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First MP Of Kurdish Background And Youngest MP Both Take Seats In Iceland’s Parliament
Today was an historic first in the history of Iceland’s Parliament, for two reasons. [su_pullquote]Enter a competition to win a box of Grapevine goodies! Just sign up for our newsletter here before 15:00 Icelandic time on New Year’s Eve, and answer the…
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Immigration Offers Money To Asylum Seekers To Leave Country; Offer Declined
The Directorate of Immigration (ÚTL) invited a group of asylum seekers to a meeting at their offices in Hafnarfjörður yesterday morning and offered to pay them money to return to their home countries, Vísir reports. Kurds who were present at the meeting…
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What Are Icelanders Talking About: Pizza, Whistleblowers And Cheap Coke
In an effort to shore up losses, UK-based master franchise Domino’s Pizza Group will be pulling out of four markets, including Iceland. This should not, however, affect the presence of Domino’s pizza in Iceland. Back in 2016, Domino’s Pizza Group bought a…
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Icelanders To Demonstrate In Support Of Kurdistan Tomorrow
A solidarity demonstration in support of the Kurds, who are currently being assaulted by the Turkish military, is slated for Austurvöllur tomorrow. “Let’s show the people of Rojava that the world is watching and marching in solidarity with them,” the event text…
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Iceland Condemns Turkish Incursions On Kurds, Will Still Visit Turkey For Football Match
While the Icelandic government has issued a strongly-worded written statement condemning the Turkish invasion of northern Syria, the Icelandic national men’s team will still be visiting Turkey to play a football match against that country’s national men’s team next month. “Iceland strongly…
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Turkish Flag Raised Over Icelandic Government Offices In Act Of Protest
The Turkish flag was hoisted over Iceland’s government offices yesterday in an act of protest against what friends and family of Haukur Hilmarsson see as the Icelandic government’s unwillingness to find and retrieve his remains. Kvennablaðið was first to report that Darri…
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Pro-Assad Writers Hold Conference In Iceland
The news of the death of Haukur Hilmarsson, an Icelandic activist and anarchist who in all likelihood was killed fighting Turkish forces in Afrin, Syria last month, has sent shock waves through the Icelandic community. His death has brought the Kurdish cause…
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Kurdish Family To Be Detained And Deported – VIDEO
A family from Kurdistan Iraq who came to Iceland about a year ago are set to be detained on Monday, and deported to Norway the following day. From there, they will in all likelihood be sent back to Iraq, where they say…
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Who Cares About The Kurds?
You cannot read the news about what’s happening in Syria right now without also reading about the Kurds. For many in the west, the Kurds don’t often pop up on the radar—you might have last heard about them when former Iraqi leader…
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Iceland Will Stand Up For Kurdish Human Rights
Iceland’s Foreign Minister has pledged the country will fight human rights abuses of Kurds and other minorities in Turkey. Stundin reports that a special meeting of Iceland’s Foreign Affairs Committee, called together by Left-Green MP Steinunn Þóra Árnadóttir, was assembled to discuss…