Former prime minister publicly speaks for the first time since his resignation
Iceland’s former prime minster Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson spoke in public for the first time today after he famously resigned office in early ...
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...
Six prominent Icelanders have resigned because of the Panama papers
The Panama papers, leaked form Mossack Fonseca, continue to send shockwaves through Icelandic society. Earlier in April revelations from the leaked do...
Iceland´s president connected to the Panama leak
While the president of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson explicitly expressed to CNN viewers that neither he nor his wife, Dorrit Moussaieff, hav...
Crowd funding for investigative journalism
The release of the so called Panama Papers famously caused an uproar in Icelandic society of late starting with the infamous interview with former pri...
No confidence rejected – Poll shows discontent
The two ruling parties, the independent and progressive party failed the motion of no confidence submitted by the opposition yesterday.
A motion of no confidence under a steady drum of protest
A motion of no confidence of the ruling Progressive and Independent party´s government led by the newly appointed prime minister Sigurður Ingi Jóhanns...
Parliamentary elections in autumn
Early parliamentary elections have now been proposed in autumn, but the exact date is unclear