Althingi, the national parliament of Iceland, will meet today for the first time since the 25 April elections. The parliamentary schedule begins at 13.30 and starts with the traditional church service at Domkirkjan cathedral, next door to Althingi. Read the full story

The make-up of the new Icelandic government will be almost unchanged to start with, according to mbl.is. There will be 12 ministries and cabinet ministers will increase from 10 to 12. New ministers will be named for Read the full story

A new coalition government, formed by the Social Democrat Alliance and the Left-Green Movement, formally announced today at a press conference held at the Nordic House in Reykjavik, will continue the two parties’ partnership. Following the outcome of national elections two weeks ago, these parties now hold a majority of seats in the Icelandic parliament, Althingi. Read the full story

Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland’s Prime Minister, told Morgunbladid that the negotiations between her Social Democrats and the Left Green Movement are going well and decisions have already been made in many important areas. The PM hopes that a new coalition government between the two parties can be unveiled at the weekend. Read the full story

Iceland’s Social Democrats and Left Green Movement began talks yesterday on the formation of a new government following both parties’ strong showing in Saturday’s elections.

Together the parties hold 34 seats in the 63-seat Althingi parliament, meaning a comfortable majority. Despite this, the Independence Party are actually the second largest party in parliament with 16 MPs – two more than the Left Greens. Read the full story

The Icelandic Independence Party resurgence continues, but the left-wing parties’ predicted dominance in today’s elections seems set in stone. Read the full story

Iceland’s left wing parties are holding their advantage in the country’s parliamentary elections, but the Independence Party are resurgent. At 03.00 63 percent of the votes have been reported and the Social Democrats are on course for 20 MPs, the Independence Party for 15, the Left Greens for 14, the Progressives are on course for nine MPs and the Citizens’ Movement for five.

Iceland’s current coalition partners the Social Democrats and the Left Green Movement indicated that they wish to continue in partnership after the election if they gain a majority – but they disagree on the issue of whether Iceland should apply for EU membership, with the SD gunning for accession and the LG against. Read the full story

Though the wireless internet connection at the Left Green Movement election party was down, the party mood was certainly up.

And here at the Social Democrats’ party the mood is similar – and understandably so.

Making good on their opinion poll position, the left wing of Icelandic politics seems likely to achieve the significant victory predicted. Read the full story

So far, with around 25 percent of votes counted, Iceland’s Social Democrats are appearing as clear winners and appear to be exceeding opinion poll expectations. The Left Green Movement is running in second place, albeit with fewer votes than polls had predicted. Read the full story