The chairman of the Icelandic parliament’s constitutional and supervisory committee has said she thinks it is not unlikely that the country’s proposed new constitution will be put to a national referendum. Read the full story
Posted on 16 January 2012.
The chairman of the Icelandic parliament’s constitutional and supervisory committee has said she thinks it is not unlikely that the country’s proposed new constitution will be put to a national referendum. Read the full story
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Posted on 17 September 2011.
Denmark has elected a centre-left government following elections this week, and will likely get its first ever female prime minister, in the form of Helle Thorning-Schmidt. Read the full story
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Posted on 10 April 2011.
The first voting figures from today’s Icesave referendum have been released. With 68,840 votes counted nationally, 57.7 percent have said ‘no’ Read the full story
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Posted on 09 April 2011.
Voter turnout in today’s Icesave referendum in Iceland is being described as good so far. In the two Reykjavik voting districts turnout by 14.00 was better than at the last Icesave referendum, but lower than at the 2009 Althingi general election. Read the full story
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Posted on 09 April 2011.
For the second time, Icelanders are today voting in a national referendum on whether to approve or deny a new deal aiming to pay back the British and Dutch governments for the money they spent bailing out customers of Landsbanki’s failed Icesave savings accounts. Read the full story
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Posted on 30 January 2011.
Jon Gunnarsson, an Icelandic MP for the Independence Party, made a mistake when voting on the government bill on the constitutional assembly which took place on 16th June. He was the only Independence Party MP in Althingi who voted yes. Read the full story
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Posted on 21 June 2010.
The Reykholahreppur municipality in the southern Westfjords region of Iceland will have to repeat the recent local elections all over again. Read the full story
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Posted on 06 March 2010.
Roughly half as many people have turned out to vote in today’s Icesave referendum in Iceland as at the last parliamentary election. Read the full story
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Posted on 06 March 2010.
Icelanders have been voting in the referendum on December’s Icesave law since 09.00 this morning. Read the full story
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Posted on 28 August 2009.
Reykjavik, Iceland At 10:00 GMT today, the Icelandic Parliament started the voting process on the Icesave deal. The Members of Parliaments are now explaining individually how they voted and then initiate their votes. Members from each political party have gone through the process of explaining their vote and each of them claims some kind of victory in regards of influencing the process of the deal. Read the full story
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