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...
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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...
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...
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...