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...
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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...
Bill passed – Tackling offshore accounts and currency restrictions
A new bill designed to free up the foreign exchange restrictions of the Icelandic krona was passed in parliament last night.
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...
Nine percent between new candidate and the incumbent president
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson formally announced yesterday that he will run for president. Jóhannesson is an associate professor of history at the University ...
Petition to restore health care
Representatives of the political scene in Iceland took a front row seat in the lecture hall of deCODE genetics, Inc. in Reykjavik last week when Kári ...