Author: Andie Sophia Fontaine
Wants To Move Immigration Offices To Reykjanesbær
Four Independence Party MPs from the South Iceland district, which includes Reykjanesbær, have submitted a parliamentary proposal that would move…
Bilingual Children Learn Limited Icelandic
Directors of preschools where almost all the students are bilingual or multilingual noted a significant increase in vocabulary and participation…
Most Icelanders Support Rent Control And Caps
A new survey conducted by Maskína for the Association of Renters in Iceland shows broad political support for rent control…
Icelandic Classes During Working Hours Increasingly In Public Discussion
Offering free Icelandic classes during working hours is gaining significant traction in public discourse in Iceland, opening the question: how…
Prime Minister: “Not At All Enough” Being Done To Help Immigrants Learn Icelandic
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir believes not enough is being done to help foreigners in Iceland learn Icelandic, Vísir reports, and…
Iceland (The Country) In Court Against Iceland (The Store) Again
Oral arguments are being heard today in the case of the Icelandic government against the British store chain Iceland, RÚV…
Business Leaders Want Government To Make It Easier For Non-EEA Citizens To Immigrate
Unemployment was at 3.2% in July, according to the Directorate of Labour, and there is a distinct labour shortage in…
National Church Membership Continues To Decline
A new report from the National Registry shows that while the National Church is still the largest registered religious organisation…
Great Moments In Icelandic History: President Refuses To Sign Law
The president of Iceland used to be a largely ceremonial position. All we ever expected of our heads of state…
Justice Ministry Attempts To Pass Sweeping Immigration Bill For Fifth Time
Minister of Justice Jón Gunnarsson will try once again to pass a controversial bill that aims to make broad changes…
Great Moments In Icelandic History: Klettagos
In December 2010, a newly minted beverage company called Gosverksmiðjan Klettur launched Klettagos, an Icelandic soft drink that looked and…
Love Will Win (If We Want It): Fighting Transphobia In Iceland
On June 25th, a man walked into the London Pub in Oslo, Norway, pulled out a gun, and started shooting….
Pride Officially Begins In Iceland
It’s the week before the second weekend in August, and that can mean only one thing in Iceland: the beginning…
The Cat Returns
If you were worried about what became of Nóra, the cat who escaped Animal Services after being snitched out by…
Union Head Questions Why Top Gov’t Officials Get Percentage Pay Rises Beyond General Agreement
President of the Confederation of Icelandic Labour Unions (ASÍ) Drífa Snædal considers it strange that members of Parliament, government ministers,…
Track by Track: “Ox” by Gyða
by Gyða Valtýsdóttir and Andie Sophia Fontaine
Gyða’s latest album, “Ox,” has been garnering accolades the world over lately, as the artist continues to exceed expectations. But…
Get Your Summer Read On
by Valur Grettisson, Andie Sophia Fontaine and Josie Gaitens
The books to read while travelling around Iceland Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was Author: SJÓN Sjón is hands down…
Icelanders Too Impatient With Accented Icelandic, Professor Of Icelandic Says
Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson, a professor of Icelandic who has been very outspoken on how inclusive the language needs to be, told…
Whaling Is Hurting Tourism, Industry Leaders Say
With the resumption of whaling five days ago after a four-year hiatus, and the landing of the first fin whale…
Icelandic State To Pay Damages To Woman Who Was Deported While Nine Months Pregnant
The Icelandic government has admitted liability in the deporting of an Albanian woman in 2019 who was nine months pregnant…
Labour, Management & Central Bank Square Off Over Inflation–And How To Stop It
There is no disputing that Iceland’s inflation rate has been steadily rising–from 4.3% in July 2021 to 7.6% in April…
Asylum Seeker Bill Withdrawn (Again), No Mass Deportations Yet, Refugee Work Permit Bill Fails To Pass
Legislation and other government action regarding asylum seekers and refugees has, in recent days, been significant because of what has…
MP Offended By Sculpture In Front Of Parliament, Wants It Moved Elsewhere
Since 2012, Spanish artist Santiago Sierra’s ‘The Black Cone, Monument To Civil Disobedience’ has stood in front of Parliament, a…
What’s Next For Reynisfjara?
Following last Friday’s death at Reynisfjara beach, the fifth such death in the past seven years, discussion has renewed over…
The Equaliser: Haraldur Þorleifsson On Power, Misinformation, And Leveling The Playing Field
Haraldur Ingi Þorleifsson wears many hats. While ostensibly an entrepreneur and businessman who founded the creative technology services company Ueno…