The incoming administration of Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir, which takes over on Sunday, also said it will set up a panel of experts to look into the advantages and disadvantages of retaining the Icelandic crown over adopting the Euro.

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    1 day ago

    Maybe don’t use “Iceland” and “slowly warming” in what seems to be a positive story?

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      3 hours ago

      Wasn’t Iceland and Greenland deliberately named liked this (the oppositeof how they actually are), to cause confusion to medieval sailors? Or is this just an urban legend?

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      1 day ago

      You get downmodded but I felt the same way.

      At a glance one might read they are literally warming up and want to join the EU for help.