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Independence Party Candidate Wanted In Poland
An Independence Party candidate bidding for the 14th place in the North Reykjavík constituency is wanted by the Polish police, RÚV reports. The candidate, Christopher G. Krysynuson (né Krzysztof Gajowski), is accused of embezzlement. The Gryfino police in western Poland have a…
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Net Migration To Iceland At All-Time High
In the second quarter of 2022, 3,600 people migrated to Iceland, marking the highest level of net migration recorded since Statistics Iceland began publishing migration data by quarters in 2009. [su_pullquote]We are having a summer sale on all our Icelandic soaps, scrubs,…
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A Book About Immigrant Life In Iceland Released
Ísland pólerað, or Polishing Iceland, a book by Polish author living in Reykjavík Ewa Marcinek, has been published by Forlagið, Iceland’s leading publishing house. Polishing Iceland is a collection of short stories, poems, and anecdotes about immigrant life in Iceland. The book…
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Two Conservative MPs Disagree Over Abortion Issue
Minister of Justice Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir says that she disagrees with her party colleague, Ásmundur Friðriksson, who says too many abortions are being carried out in Iceland. Vísir reports. A heated debate arose in Parliament on the parliamentary proposal, submitted by Rósa…
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Abortion Proposal Discussed This Week
The Minister of Health, Svandís Svarvarsdóttir, will be tasked with making sure people who travel to Iceland to undergo abortions receive the proper healthcare, RÚV reports. Rósa Björk Brynsjólfsdóttir, who drafted the proposal in light of current events in Poland, will be…
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Proposal To Allow Europeans To Have Abortions In Iceland
A parliamentary proposal is being made by several MPs to allow those who are unable to have abortions in their home countries to have the procedure done in Iceland instead, Vísir reports. Rósa Björk Brynjólfsdóttir, along with eighteen other MPs, are making…
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Abortion Law Protests Outside Polish Embassy
Several hundred people gathered at the Polish embassy in Þórunnartún last night to protest against the new abortion law in Poland, Vísir reported. Poland’s new ruling of the constitutional court is outlawing abortion in almost all cases, save a select few: rape,…
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Bullied At Polish Embassy For Participating In Pride
Margrét Adamsdóttir, a former employee of the Polish embassy in Reykjavík, has filed a complaint with the Polish Foreign Ministry, alleging she was repeatedly bullied by Ambassador Gerard Pokruszyński, in part for participating in Reykjavík Pride, RÚV reports. The Ministry is reportedly…
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Polish Voters In Iceland Didn’t Want Andrzej Duda As President
RÚV reports that an overwhelming majority of Polish voters in Iceland would have preferred Warsaw’s mayor and opposition candidate Rafał Trzaskowski (pictured above) in the Polish presidential elections held on July 12th. Sitting president Andrzej Duda was reelected by a marginal majority.…
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Two Elections In The Same Weekend
Enthusiastic voters will be in luck over the weekend: in addition to the presidential elections in Iceland taking place on Saturday, the presidential election in Poland will be taking place on Sunday, Morgunblaðið reports. Around 17,000 Poles live in Iceland and are…
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Iceland Guest Of Honour At Gdansk Book Fair
This March, Iceland will be the Guest of Honour at the Gdańskie Targi Książki literature festival in Gdansk, Poland. The Centre for Icelandic Literature reports that along with several Icelandic publishers, authors Hallgrímur Helgason, Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, Einar Kárason, Elísabet Jökulsdóttir and Sigríður…
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Polish Ambassador Takes Exception With Icelandic Reporting On Far-Right March In Poland
The Polish ambassador to Iceland, Gerard Pokruszyński, is displeased with reporting that Stundin did on the massive turn-out of far-right groups who marched in Poland on the 100th anniversary of that country’s independence the weekend before last, RÚV reports. In a letter…
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Legendary Polish Punk-Rock Band Kult To Perform In Reykjavík
Poland’s number one rock band, Kult, will be performing at Harpa on September 30th. No members of the band have ever played in Iceland before, with one exception: Piotr Wasylik (seen above), the promoter and organiser behind the event, who is especially…
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Polish MPs Send Letter Of Thanks To Iceland
Members of Nowoczesna, a Polish opposition party, have sent a letter of gratitude to the Icelandic people for the country’s solidarity against the now-defeated abortion legislation that sparked global protests. The legislation in question, which would have instituted an almost total ban…
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Icelandic Protesters Send Message To Poland – PHOTOS
Protesters in Iceland festooned the Polish embassy with coat hangers in protest to the country’s tightening abortion laws. The legislation has been making headlines around the world, and has not gone unnoticed in Iceland, where Poles comprise the largest ethnic minority in…
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Iceland Becomes You: Four Former Refugees Relay Their Stories
Biljana Boloban Nationality: Serbian Age: 21 Year of arrival: 2001 Biljana arrived in Iceland with her mother, father, and younger sister, who was five at the time. The family were refugees even in her earliest memories, she says. Thus, coming to Iceland—where…
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Iceland Pays Back Loan From Poland
Iceland has paid back a 7.3 billion ISK loan Poland made to Iceland in 2009, following Iceland’s bank crash the previous autumn. In a statement from the Ministry of Finance, it is reported that Iceland’s Minister of Finance Bjarni Benediktsson and Poland’s…
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Iceland Supporting Ukraine Despite Russia Ban
Iceland’s Foreign Minister, Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, has said that Iceland’s support of Ukraine will not waver in the face of Russia’s new import bans, even though Iceland is not among the countries affected. Yesterday Russia gave details of its response to Western…
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Icelandic Version Of Polish Newspaper Hits The Streets
Young Polish immigrants in Iceland have begun distributing free copies of an Icelandic version of Metro, a free daily newspaper from Poland. Vísir reports that the Association of Polish Youth in Iceland has, in cooperation with journalists abroad, published a special edition of…