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- Jan 11: The UN Human Rights Committee decides Iceland should establish a fisheries control system that fulfills the international demands, declaring that the IFQ system is not based on justice. (IcelandReview)
- Jan 11: A two-year regional growth agreement, including funding worth US$ 1.4 million, is signed between the Akureyri Regional Business Agency and the state. (IcelandReview)
- Jan 10: 105-year-old Kristín Gudmundsdóttir, formerly the oldest living Icelander, died at a nursing home in a town neighboring Reykjavík on Jan 8. (IcelandReview)
- Jan 9: Decode Genetics, a biotechnology firm based in Iceland, reports positively on its mid-stage trials of its drug to prevent heart attacks. (Reuters)
- Jan 9: Icelandic fish factories face tough times following the large cut in cod quotas. (IceNews)
- Jan 8: Foreign minister Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir signs an investment agreement with Egypt in Cairo (IcelandReview)
- Jan 7: According to Statistics Iceland, Polish Icelanders are the most law-abiding, compared to other residents. (IcelandReview)
- Jan 5: 830,000 messages, many presumably containing New Year’s greetings, were texted on New Year's Eve at telecom company Siminn, compared to Iceland's population of 300,000. (IcelandReview)
- Jan 4: According to Statistics Iceland, Iceland's trade deficit has decreased ½ billion euros from 2006 to 2007. (IcelandReview)
- Jan 4: The price of one ton of fuel is five times the price ten years ago. Rising oil prices are causing operational difficulties for the fishing industry. (IcelandReview)
- Jan 4: Chilly Iceland gives a warm welcome to South American refugees. (AlertNet)
- Jan 3: Iceland calls peace corps home from Sri Lanka. (IcelandReview)
- Jan 2: In his New Year's speech broadcast, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, president of Iceland, announces he will participate in next summer's election and hopes to serve as Iceland's president for a fourth term. (IcelandReview)
