Iceland’s porn ban effort draws fire from abroad
Reykjavik’s proposition to ban internet pornography in Iceland has drawn fire from international anti-censorship campaigners. Last month saw the count...
Icelandic ministers threatened, security tightened
Bodyguards are now following the Icelandic interior and trade ministers’ every step and their homes are under 24 hour surveillance following thr...
Iceland FM in intra-coalition EU spat
Össur Skarphéðinsson, the Social Democratic Minister for Foreign Affairs in Iceland, has ignited controversy within the coalition government with comm...
Left Greens at boiling point over Geir Haarde trial
Iceland’s Left Green Movement is up in arms about Left Green Minister of the Interior, Ögmundur Jónasson’s very public decision to support...
Left Green minister supports letting former Iceland PM off negligence charges
Ögmundur Jónasson, Iceland’s Minister of the Interior, says he will support an opposition proposal to cancel the ongoing trial of former Prime M...
Icelandic minister sued for Hell’s Angels remarks
Iceland’s Minister of the Interior is standing his ground against the Hell’s Angels. The bikers’ club has subpoenaed the minister fo...
Chinese investor’s Iceland resort construction bid rejected by minister
Ögmundur Jónasson, Iceland’s Minister of the Interior, has rejected Chinese billionaire Huang Nubo’s application to buy 30,639 hectares in...
Icelandic minister’s house attacked
The home of Icelandic Interior Minister, Ogmundur Jonasson, was attacked over the weekend while the minister was at home. Nobody was hurt.