RIP Bo Hall, Municipality Elections, Westman Islands Flyover, Grindavík & Inflation

About this episode

The episode covers the top news stories of the week, including the passing of pop legend Björgvin Halldórsson and local elections.

Are you enjoying this? Are you not? Tell us what to do more of, and what you'd like to hear less of. The Reykjavík Grapevine's Iceland Roundup brings you the top news with a dash of local views. In this episode, Grapevine publisher Jón Trausti Sigurðarson is joined by Grapevine editor-in-chief Bart Cameron, and Grapevine friend and contributor Sindri Eldon to roundup the stories making headlines in the past week. On the docket this week are: Pop Legend Björgvin Halldórsson Passes Björg...

People in this episode

Host: Jón Trausti Sigurðarson

Guests: Bart Cameron, Sindri Eldon

Topics covered

• municipality elections
• local news
• inflation
• Westman Islands
• Grindavík
• pop culture

Keywords

• Iceland news
• municipality elections
• inflation
• Westman Islands
• Björgvin Halldórsson

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Organizations: The Reykjavík Grapevine

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