First Left to Right Government in Iceland
For the first time in Iceland‘s political history, a left-wing Prime Minister is the head of government. The new three-party alliance, which was annou...
Still no government formed in Iceland
With a week since the parliamentary elections there’s still no clear sign of a majority coalition to govern Iceland. President Guðni Th Jóhannesson su...
2016 early elections in Iceland – The government has fallen
The results are in from the early parliamentary elections held yesterday in Iceland, the outcome leaves the country with a bit of a predicament. The g...
Icelanders vote for government today in early parliamentary elections – The world follows
Today on a rather bleak and cold rainy day, in Reykjavik at least, Icelanders take to the voting booths. The current coalition in government seems cer...
Parliamentary elections on Saturday – The issues and the system
Excitement is mounting in Iceland because of the 2016 parliamentary elections which will be held this Saturday, 29 October. Normally Icelanders would ...
“A political impossibility to be able to hold true to election promises” Pirate party press conference today
The Icelandic Pirate party excluded both ruling parties, the Independent party and the Progressive party, from a possible post-election coalition in a...
Former prime minister publicly speaks for the first time since his resignation
Iceland’s former prime minster Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson spoke in public for the first time today after he famously resigned office in early ...
No confidence rejected – Poll shows discontent
The two ruling parties, the independent and progressive party failed the motion of no confidence submitted by the opposition yesterday.