percent of votes and no MP in parliament.

A total of 63 MPs have a seat in Althingi, the Icelandic parliament, and it is requried that the governmental parties have a majority of MPs.

With 32 MPs the Independence Party and Progressive Party could remain in government. But with such little the majority, the Independence Party may decide to work with another party or parties.

The political parties will now discuss how best to form Iceland’s next government during which the Independence Party has the biggest say as the largest party.

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

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