Immigrant Parliament to launch next year in Finland
Immigrants living in Finland will be able to vote for 50 representatives to the world’s first ‘immigrant Parliament’ at next year’s elections. The bod...
Export initiatives to be merged into new Iceland Agency
Althingi, the Icelandic parliament, has voted to create a new agency called the Iceland Agency which will take over from the Trade Council of Iceland ...
Government bill for a national referendum on Icesave legislation
(Press release from Icelandic Prime Minister’s office) The Icelandic Parliament, Althingi, convened today to debate a Government bill regarding the pr...
Uproar in Iceland’s parliament over allegedly suppressed Icesave documents
The Icelandic parliament is in turmoil in the third and final debate over Icesave. The parliament’s Budget Committee received last minute commun...
PRESS RELEASE: Parliament approves state guarantee for Icesave loans
Press statement from the Government of Iceland – 28.08.2009 Parliament approves state guarantee for Icesave loans Today, following 10 weeks of d...
Icesave deal approved in Parliament today
Reykjavik, Iceland Today at 11:00 GMT, the Icelandic Parliament voted on the Icesave deal. 62 Members of Parliament took part in the vote. The end res...
Protesters gather in front of Parliament today against Icesave deal
A group of people broke away from the crowd of protesters this afternoon and tried to break into the Parliament building. Two police officers stopped ...
Icesave bill enters last round of talks in Iceland
The Icelandic parliament finance committee is meeting today at 14.00 GMT to discuss the changes to the Icesave bill accepted by parliament last night.