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...
Iceland elected a new president last night
After a long election night, Iceland´s new president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson remains victorious by 39.1 percent of the vote, with 71.356 individuals vot...
Historian and associate university professor next president of Iceland
The next president of Iceland is an author, historian and associate university professor. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson seems to have secured just under 40% o...
The race is on – Nine confirmed candidates
At midnight last night the deadline to turn in signatures and confirm candidacy for the 2016 presidential elections in Iceland expired.
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson leads the polls in Iceland
According to the latest survey done by the Social Science Research Institute, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson leads the polls in Iceland. The poll was done on t...
The never-ending story of presidential elections
It says a lot about the pace of Icelandic politics these days that when a new, explosive poll on support for presidential candidates was published on ...
President Grimsson considering withdrawing his candidacy
Update: The president of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson has confirmed that he is withdrawing his candidacy for the sixth term as president of Iceland...
Latest presidential candidate – Davíð Oddsson
Former prime minister for the Independent party and current co-editor of newspaper Morgunblaðið, Davíð Oddsson, controversial and legendary conservati...