Silicon, meth, self-defeating socialists, MRI scanner, Moomins and heart shaped traffic lights

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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: 
✨ A Silicon Factory near Húsavík, North-East Iceland, PCC are laying off 30 people and at least temporarily closing down production. We talk about how this is not the first such factory in Iceland to go belly up.
✨ Socialist Party infighting continues. We half-heartedly explore the Icelandic Socialist Party’s journey towards self-destruction.
✨Moomins in Akureyri. A new set-to-be-open soon Moomin themed outdoor area near Akureyri runs into copyright issues. 
✨MRI scanner problems in Landspítali Hospital. One of the few MRI machines in Iceland went offline as a floor cleaning machine got stuck on its exterior a couple of weeks ago. The floor cleaning machine has now been (finally) separated from the MRI machine, but the MRI machine is still broken.
✨Heart shaped traffic lights in Akureyri are to be removed. Now the President of Iceland has intervened on the behalf of the traffic lights. 
✨We discuss a 2023 door bell prank with consequences. 
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