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Sigmundur Davíð Attacks The Media (Again)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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”

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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We regularly see articles published in the international press about Iceland, touting it as some kind of ultra-feminist, anti-banker paradise…