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.
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Icelanders may be asked to vote on new constitution
Posted on 16 January 2012.
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Denmark voters oust right wing government
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.
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Initial Icesave voting figures suggest ‘no’ vote
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’
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Icesave voting faster than last time
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.
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Icelanders voting in Icesave referendum
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.
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Icelandic MP accidentally votes to support government bill
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.
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Faulty information to seven Icelandic voters means new election
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.
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Slow start to Icesave vote
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.
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