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 ...
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A Trump presidency – Reactions in Iceland
Iceland watched along with the world as the USA determined its political future for the next four years. The US Embassy in Iceland invited to an elect...
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...
Icelanders vote for government today in early parliamentary elections – The world follows
Today on a rather bleak and cold rainy day, in Reykjavik at least, Icelanders take to the voting booths. The current coalition in government seems cer...
Left Green election ads in Iceland causing controversy (Videos)
The Left Green party has been the fastest rising star in the polls for the last few weeks, going from having little following to being the third bigge...
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 ...
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...