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Kaleo Most-Googled Icelanders By A Long Shot
Pop group Kaleo were the most Googled Icelanders of 2017, and were searched almost three times more than runners-up Of…
High Rollers: The Wacky World Of Icelandic Finance
When the Panama Papers leak broke last year, then-Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson wasn’t the only Icelander revealed to be…
Time Capsule: Austurvöllur Square
Austurvöllur Square has been a public gathering space for Icelanders since the 1930s. Though the Square is now home to…
Talks Of Building Luxury Hotel At Lake Thingvallavatn Begin Again
Discussions about building a new luxury hotel in the area of Skálabrekka, adjacent to the Þingvellir National Park, have begun…
See You This Time Next Year! – Crises, Early Elections & Crises Again
The time between the collapse of Iceland’s government and election day, while technically only being a little over a month…
Gunnarsson & Armand On Nazis, 9/11 And Icelandic Society
I meet authors Valur Gunnarsson and Halldór Armand Ásgeirsson at Fridarhús (Peace House), “the home of the Campaign against militarism,”…
Elections ’17: Party Leaders Respond To Possible Left-Centre Government
Unity is the centrepiece of formal 4-party coalition talks, which begin today. Potential opposition parties, mostly on the right, are…
Elections ’17: Left-Greens Get Mandate To Form Iceland’s Next Government
Formal 4-party talks will now begin for forming Iceland’s next ruling coalition, with Left-Green chair Katrín Jakobsdóttir as the new…
Elections ’17: Iceland May Get 4-Party Left-To-Centre Government
RÚV reports that Left-Green chair Katrín Jakobsdóttir will be meeting with President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson at 16:00 today. Sources believe…
Elections ’17: Five-Party Coalition Possibly In The Works
Left-Green chair Katrín Jakobsdóttir may be Iceland’s next Prime Minister, if current five-party coalition talks go as well as hoped….
Elections ’17: Possibility Of Leftist Gov’t Decreases; New Women’s Party In The Works
Now that President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has spoken to the chairs of every party that won seats in last Saturday’s…
Elections ’17: Who Are Iceland’s Political Parties & Who Will Lead Next?
As the results of the elections last Saturday reflect, there is no clear majority for a traditional two-party coalition. This…
Elections ’17: Independence Party Strongest, Next Gov’t Unclear
All the votes have been counted in Iceland’s parliamentary elections. While the Independence Party lost five seats, they still came…
Iceland Elections ’17 Liveblog: The Fast & The Furiouser
Welcome to the Reykjavík Grapevine 2017 Elections Liveblog! Here you will find the latest numbers as they roll in, along…
Final Polls Before Elections: Iceland’s Next Gov’t Anything But Certain
Two polls released today show a tight race for Iceland’s parliamentary parties, as the country votes for a new government…
Don’t Ask Nanna: About The Elections
Hi Nanna, Why do Icelanders keep voting the Independence Party into power? Curious George Hi Curious George, Because as yet,…
American Style: Iceland’s Elections Get Farcical
Election season in Iceland always has a certain element of silliness. Campaign adverts can be cringe-inducingly bad; the “debates” are…
A Fractured Right Arm: Iceland’s Conservatives Are Breaking Up
Iceland has almost always had a right wing government. The one exception was in the wake of the 2008 financial…
News in Brief: Early October Edition
So let’s get the Election 2017 stuff out of the way, first of all. The latest polls to come in…
Sigmundur Davíð Attacks The Media (Again)
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, currently running for parliament with his own party Miðflokkurinn and polling fairly well, is once again employing…
Logo For Sigmundur’s New Party Proves Entertaining
Miðflokkurinn, a new party led by former Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, has just unveiled their new logo, which has…