Sentences with phrase «by icelandic»

The Authority claimed that Iceland had violated the transposed Directive and thus EEA law in the aftermath of its major economic crisis and collapse of the banking sector in 2008, by failing to ensure that British and Dutch depositors using the famous «Icesave» accounts offered by Icelandic banks received the minimum amount of compensation set out in Article 7 (1) of the Directive.

Between the lines, the EFTA Court thus seemed to be very much inclined to accept the procedure followed by the Icelandic authorities, but it still sent the case back to the national court to make the necessary findings based on the individual case (para 91).

In a scenario which played itself out in various European capitals the measures imposed by the Icelandic government in order to prop up its banking system potentially undermined the agreement's exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of the English High Court as well as its governing English law provision.

It isn't a particularly big volcano by Icelandic standards.

In subsequent years the annual number of endangered fin whales killed by Icelandic fleets for whale - meat exports to Japan had risen from seven to 148.

To ensure that this issue continues to receive the highest level of attention, I direct: (1) relevant U.S. delegations attending meetings with Icelandic officials and senior Administration officials visiting Iceland to raise U.S. concerns regarding commercial whaling by Icelandic companies and seek ways to halt such action; (2) Cabinet secretaries to evaluate the appropriateness of visits to Iceland depending on continuation of the current suspension of fin whaling; (3) the Department of State to examine Arctic cooperation projects, and where appropriate, link U.S. cooperation to the Icelandic government changing its whaling policy and abiding by the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling; (4) the Departments of Commerce and State to consult with other international actors on efforts to end Icelandic commercial whaling and have Iceland abide by the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling; (5) the Department of State to inform the Government of Iceland that the United States will continue to monitor the activities of Icelandic companies that engage in commercial whaling; and (6) relevant U.S. agencies to continue to examine other options for responding to continued whaling by Iceland.

In connection with this letter, a look at information supplied by the Icelandic Meteorological Office is interesting.

For the first time this year, a commission designed by the Icelandic artist Kristjana Williams will see a limited - edition Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer wrapped with Williams» unique and vibrant cartographic designs.

Based on the novel Under the Glacier by the Icelandic Nobel Prize - awarded author Halldór Laxness, Reanimation plays with ideas of collages and animation.

This is where museum goers will find a monographic gallery of works by Takashi Murakami, a nine - screen video piece by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson entitled The Visitors that the Broads acquired in 2013, and a space off the lobby that Heyler has dedicated to Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room — The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away.

She was particularly influenced by the Icelandic landscape and Nordic light of her home country, where she would return annually to paint.

There is also a nine - channel HD projection installation by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson.

The Reykjavík Festival at Walt Disney Concert Hall presents an opportunity to experience a site - specific installation by Icelandic artist Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir and a film by fellow Icelander Xárene Eskandar.

In celebration of this season's last Sunday Sessions, MoMA PS1 presents the durational performance A Lot of Sorrow by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, on Sunday, May 5, 2013, noon — 6 pm.

The Cycle exhibition will open in Gerðarsafn as part of the festival presenting works by Icelandic and international artists.

Given the range of «new media» included in North by New York, including conceptual photography by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, film stills by Finnish artist Marja Viitahuhta, and the video works of Danish artist Henrik Lund Jørgensen, the fact that actual paintings are included among the hydridities present in the show is already ahead of the game.

This marriage of trendy young artist and gray - bearded conceptualist reflects the festival as a whole, which contains a major exhibition of the late Swiss - German artist Dieter Roth and, complementing it, an extensive program of new works by Icelandic and international artists.

A wall full of aerial photographs by Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson in «Points of Departure» makes a neat point of comparison with the work of Bay Area artist Robert Hartman at Triangle.

The Sound and Video Works of Dodda Maggý presents nine video works by the Icelandic composer and video artist Dodda Maggý (b. 1981).

ABBA - inspired performances by the Icelandic artists and his musician friends are the focus of this nine - channel video installation that plays the whole emotional register.

«Cerulean Gallery's pairing of Michelle Oosterbaan's multi-panel abstract paintings inspired by Icelandic landscapes, and Anda Dubinskis» shadowy charcoal riffs on single decorative elements that take them into another realm, is possibly the most elegant two - person show this gallery has ever mounted.

The statement could apply to any number of projects he's had a hand in (consider last year's «A Lot of Sorrow» by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, in which the band The National played its song «Sorrow» continuously for six hours), but it serves as the perfect introduction to his latest work: «14 Rooms.»

Part of Sigur Ros's Valtari Mystery Film Experiment, in which 11 international artists were commissioned by the Icelandic band to make an original new film for a song on their 2012 Valtari release.

It will feature the Austrian Kiki Kogelnik's 1962 anti-war sculpture Bombs in Love, as well as pieces by Icelandic artist Erró, the Brazilian Claudio Tozzi and Japanese neo-Dadaist Ushio Shinohara.

The museum owns the most valuable collection of works by Icelandic artists in the country.

Faurschou Foundation Beijing has the pleasure of presenting A Lot of Sorrow — a video performance by the Icelandic artist, Ragnar Kjartansson and The National.

This diversity lies at the heart of her work, which gives form to the process of becoming, as shown by the pieces she has created inspired by the Icelandic landscape, the countless shades of the water, and the changeable geography of human features.

The first such «experience,» at the Women's Building in the Mission District from Nov. 9 to 11, is by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson — whose «The Visitors» installation was such a hit last summer at SFMOMA — and is curated by Tom Eccles.

Her latest project, Reanimation, is based on the novel Under the Glacier by the Icelandic author and Nobel prize winner Halldór Laxness.

All of my children's stories are inspired by Icelandic folklore.

Gimli is a small resort town founded by Icelandic immigrants.

Reading Marathon: It seems lots of people have caught the read - aloud bug recently, from our nation's leaders to actors inspired by the Icelandic bank crisis and «The Great Gatsby.»

But Everest, co-produced by Working Title and directed by the Icelandic film - maker Baltasar Kormákur, harks backs to 1996, when the idea had taken root that Everest had become almost too easy.

Everest, directed by the Icelandic film - maker Baltasar Kormákur, harks backs to 1996, when the idea had taken root that Everest had become almost too easy

It's perhaps significant that the Russian climber, Anatoli Boukreev, a mountaineer known for climbing without oxygen and strikingly well played by the Icelandic actor Ingvar Eggert Siggurosson, worked for Fisher's company rather than Hall's.

Add that to a new score by the Oscar - nominated composer John Powell and songs by Icelandic musician Jonsi and you get quite a stunning collection of memorable sequences.

Still, it's Boukreev (played by Icelandic actor Ingvar Sigurdsson) who concedes the silliness of arguing about who did or said what.

Everest, directed by Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormakur (Contraband, 2 Guns, and the stellar Icelandic survival film The Deep), recounts the 1996 climbing disaster on Mount Everest that killed eight mountaineers in one day, one of the worst disasters on that mountain.

Sentenced to death for killing two men and setting their house on fire, the story finds Agnes awaiting confirmation of her sentence by the Icelandic high court while forging new emotional bonds and reflecting on her supposed crimes.

Composed by Icelandic cellist Hildur Gudnadottir and British composer Natalie Holt, the score is rueful and ominous, like a phantom floating through a winter's dusk.

Due to efforts made by the Icelandic tourism industry and Icelandair, planning a trip to Iceland is now easier than ever.

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However, company spokesman Edward Farmer says that whoever ends up buying the data is «immaterial» to its security because the conditions under which it is held are dictated by Icelandic and European data protection law.

2 p.m.: The World's Strongest Man Competition ESPN's wildly entertaining series of contests — which were either taped serially in 1978 or feature the least fashionable fans in all of sport; honestly, it is difficult to tell which — is invariably won by Icelandic behemoth Magnus ver Magnusson.

Both the Ölfus Spring source and our facility are also regularly inspected by the Icelandic Public Health Authority, which carries out stringent tests to ensure the facility is operating in compliance with WHO standards.

The water collected by Icelandic Glacial flows directly into our state - of - the - art bottling plant located right at the source, in Hlidarendi, Iceland at the edge of the Ölfus Spring.

Banks «earned their way out of debt» by lending to global speculators who used the yen loans to convert into foreign currency and buy higher - yielding assets abroad — capped by Icelandic government bonds paying 15 %, and pocketing the arbitrage difference.

The collection of that data — the genetic sequences of 160,000 citizens, along with their medical and genealogical records — was made possible by the Icelandic government, and the storage and analysis of that data was overseen by deCode, a Reykjavík - based human genetics outfit that, since its founding in 1996, had struggled to stay afloat financially.

A few West Ham — Stoke connections that spring to mind are that Geoff Hurst played for both clubs, Lou Macari managed both and both were briefly owned by Icelandics at some point in their history.