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...
Catholic Church in Iceland ready to begin abuse investigation
The Catholic Church investigatory committee looking into abuse cases in Iceland plans to start interviewing before the end of the month.
Minister accuses Danish press of NoW tactics
Denmark’s immigration minister has accused the country’s press of adopting the same dirty tactics as British tabloid News of the World, which closed t...
Iceland Catholic abuse scandal deepens
There is evidence to suggest that sexual abuse committed by the head of a Catholic school in Reykjavik was known to the church as early as 1963, but n...
2900 people leave National Church of Iceland
Some 2,900 people have left the National Church of Iceland in the last 12 months, according to figures from the National Registry.
Icelandic parliament to discuss separation of church and state
Arni Thor Sigurdsson, deputy chairman of the Left Green Movement group of MPs in the Icelandic parliament, has said he intends to start a debate about...
Iceland’s PM considering leaving embattled state church
Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland’s Prime Minister, says she has considered leaving the state church. This comment comes in the wake of a sexual a...
TV2 criticised for eldercare sting programme
A Danish television broadcaster, which recently aired a documentary apparently exposing negligence among care workers, has been criticised for acting ...