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Iceland Won’t Join The EU On Just Any Terms, PM Says
Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir says that comments by Poland’s Prime Minister and former President of the European Council Donald Tusk — that “Iceland is Europe” and that he would be more than happy for it to join the EU — demonstrate the…
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The Arctic Circle, A Glittering Event For Science And Reason, Shows Up To A Changed World
To enter Harpa during the Arctic Circle is to live in a temporary hallucination. For four remarkable days, brilliant, or at least above average, minds gathered to address the great crisis of our age, climate change. Entering this year’s event, I was…
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Iceland And Germany Strengthen Defence Cooperation
Germany’s Minister of Defence, Boris Pistorius, met with Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir at the Icelandic government offices today, reports RÚV. Boris is scheduled to visit the security area at Keflavík Airport before leaving the country. A group of members of the German…
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Editorial: A Model of Democracy, Aware Of The Threats
How an interview for an English-language paper is cause for celebration Iceland has just been voted, again, the most peaceful nation in the world. Unemployment is low. While the cost of living is difficult, there are plenty of reasons to come to…
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Publisher’s Note: The Second PM On Our Cover
The Grapevine has been published for 22 years, yet only once before have we had the sitting prime minister on our cover. Our covers have tended to be graced by figures from the cultural scene, though, every now and then, we’ve featured…
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A Prime Minister At The Precipice: Kristrún Frostadóttir’s Case For The Boring Centre
Iceland’s youngest-ever prime minister understands what’s at stake “I worry about the public’s declining trust in politics in general. That was my sense when I first went into politics. One of the first things I did was to travel the country on…
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What’s A Fair Price For A Common Resource?
The Grapevine tells you what the fuck a fisheries resource rent is When the current coalition government assumed office in early 2025, one of its first published agenda items involved increased infrastructure investments. As everyone knows, in order to have nice things,…
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Government Pledges Increased Financial Support To Ukraine
The Icelandic government has agreed to increase support to Ukraine by 2.1 billion ISK (14.4 million EUR) to aid in its war effort against Russia, Vísir reports. Prime Minister of Iceland and Social Democratic Alliance MP Kristrún Frostadóttir announced the additional spending…
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Foreign Minister Claims Government Willing To Increase Relations With Greenland
Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir said there is consensus within the government to increase relations with Greenland, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments hinting at annexing the country. Issues relating to Greenland were among the topics discussed at a government meeting on…
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Coalition Government Agreement To Be Presented Next Weekend
Leaders of the presumed coalition parties are set to announce their agreement for a coalition government on the weekend before Christmas. The party heads, Inga Sæland, Kristrún Frostadóttir, and Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (People’s Party; Social Democratic Alliance; Liberal Reform Party, respectively) have…
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Government Formation Likely To Happen Before New Year
On December 11, Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, leader of Viðreisn (the Liberal Reform Party), said in conversation with RÚV that a new government is likely to be formed by the end of 2024. Since the election on November 30, Samfylkingin (the Social Democratic…
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Kristrún Frostadóttir Begins Formal Government Formation
Since receiving the presidential mandate, Samfylkingin (Social Democratic Alliance) Leader Kristrún Frostadóttir has formally commenced forming a government in conjunction with Viðreisn (Liberal Reform) and Flokkur fólksins (People’s Party). On December 3, Kristrún called Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir and Inga Sæland, leaders of…
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Kristrún Frostadóttir Receives The Mandate To Form Government
Kristrún Frostadóttir, leader of the Social Democratic Alliance, attended a meeting with President of Iceland Halla Tómasdóttir at Bessastaðir around 10:00, reports RÚV. Halla Tómasdóttir has granted Kristrún the mandate to form Iceland’s next parliamentary government. Kristrún says the results of the…
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Social Democratic Alliance Candidate Accused Of Misogynist Writings
In the mbl.is-sponsored talkshow Spursmál, Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) candidate and former Heimildin journalist Þórður Snær Júlíusson admitted to expressing misogynistic views under a pseudonym on his former blog. Þórður was confronted by Spursmál’s host Stefán Einar Stefánsson about the writings on…
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Former Mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson Running For Parliament
Former mayor of Reykjavík Dagur B. Eggertsson is running for the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) in the upcoming Alþingi elections. He assumes second place in the North Reykjavík constituency, which party leader Kristrún Frostadóttir leads. Dagur has been on Reykjavík’s city council…