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Meet The Candidates: Here Are A Few Of The Immigrants Running For Alþingi
Catching up with a few people of foreign origin throwing their hat into the political ring Immigration has been a hot-button issue over the past several months, with interim Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson declaring border security among his top priorities when he…
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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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Exclusive: Pirate Party MP Meets Edward Snowden In Moscow
Birgitta Jónsdóttir has been back on Icelandic soil for less than twelve hours when we meet. During the previous three days, the Pirate Party MP, privacy activist and former Wikileaks volunteer quietly travelled to Moscow, where she took part in a documentary…
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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…
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Jón Gnarr Is No Longer Mayor Of Reykjavík
As of yesterday, comedian Jón Gnarr is no longer mayor of Reykjavík. After four arguably pleasant years in office, he is yet again “Jón Gnarr, comedian.” By most accounts, he will be missed. Yesterday, in what was reportedly a moving ceremony at City…