Social trust is high in the Nordic region – and there is a recipe for that
The Nordic countries are often regarded as the role-model region of the world when it comes to equality on different levels of society. Equal access t...
Politics
Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Icelandic Creative Agency Short-Listed for a Cannes Lions for their UN Women Campaign
The impactful UN Women Iceland campaign entitled “Gender-Based Violence is Closer Than You Think” has earned Icelandic creative ad agency Pipar\TBWA a...
Interim Justice Minister appointed
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir, the current industry and innovation minister, will be temporarily taking on the role of Minister of Justice following t...
Residency assured for Iceland and EEA following Brexit
Negotiations between the EFTA countries within the European single market have been completed over the continued citizens’ rights in the event of a no...
FO silent protest held in Alþingi
Following the Klaustur recording scandal, the return of Bergþór and Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson to Alþingi two weeks ago has made waves with multiple prote...
Iceland celebrates 100 years of sovereignty
From settlement in 874AD (approximately), Iceland has had a long journey on the way to becoming its own sovereign nation. Iceland celebrates today the...
#GoogleWalkout – Protest staged over handling of Sexual Harassment by Google employees
Google employees walked out across the world this week to stand together in protest after The New York Times published an article on against how Googl...
Angela Merkel announces 2021 step down
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of the longest serving Christian Democratic Union leaders to date, has told the right-of-centre party that she wi...