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Most Trust Towards Social Democrat Chair
The largest portion of respondents to a new poll from Prósent said they place the most trust in Social Democrat chair Kristrún Frostadóttir (above), Fréttablaðið reports, with 25.4% overall saying they trust her the most. In second place was Prime Minister and…
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A Bakery In A Telephone Booth
In an attempt to reduce food waste, Eiríkur Helgason, owner of the bakery Nesbrauð in Stykkishólmur, decided to expand his business hours with an unusual approach. After the store closes, he puts all leftovers in a telephone booth, where people can then…
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Trust In Icelandic National Church Decreases, Most Want Separation Of Church & State
Public trust in the national church decreased by 10% between last year and this year, RÚV reports, according to the findings of a new Gallup poll. Only about one third of respondents trust the church a great deal or completely, while 40%…
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Trust In Public Institutions Decreases
A new Gallup poll on levels of trust in public institutions and politicians shows confidence in the public sector decreasing somewhat. Gallup recently conducted a poll asking Icelanders which public institutions and figures they trust most and least. Participation was somewhat low,…
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Trust In Police Decreases, Mistrust Increases
A new poll shows that as trust in the police has decreased, mistrust of them has also grown. Kjarninn reports that, according to a new poll from Market and Media Research, public trust in the police has decreased by about 5% between…
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Distrust In Coalition Leaders Grows
Public distrust grows and confidence shrinks for Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and Finance Minister Bjarni Benediktsson, a new poll from Market and Media Research shows. At the same time, only Pirate Party MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir experienced an increase in trust. According…
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Trust In Iceland’s Parliament Drops Further
According to a new Gallup poll only 18% of Icelanders trust the parliament – a 6% drop since last year, reports Kjarninn. The results are perhaps no surprise in the wake of recent actions by the government to withdraw Iceland’s EU bid…
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Icelanders’ Trust In Media Shrinking
Trust in almost all of Iceland’s news media has fallen over the last year, except for DV, reports RÚV. According to a new report by MMR, of all the Icelandic language news media surveyed (yours truly, The Reykjavík Grapevine was not included…
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Poll Results: People Trust Police and University
In a recent poll, conducted by Market and Media Research (MMR), measuring public trust towards key institutions, most people were found to trust the Police, whereas most people distrusted the bank system. 81.3 percent said they trusted they trusted the Police “a…