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Icelander’s Immigration Tolerance Increasing
A new Gallup world survey, reported by Fréttablaðið this morning, has shown that Icelanders’ tolerance of immigrants is increasing. The survey gives countries up to a maxim score of 9.0, with Iceland’s increasing from 8.26 to 8.41 since the last survey in…
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Icelanders Asked To Show Foreign Workers “Patience And Goodwill”
Two different petrol station chains have taken to setting up a sign at select locations that asks Icelanders to show foreign employees a little more courtesy. Management for both of these chains told reporters that while most Icelanders show kindness to employees…
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VIDEO: Young Social Democrats Stage Pro-Refugee Demonstration In Iceland
On Sunday, the youth wing of the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) distributed pro-refugee stickers to counter a similar protest from the racist group Nordfront. The stickers had slogans such as “Refugees Welcome” and “Iceland Is For Everyone” written on them. The youth…
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Am I Just Wrong? Myths About Asylum Seekers & Refugees, Debunked
For every story we at Grapevine run about asylum seekers and refugees in Iceland, it seems there will almost always be a small but loud contingent of commenters who seem to think people fleeing war zones are a threat to Icelandic society.…
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Transgender Day Of Remembrance To Be Honoured In Iceland
Icelanders will be joining many others around the world this Sunday, as they take part in the Transgender Day of Remembrance. The Transgender Day of Remembrance is an international effort to honour the memories of those who have suffered violence and death…
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I Need Pride
I have cried more tears into my keyboard over the past few months than I care to count. My recent trip to the US was a tragedy sandwich, with mass shootings in Orlando and Dallas as the bread and a succession of…
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Nationalists Outnumbered 4 To 1 At Demonstration – VIDEO
Today’s demonstration by the Icelandic National Front (INF) was met with an overwhelming response – from demonstrators showing their solidarity with refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants in Iceland. As reported, the INF had planned last Thursday to hold a demonstration at 15:00…
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Solidarity Demonstration In Support Of Refugees; Against Nationalists
A demonstration will be held today in front of parliament to show support for refugees and asylum seekers, in Iceland and around the world, while also demonstrating against a group of anti-immigration nationalists who plan to hold their own demonstration at the…
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Icelanders Told Bible Verses Are From Koran, Hilarity Ensues
Taking a cue from similar experiments abroad, one Icelander tested just how well people know the Bible. Vísir reports that Bjartmar Þeyr Alexandersson stopped people on the street, quoting verses at them that he said were from the Koran, asking Icelanders what…
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The Clash Of Simplicity
Ever since the global economic meltdown, a vitriolic tide of populism has arisen around the world to ensnare and beguile people. Iceland, of course, is no exception. The rhetoric is the same everywhere: simplistic solutions are strewn along the campaign trails. We…
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Islamophobia Is Here!
I had been waiting for it to show up in Iceland for a long time—or, more accurately, dreading the inevitability of it. It already had a stronghold in Europe, and I knew it was only a matter of time. Then suddenly it…
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Bishop Calls For Religious Tolerance
Bishop of Iceland Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir spent part of her Easter mass calling for greater tolerance towards refugees, and those of other faiths. Vísir reports that the Bishop delivered her Easter mass at the Reykjavík Cathedral yesterday morning, wherein she touched upon…
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Iceland After The Paris Attacks: Fear And Opportunity
Icelandic government officials were quick to respond to last Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris, but not just in the sense of expressing sympathy and condolences. The following Monday, Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, Minister of the Interior Ólöf Nordal, and Chief of…
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Icelanders’ Approval Of Immigrants Depends On Origin
Whether Icelanders view immigrants positively or negatively depends a great deal on their country of origin, and race appears to be a big factor as well. Kjarninn reports that a new poll from Maskína recently asked respondents how they felt about immigrants…
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Red Cross Campaign Encourages People To “Be Nice” To Immigrants
The Red Cross in Iceland has started a campaign called “Vertu Næs” (“Be Nice”), which encourages Icelanders to “respect people in the country irrespective of origin”. “There are about 320,000 inhabitants in Iceland and 10% of them, around 30,000 individuals, are of…
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Hallgrímskirkja Will Not Tolerate “Love Locks”
Love padlocks will not be tolerated in the church tower of Hallgrímskirkja. On Saturday, Mbl.is reported that the first “love lock” had been installed on the fence securing visitors in the tower: a padlock, that is, with the names of two persons,…