Former Prime Minister voted out as leader of the Progressive party
The Progressive party struggled with considerable tension in the weeks leading up to its annual party assembly on Sunday where Sigmundur David Gunnlau...
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From Panama to the Bahamas – A new data leak
Five Icelandic individuals are found to have offshore companies in the Bahamas. There is no evidence so far to banks having used the tax haven but RUV...
Primary elections in Iceland – Women step down and Gunnlaugsson, former prime minister challenged
The primary elections are well underway in Iceland, with parties busy preparing for early elections this fall. The pirate party, one of the bigger par...
Pirates and the independent party, biggest parties in Iceland
A Gallup survey, carried out from 26 July to 31 August, shows the independent party and the pirate party as the two would be ruling parties in governm...
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...
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 ...
SDA and Progressives not far from being wiped out from parliament
The Social Democratic Alliance is just about to be wiped out of parliament, according to a new poll by 365 media. The party has only six percent suppo...
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...