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  • Help? Call Charlie: Pollý, Grapevine In 2050, Biggest Band Coming Out Of Iceland & More

    Help? Call Charlie: Pollý, Grapevine In 2050, Biggest Band Coming Out Of Iceland & More

    Charlie’s here to answer your questions — big or small! As a graduate of the Help Academy founded by Gregory Shmon Help himself, I, Charlie Winters, am here on behalf of The Grapevine to help you with your questions!  Seeking advice about…

  • There’s an election happening!?

    There’s an election happening!?

    Charlie is here to help you cast your ballot right You’ve been keeping to yourself; haven’t really gone out much. You haven’t been following the news either. Sure, you’ve spotted the flyers everywhere, but you pay them no mind. People seem to…

  • Presidential Candidates: Ástþór Magnússon Wium

    Presidential Candidates: Ástþór Magnússon Wium

    In light of the upcoming Icelandic presidential elections, we reached out to all candidates for answers to our pressing questions. Here is what one of them said. Ástþór Magnússon Wium Please provide your name, age and current occupation.   Ástþór Magnússon Wium,…

  • Would The Next President Of Iceland Please Step Forward

    Would The Next President Of Iceland Please Step Forward

    Ten candidates lay out their presidential goals and motivations   On the first day of 2024, President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson put on his best suit to deliver a New Year’s address. Though Guðni had planned this for months, few, aside from his…

  • Presidential Endorsement Deadline On Friday

    Presidential Endorsement Deadline On Friday

    The deadline for presidential hopefuls to collect the required signatures to be included on the ballot is fast approaching. Would-be candidates have until noon on Friday to collect 1,500 signatures from eligible voters distributed throughout the country. Though 82 individuals registered their…

  • The All-Seeing Eyes Of Ástþór Magnússon

    The All-Seeing Eyes Of Ástþór Magnússon

    What should the President of a country be? Ástþór Magnússon is a peace activist, a politician, a businessman, and an author. But above all these things, he’s an idealist. He’s run for President of Iceland three times previously, starting in 1996. He…

  • Ástþór Magnússon Running For President Again

    Ástþór Magnússon Running For President Again

    Surprising exactly no one, perennial candidate Ástþór Magnússon has announced he is running for president again. Vísir reports that Ástþór, who first ran for president in 1996 and has done so every election since then, sent a letter to the Organization for…