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Iceland is still trying to pick itself back up after its banking system collapsed two years ago. Perhaps that’s one reason why ancient Icelandic chanting is gaining in popularity. The chants are all about hardship and toughing it out in the cold North Atlantic, something Icelanders have been doing for hundreds of years. Gerry Hadden listens in. Download MP3 (Photo: Gerry Hadden)Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Iceland is struggling with a severe economic crisis. Even so, lawmakers in the country’s Althingi parliament house (flickr image: putneymark) had another pressing matter to deal with: striptease! This week, they voted to ban strip clubs in their island nation. Marco Werman talks with Gundun Jonsdattor whose organization Stigmot provides information against sexual violence. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Iceland’s population is only about 317,000 people. Many are worried that the country’s current debt crisis will force the best and brightest to leave Iceland in search of work. Unemployment in Iceland has risen from one to ten percent just in the last year. But some young Icelanders, like Oern Haroldson (pictured), aren’t waiting for the government to get its economic house in order. The World’s Gerry reports. Download MP3
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Iceland is considering legislation aimed at making it a legal safe haven for journalists, publishers, and even companies that host websites. But it’s not clear how much protection the proposed measure would actually provide outside Iceland’s borders. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Reykjavik. Download MP3 (Photo: Gerry Hadden)
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The earthquake in Haiti has taken a terrible toll. But out of the rubble, there is some hope. The earthquake offers that country a chance to rebuild its economy from scratch, and develop the infrastructure its been sorely lacking.
Also on the podcast, two stories from Europe: Problems with the Euro and Iceland on sale.
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Iceland has been one of the countries hardest hit by the economic crisis. One thing it still has going for it is its draw for American artists, writers and musicians. Writer Alissa Quart has the story. Download MP3
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In the Geo Quiz we’re looking for an island nation where all three McDonald’s restaurants will close at the end of the month. And besides being destined to be Big Mac free by Sunday, it’s also famous for its glaciers and fjords, and, well, ice. Download MP3
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They have been called the “Kreppa babies” – just over nine months after this country’s banking sector collapsed, this country is experiencing a baby boom. Deliveries are up about 3.5 per cent so far this year, putting the volcanic Atlantic island on course to record its most annual births for at least half a century. Also, check out Alda Sigmundsdóttir’s blog.
Cartoonists find humor — sometimes quite dark humor — in President Obama’s offer of hope on his visit to Ghana, Iceland’s interest in joining the European Union, the politics of fighting global warming, the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing, and the current obsession with facebook.
Today’s Geo Answer is Grimsby, England, where Icelandandic fishermen are going in increasing numbers to sell their catch. The BBC’s Sarah Falkingham reports Icelandic fishermen are finding it hard to sell their catch at home – so they’re travel to Grimsby to market it.
