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The Icelandic Roundup: Lenya Rún – Pirate Party Politician
Valur Grettisson (editor-in-chief) and Josie Anne Gaitens (culture editor) are joined on this week’s podcast by Lenya Rún Taha Karim, deputy MP for The Pirate Party, who was briefly voted in as the youngest Member of Parliament last September, before election recounts…
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Question Time With Birgitta Jónsdóttir
As the Pirate Party’s poll numbers continue to climb, more Icelanders are expressing curiosity about their various stances, beliefs and internal processes grows. We compiled what we consider to be some “common questions”—whether from within Grapevine, those expressed by public figures, or…
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Authors And Composers Protect Originality With Clichés And Yo’ Mama Jokes.
Yesterday, according to Vísir, the Icelandic Society of Authors and Composers (ISAC) posted a response on their Facebook page to the Pirate Party’s criticism of ISP’s blocking of The Pirate Bay and Deildu, torrent file-sharing sites. The ISAC criticized MPs,Helga Hrafn Gunnarsson…
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A Year In Alþingi: Two MPs, Birgitta Jónsdóttir And Vigdís Hauksdóttir, Reflect
After a long and tumultuous year, Iceland’s parliament, Alþingi, has finished its last session and its members are now in summer recess. Despite possessing a clear majority, the governing Independence Party/Progressive Party coalition has had a hard time passing their propositions. This…



