Current coalition government seems doomed in upcoming elections
With only nine days to Election Day on 29 October, the conservative Independence Party and Iceland’s Pirate Party are the country’s most popular parti...
Independence Party and Pirate Party largest in Iceland
The Independence Party and the Pirate Party are the largest political parties in Iceland and would have a majority in parliament, according to a new p...
New Poll Shows Icelanders’ Attitudes Toward the Supernatural
A new study by Icelandic research group Market and Media Research has revealed that a majority of Icelanders believe in clairvoyance and mediums. A po...
A Government of the Progressive Party and the Independence Party has been formed and took office today
Press Release – A comprehensive policy statement of the new Government in Iceland has been introduced, where the focus is put on a forward looki...
Iceland’s opposition wins election, Social Democrats swept out of Parliament
Iceland’s Centre-right opposition parties return to power in Iceland following Saturday’s parliamentary election. The Independence Party (...
Iceland MP speaks against high taxes on imported goods
Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarsson, a member of parliament for the opposition’s Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokurinn) took a stance against high taxes on go...
Press Release: Minister of Finance the Netherlands and UK Finance Ministers
The governments of Iceland, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have held regular consultations on the Icesave issue during the past few weeks. A d...
Icesave results “humiliating for Iceland”
These were comments made by Bjarni Benediktsson, Inpendence Party leader when asked about the new Icesave agreement. Hoskuldur Thorhallsson, speaking ...