These were comments made by Bjarni Benediktsson, Inpendence Party leader when asked about the new Icesave agreement. Hoskuldur Thorhallsson, speaking for the Progressive Party, said that all earlier parliamentary work on the matter this summer was in vain. Read the full story

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The general parliamentary elections in Iceland are to be held on Saturday 25 April and seven political parties are fighting for the interest of voters –  of the seven, two are brand new. The parties are the Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn), Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin), Left-Green Movement (Vinstrihreyfingin – grænt framboð), Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn) and Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi flokkurinn).

The new parties, directly grown from the “Pots and Pans” revolution, are the Citizens’ Movement (Borgarahreyfingin) and the Democratic Movement (Lýðræðishreyfingin). Read the full story

Iceland’s Social Democrats remain the most popular political party, according to the latest Capacent Gallup poll conducted for RUV and Morgunbladid. Read the full story

David Oddsson, former head of the Central Bank of Iceland (CBI), gave a controversial speech to the Independence Party conference on Saturday. In the speech Oddsson accused his replacement Svein Harald Oygard of either lying or suffering from a very serious case of Alzheimer’s disease. Read the full story

Bjarni Benediktsson is the new party leader of the Independence Party, with 58.1 percent of votes, and is taking over the leadership from Geir Haarde, former Prime Minister and successor to David Oddsson. At the party conference Haarde said the Independence Party had made “serious mistakes” when the banks were privatized six years ago. Read the full story

The national conferences of both the Independence and the Social Democratic parties are taking place this weekend and come at a critical time, less than a month before the general election. Read the full story

Iceland’s Independence Party has repaid a ISK 300,000 donation made by Neydarlinan, the country’s emergency services hotline (accessed by dialling 112).

The Independence Party admitted it should not have accepted the 2007 donation as it runs counter to a 2006 law on which organisations can and cannot contribute to political parties. Read the full story

The two parties in Iceland’s interim coalition government would secure 38 of parliament’s 63 seats if elections were held today, according to a new Capacent-Gallup poll. Read the full story

The Independence Party, Iceland’s main ruling party, gave its clearest indication yet on Thursday that it expects an early election to be held this year following anti-government protests over the handling of the financial crisis. Read the full story

The Icelandic artist Snorri Asmundsson has taken the decision to put himself forward for the leadership of the Independence Party at the national conference beginning 29th January.

The current Independence Party leader is Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde, who has not expressed a wish to resign his position and has not invited candidates for a leadership vote. Read the full story