Iceland Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir to step down as PM and run for President
Iceland’s Prime Minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, has recently announced her resignation as PM, stating that she will instead run for the position ...
Iceland’s new president officially takes office today
While election results came in on 26th June and Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, who led polls for weeks, if not months leading up to the elections, was electe...
Icelandic president to come to Maine
Iceland’s president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson plans to visit Maine, the northeastern-most state of the United States, next May to express his suppo...
Iceland’s president vilifies former British PM Gordon Brown over Icesave crisis
In a recent interview with British news broadcaster Sky News, Iceland’s President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson declared that Iceland as a country will never...
Iceland president: government to set up wealth fund for oil revenue
Iceland’s premier has said that Reykjavik is to set up a wealth fund ahead of a potential offshore oil boom to protect the country’s revenues. Preside...
Icelandic president attends service at London’s Southwark Cathedral
Last Sunday saw Iceland’s president Olafur Ragnar Grimsson pay a visit to Southwark Cathedral in London.
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson sworn in President for record 5th term
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson was sworn in for the 5th time as President of Iceland today after having won the presidential elections last June against five ...
President of Iceland to open Startup Iceland conference at Ásbrú
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, The President of Iceland, will be opening the first ever Startup Iceland conference at Ásbrú Enterprise Park Iceland on May 30...