Today from The RÚV English Podcast service, a new episode of The Week In Iceland.

Darren's guest is Valur Grettisson, former editor of Grapevine magazine (sadly appearing today without superstar dog Pollý).

They discuss a week of avalanches, with mercifully no injuries and a slow, hopeful return to normal in the Eastfjords, the unsurprising failure of a no-confidence motion in the Justice Minister, the Government's budget and plans to fight inflation, and the sudden demise of newspaper Fréttablaðið.

Today's show plays out with Dots, by Akureyri-based Anton Bark.

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