Bleak outlook for forming government majority in Iceland
Chairwoman of the Left Green party, Katrin Jakobsdottir is meeting with the president Guðni Th. Johannesson today probably to give back the mandate to...
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The president summons Katrin Jakobsdottir of the Left Green party
Deliberations to form a three-party majority government with the Independence party, Resurrection and Bright Future have failed and will not continue....
Birgitta Jonsdottir Pirate leader to Lord Julian Fellows “Shame on you” (VIDEO)
Birgitta Jonsdottir, parliamentarian for the Pirate party was a guest in Skavlan, Scandinavia’s most popular talk show last night along with UK’s Juli...
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 ...
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...