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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…
Elections 2017: Disgraced Former PM Out-Polling Party He Left
A new poll from Market and Media Research shows the Left-Greens surging to the top, the Independence Party in decline,…
Icelandic Conspiracy Theories: The Definitive List
Writer Alan Moore once said that “the greatest conspiracy is that there is no conspiracy”—that is, that the world is…
The Shortest Icelandic Government Ever
Shortly before midnight, on Thursday September 14, Iceland’s ruling coalition of the Independence Party, the Reform Party and Bright Future…
Iceland’s Government Collapses, Uncertainty Lies Ahead
Bright Future have just announced that they will be ending their coalition with the Independence Party, effectively collapsing Iceland’s government….
Beasts Of Iceland: The Puffin
After a mosey about the Golden Circle, you—our tourist reader—might be wondering, “How the hell does any animal survive on…
Equal Pay Act Passes Parliament
Yesterday, Alþingi passed an equal pay bill, which will require companies with 25 employees or more to guarantee that male…
Panama Papers PM Founds Think Tank To Fix Iceland’s Future
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, the former Prime Minister of Iceland, who was forced to resign following revelations that his offshore company…
News In Brief: Eurovision, Capital Controls and the Sigmundur Davíð-Donald Collusion
The top story of the past two weeks is without a doubt the lifting of the last of the capital…
Sigmundur Davíð Says Infamous Interview Was “Staged”
Former Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, who was forced to resign in the wake of a now-infamous interview where he…
MAST Warns Against Dining Like Former Prime Minister
Just in case the lunch recently posted by former Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson got your mouth watering, the Icelandic…
The Reykjavík Grapevine Person Of The Year Award
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, Former Prime Minister The Grapevine has always been the sole media outlet in Iceland that stands against…
2016: The Year In News
We all had a nice year, right? Even though there are plenty of people happy to see this year come…
Meet Iceland’s New Government
The joint platform and the ministers for Iceland’s new right-wing government have been announced. Nothing indicates the country is now…
Grapevine’s 2017 Prophecies
What wonders will the new year have in store for us? We consulted some of Iceland’s best psychics (in our…
“Hole Of Icelandic Studies” Still On Ice
The contractor tasked with the long-proposed “Hall of Icelandic Studies” has been awarded damages, as construction was halted in 2014…
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson Most Googled Icelander
No other Icelander came close to Iceland’s president in terms of sheer volume of Google searches originating in Iceland, and…
Iceland’s New Erró: Ethoríó
Ethoríó is one of Keflavík’s hidden gems. A ruby-red, bubblegum-pink, doom-pop-art-making, gold-sunglass-toting gem. I took it upon myself to chat…
Indecision 2016: Iceland Edition
by Stígur Helgason and Andie Sophia Fontaine
The pessimist’s guide to Icelandic politics One can’t help but envy the two-party systems of the US and (more or…
What Does A Utopian Iceland Look Like? Five Icelanders Talk About The Future
We regularly see articles published in the international press about Iceland, touting it as some kind of ultra-feminist, anti-banker paradise…