Singer Laufey Sets A Record, Snowpocalypse Weekend & EU Debate

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The Reykjavík Grapevine's Iceland Roundup brings you the top news with a healthy dash of local views. In this episode, Grapevine publisher Jón Trausti Sigurðarson is joined by Heimildin journalist Aðalsteinn Kjartansson, and Grapevine friend and contributor Sindri Eldon to roundup the stories making headlines in recent weeks. On the docket this week are:

500 Travelers Stuck In North Iceland Because Of A Blizzard  
While weather conditions remained fairly uninteresting in Reykjavík a blizzard closed the road between Reykjavík and Akureyri this Sunday, which meant that up to 500 people had to unexpectedly had to spend the night in various hotels and guesthouses, and for dozens, the local schools were opened up to shelter people. 
Nordic PMs Meet To Hang Out With Canadian PM Mark Carney
The Nordic PMs met in Oslo on Saturday, along with Mark Carney, who’s stature in the international political landscape risen significantly over the past months, and dramatically after a speech he gave in Davos earlier this year. The speech in question was also probably on Iceland’s MP Kristrún Frostadóttir mind when she commented after the meeting, that “We have had concerns about Greenland, we have concerns about the situation in Europe regarding Ukraine, but we are not afraid. We also see this as a way to reshape alliances. Although we are not excluding anyone, we are also just broadening our horizons, and I think this group, together with Canada, shows that there are great opportunities out there."
EU Debate Takes Over Icelandic Discourse
The upcoming EU referendum has been heavily debated over the past week, and we’ve already had enough.
Laufey Lín Performed For 36.000 Icelanders This Weekend
With two concerts in a hall that takes 18.000 guests, Musical Superstar Laufey Lín, may have shattered a national record.
Tourists Cause More Serious Road Accidents Than Drunk Or Young Drivers
According to Reynir Bjarni Egilsson, of the insurance company VÍS, who said, last week that "There is often talk of perhaps dangerous groups such as young drivers and drunk drivers, but foreign tourists are causing more serious and fatal accidents per year than these groups that are most often discussed. We think it is well worth drawing attention to them in order to generate debate about whether it is possible to improve the framework around."

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