Author: Andie Sophia Fontaine
BREAKING: Tomorrow’s Strike Postponed Due To Progress In Negotiations
The two-day strike action that was due to start tomorrow has been postponed. A statement to the press from the…
WOW Air’s Pilots Union Wants Investigation Of Icelandic Media Coverage
Calling the coverage “unbalanced”, pilots for WOW Air want the Icelandic Journalists Union to investigate if reporters covering the airline’s…
Two-Day Strike Of Bus Drivers, Hotel Workers Starts Tomorrow – UPDATED
UPDATE, 19:05: The Grapevine has just received word that tomorrow’s strike action is postponed on account of progress in negotiations….
Icelanders Against Whaling Release Open Letter To The Government
Numerous Icelandic orgs have sent off an open letter to Parliament, objecting categorically to the government response to whale hunting….
Iceland’s Umbrella Academy: Immigrants Getting Organised
by Kolbeinn Arnaldur Dalrymple and Andie Sophia Fontaine
Over the past few decades Iceland has transformed from an isolated, homogenous country of emigration to a globalised, diverse country…
Future Of WOW Air Hangs In The Balance
WOW Air’s continued existence is now in a state of uncertainty, and even Iceland’s Parliament is exploring their options for…
Wikileaks Editor: Democratic Party Needs To ‘Come To Terms’ With Lessons Of 2016
With the Mueller report now released to US Attorney General William Barr, and what we know of the findings so…
Island Life: Italian Fighter Jets, Akranes Smoke Stack, Happy People Of Grindavík
What’s happening in the Icelandic countryside right now? All sorts. Welcome to another episode of Island Life. It would be…
Discovery Of Naivist Fakes Stokes Fears Of New Art World Scandal
by Gunnar Hrafn Jónsson and Andie Sophia Fontaine
A few years ago, there were alarming international headlines based on interviews with Swiss investigators who found that over 70%…
Judge, Jury And Executive: How Our Former Justice Minister Inadvertently Ended Her Post
by Gunnar Hrafn Jónsson and Andie Sophia Fontaine
Iceland got a new justice minister this month, after a dramatic ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)…
Parliamentarians, Refugees And The Statue Of Jón Sigurðsson
Refugees and their supporters protested in front of Parliament throughout the third week of March, in the hopes of being…
What Are Icelanders Talking About?
It’s been a wild time for hateful vitriol on social media these days. With news coming in of a deadly…
Strike News: Evidence Arises Of Hotel Owners, Bus Companies Strike-Breaking
The Grapevine has been receiving reports from union workers that several hotels and bus companies have been attempting to break…
Wikileaks Editor: Roger Stone Never Spoke With Julian Assange
In a new interview, Wikileaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson says that former Donald Trump advisor Roger Stone never spoke with Julian…
Information Is Never Neutral: The Editor Of Wikileaks Breaks His Silence
“If you’re not a radical journalist, you’re not a journalist,” Kristinn tells us near the beginning of our interview. “You’re…
In Search Of Iceland’s First Hamburger
Hamburgers may be ubiquitous in Iceland today, but that wasn’t always the case. When the first hamburger arrived is still…
Icelanders Are The World’s 4th Happiest People. But Who Are The Happiest Icelanders?
A new UN report puts Iceland in 4th place for the world’s happiest people, raising the question: who are the…
Reykjavik Area Hotel Workers Go On Strike Tomorrow
The first round of hotel worker strikes begins tomorrow, and the labour union Efling has compiled a handy schedule and…
Reykjavik Bus Service To Be Free On High Air Pollution Days
Plans are currently in the works to allow people to use the city bus service for free on days where…
VIDEOS: Three Arrested At Parliament Under Questionable Circumstances
Three protesters were arrested in front of Parliament yesterday, despite parliamentary staff saying these protesters were not hindering access to…
Two Russian Anti-Sub Bombers Fly Near Iceland, Escorted Away By Italian Jets
The Icelandic Coast Guard (LHG) has announced that two Russian Tupolev Tu-142 anti-submarine bombers flew into NATO airspace, prompting immediate…
Southwest Iceland Slot Machine Heist Nets 6 To 8 Million ISK
An uncommon—but not unheard of—type of heist went down in southwest Iceland recently. Local Suðurnes reports that a restaurant in…
Refugee Protesters Disperse, Cite Failing Health And Xenophobia
Inclement weather and an outpouring of xenophobia, some of them from former Icelandic politicians, have led to the refugees dispersing…
Arbitration Court Rules Work Restrictions Illegal, Strikes Still On Schedule
Iceland’s arbitration court has ruled that work restrictions planned by unions are not legal, but the strikes will move forward…
Replacement For Outgoing Justice Minister Appointed
The Independence Party has retained control over the Ministry of Justice by combining it with the Ministry of Tourism, Industry…