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Even Here, Donald Trump Controls The Narrative
We planned to discuss Iceland in 2025 with three experts and got slapped in the face by current events The Grapevine planned a political lunch meeting for January 5, 2026. While the flu affected our guestlist, Ólafur Þórður Harðarson, the University of…
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Iceland Space Agency To Host NASA’s Deleted Women Astronaut Comics
NASA has removed two comic books about women astronauts from all of its websites. The removal seems to be part of a wider effort by the Trump administration to purge what it deems “DEI” (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) content from federal agencies.…
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Reykjavík Queer Choir Cancels World Pride Performance Amid LGBTQAI+ Rights Concerns In The U.S.
Hinsegin kórinn (Reykjavík Queer Choir) has withdrawn from its planned performance at World Pride in Washington, D.C., citing concerns over the safety of trans and non-binary individuals amid increasing restrictions on LGBTQAI+ rights in the United States, reports Vísir. “The choir decided…
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Trump Supporter Bearing Icelandic Flag In Sacramento Raises Questions
Washington, DC was not the only city where Trump supporters were protesting against the confirmation of the Biden/Harris win yesterday, with events happening in many American cities. However, Sacramento has attracted the attention of many Icelanders, as a Trump supporter was spotted…
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Bloomberg Column Suggests Mueller “Check Out Iceland”
As we watch the salty hell circus that is the Trump administration Russian collusion investigations unfold from our tiny rock in the North Atlantic, we are at once horrified and relieved—horrified, because of the way the administration has been behaving, and relieved,…
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Head Of Iceland’s Conservation Association: Trump Is A ‘Sociopath’
Árni Finsson, the head of the Iceland Nature Conservation Association has called Donald Trump a “sociopath”, in response to the President pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement. “Well, maybe other words are better at describing him,” Árni said in response…
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Readers Write: Sad Democrats Don’t Want To Talk About Trump
Dear Grapevine First, my wife and I love Iceland! We are having a really good time here, and everyone has been super friendly. Just one thing bothers us: each and every time we tell someone where we’re from, they always ask something…
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UPDATE: Icelandic Singer Still Barred From Entering US
Earlier this week singer, Júlía Hermannsdóttir, made headlines when she was barred entry to the US. While she will not be granted a visa in time to tour the east coast with her band Oyama, Júlía did take to her Facebook account…
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Iceland Jumps On “America First [X] Second” Bandwagon
Never to be outdone by other countries, Iceland has also taken part in the recent craze of “America First [X] Second” videos currently sweeping Europe and beyond. These videos more often than not serve a dual purpose: making fun of Donald Trump’s…
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Parliamentary Opposition Submits Proposal Condemning Trump
Members of parliament from the Social Democrats, the Left-Greens and the Pirates have submitted a parliamentary proposal calling upon the government to officially condemn Trump’s “seven-country ban”. The proposal, led by Social Democrat chair Logi Einarsson, has the support of other Social…
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Torture Works
History speaks from the lips of President Trump. It is the crude and truthful voice of human mayhem and we should listen closely. The man is her beloved agent, a dedicated distributor of confusion and fury, a Hegelian incarnation of the nameless…
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Icelandic Citizen Granted Permission To Enter United States
An Icelandic citizen who was initially denied entry to the United States on account of being born in Iran has been granted permission to enter. The US embassy in Iceland has confirmed that all Icelandic citizens may travel to the US, regardless…
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Icelandic Citizen Denied Entry To US For Being Born In Iran
An Icelander hoping to compete for his country in an international taekwondo tournament in the United States was denied entry due to being born in Iran – one of seven countries US President Donald Trump has denied entry by executive order. The…
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Iceland’s Gov’t Condemns Trump, While Ruling Coalition MP Condemns Asylum Seekers
While the Icelandic government has condemned President Donald Trump’s ban on Muslims from entering the United States, one Independence Party MP has promised to greet an undefined group of asylum seekers with “a fist of steel”. Last Saturday, a federal judge put…
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Top 5 Places Trump & Putin Should Go If They Meet In Iceland
Last weekend, The Sunday Times reported that US President Elect and short-fingered shouting enthusiast Donald Trump might be planning a Reykjavík summit with Russian Prez and topless outdoorsman Vladimir Putin. It has since come to light that the report is possibly a…
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Why Trump Scares Us Foreigners
The United States and its president are often called The Leader Of The Free World. American politics affect us all. As a magazine, The Reykjavík Grapevine does not take political stands, but we publish shows some leanings, that mostly have to do…
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Searches For “Move To Iceland” Spikes
For reasons we can only speculate on, the past seven days has shown a tremendous upswing in people searching for “move/moving to Iceland.” The Engine posted on Facebook exactly how the patterns of these searches went: “Here is a chart of people…
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Ash Wednesday In Pictures
If you have been outside at all today, you have no doubt noticed all the goblins, mini-Trumps, witches, and superheroes, and it is not just because Icelanders do not understand how calendars work! No, today is Öskudagur (“Ash Wednesday”), when Icelandic kids…