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...
Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir on Top 100 Powerful Women in the world
Johanna Sigurdardottir, Prime Minister of Iceland, has been named number 74 on Forbes’ 100 most powerful women in the world. Number one was listed as ...
Iceland’s Prime Minister’s statement on decision to apply for EU membership
Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland’s Prime Minister and leader of the Icelandic Social Democrats issued the following statement on the decision of...
Nordic leaders in positive meeting
All five Nordic prime ministers are meeting in Egilsstadir, East Iceland today and yesterday to discuss a variety of issues concerning Nordic life and...
Denmark’s new prime minister once a wanted man
It’s the same name but a new face on the Danish prime minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, who has taken over the country’s top position from Anders Fogh R...
Statement from Geir H. Haarde, Prime Minister of Iceland and Chairman of the Independence party
A regular medical examination which I underwent at the National and University Hospital last week revealed a small tumour of the oesophagus. On Tuesda...
Artist tries to oust Icelandic PM
The Icelandic artist Snorri Asmundsson has taken the decision to put himself forward for the leadership of the Independence Party at the national conf...
Former Icelandic PM seriously ill
Halldor Asgrimsson, former Icelandic PM and chairman of the Progressive Party, was taken ill with pneumonia shortly before Christmas and spent two wee...