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11 Years Since Icelanders Overturned Decree To Kill Foreigners In The Westfjords: Celebrating A Landmark Moment In Icelandic Multiculturalism
Eleven years ago today, the Westfjords district commissioner repealed the local decree permitting the killing of Basques in the Westfjords. The decree dated to 1615. Three Basque whaling ships were wrecked in a storm off the coast in September of that year.…
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PM, President And Mayor Offer Condolences To France
Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson met with French ambassador Philippe O’Quin on Thursday, and offered condolences on behalf of Iceland’s government and the population at large for the attack on the editorial offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday. This has…

