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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: 

✨ Bad weather during last weekend. Roofs blown off, Reykjavík seaside hit with big waves.
✨ The Independence Party  elects a new chairman; Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir. What does this mean for the future of the party?
✨ A Samovar gifted to then mayor of Reykjavík Davíð Oddsson by Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1986 summit meeting in Reykjavík finds its way to an auction, raising questions  about its ownership.
✨The fallout of the Trump Zelenskyy meeting on Friday reaches Iceland.
✨ And yes, the teacher's strike is over.

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