Third attempt to form government failed today – Pirates return the mandate
Leaders of the five parties that have been attempting to form a majority coalition government for the past week have decided to end their deliberation...
Pirates leading deliberations for a five party coalition
Birgitta Jonsdottir chairwoman of the Icelandic Pirate party now holds the mandate to form a majority government said this the five parties now delibe...
Icelandic Pirate party has the third mandate to form government
Chairwoman of the Pirate party, MP Birgitta Jonsdottir was formally handed the mandate to form a government by the president of Iceland following the ...
Left and right government coalition brewing in Iceland
Katrin Jakobsdottir, chair woman of the Left Green party and Bjarni Benediktsson, chairman of the Independence party have informed the president of Ic...
Deliberations for a three-way coalition in Iceland
Chairmen of the Independence party, Bright Future and Resurrection formally started discussions about forming a government coalition last week. These ...
Still no government formed in Iceland
With a week since the parliamentary elections there’s still no clear sign of a majority coalition to govern Iceland. President Guðni Th Jóhannesson su...
2016 early elections in Iceland – The government has fallen
The results are in from the early parliamentary elections held yesterday in Iceland, the outcome leaves the country with a bit of a predicament. The g...
Parliamentary elections on Saturday – The issues and the system
Excitement is mounting in Iceland because of the 2016 parliamentary elections which will be held this Saturday, 29 October. Normally Icelanders would ...