Elections in Iceland: Social Democratic Alliance becomes largest party
After a snap election called by Iceland’s Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson, the center-left Social Democratic Alliance won the most election votes, ...
Politics in Iceland: Iceland’s government coalition collapses
Iceland’s Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has announced that Iceland’s coalition government has disbanded due to disagreements on political issues,...
Bjarni Benediktsson named as Iceland Prime Minister in cabinet reshuffle
After the announcement that the current Iceland Prime Minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, is stepping down as PM to run for President, Bjarni Benediktsson ...
Left Greens are now the largest party in Iceland according to survey
The deliberations to form a coalition government in Iceland were famously complex and drawn out after the October 2016 general elections. After many f...
Pirates and the independent party, biggest parties in Iceland
A Gallup survey, carried out from 26 July to 31 August, shows the independent party and the pirate party as the two would be ruling parties in governm...
Parliamentary elections in autumn
Early parliamentary elections have now been proposed in autumn, but the exact date is unclear
Iceland repays debt owed to Poland
Iceland is ready to pay the 50 million euros it owes the Polish government – money that was paid in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Icelandic F...
Annual Icelandic-American conference focusses on Arctic opportunities
The annual Icelandic-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) conference will see public and private sector figures from Iceland, the US, Canada and Greenl...