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City Councillor Vigdís Hauksdóttir Accused Of Bullying: “This Is War”
Reykjavík city councilperson and municipal chair of the Centre Party Vigdís Hauksdóttir has been accused of bullying her Chief of Staff, Helga Björg Ragnarsdóttir, after the latter was herself accused of bullying a staff member, who subsequently sued the city last year.…
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The War Of The Bureaucrats: Some Jokes Are All About Timing And The Right Audience
When Líf Magneudóttir, a Left Green city councilperson, stuck her tongue out during a city board meeting, she probably thought it was a harmless joke. An icebreaker in an electrified situation, overshadowed by serious matters connected to a previous court order against…
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Thinking Beyond The Next Night: Reykjavík Tackles The Challenge Of Homelessness
A difficult housing situation has led to a reported increase from 179 homeless people in Reykjavík in 2012, to 349 in 2017; an increase of over 90% in just five years. City Council now faces the difficult task of meeting the needs…
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New Campaign Launches To Champion The Value Of Creative Labour
A new campaign is launching today, focusing on the worth of creative labour. An email was sent out to all the members of parliament, inviting them to attend the launch of the campaign, entitled “Við Borgum Myndlistarmönnum” (in English: “We pay visual…
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For The Sake Of Memory: An Interview With Arch-Archivist Lára Hanna Einarsdóttir
Lára Hanna Einarsdóttir is not a journalist. In fact, the closest she’s come to journalism is doing subtitles for Stöð 2, a job she’s had since 1987. Yet, she has for a almost a decade now proved an important media resource for…
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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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Iceland Receives Lowest Press Freedom Rank In Its History
Iceland has dropped by 13 places down to 21st place in the Reporters Without Borders 2015 Press Freedom Index. This is the lowest score any Nordic country has been given since the press freedom index was created in 2002. All Nordic Nations…
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WHERE WERE WE? WHERE ARE WE? WHERE ARE WE HEADED?
To mark the beginning of a new year, we posed two questions to dozens of Icelanders, old and new. Representatives of every single political party, ministers, mayors and machinists alike (as per usual, the governing parties mostly ignored our queries). We asked…
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Optimistically Moving Forwards
We Icelanders are at a good place in light of how little time has passed since the last parliamentary elections and the subsequent turnaround. Fundamental services have been placed in a priority position—healthcare, education and transportation. The national budget has been settled…
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Reporters Without Borders Regret Decline Of Press Freedom In Iceland
On Wednesday, the organization Reporters Without Borders (RWB) issued a statement expressing its concerns with the perceived decline of freedom of information in Iceland during the last two years. Among matters of particular concern, the organization says it regrets that the Interior…
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State Radio Station Not For Sale
Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs Illugi Gunnarsson has confirmed that state radio station Rás 2 will not be sold. Illugi was asked in an interview published in today’s Fréttablaðið supplement, Markaðinn, whether selling the radio station was in the cards. “Where…
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MP Wants To Sell State Radio Station
Progressive MP and Chairperson of the Budget Committee Vigdís Hauksdóttir wants to sell state radio station Rás 2, with the proceeds to go into government coffers. Vísir reports that Vigdís has called for a special meeting of the Budget Committee due to…
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‘You’ve Got To Be Firm With These People’
Against Container-Prejudices Eygló Harðardóttir, Welfare Minister on behalf of the Progressive party, wrote a blog post last week, titled ‘Container-prejudices’. Whereas the title might seem to involve an elaborate new metaphor, leading an optimist reader to hope that the Minister might finally…
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Malta Gaffe MP To Speak At Anti-EU Conference
Member of Parliament, Vigdís Hauksdóttir, who received much media attention after she wrongfully stated that Malta was not an independent nation, will be speaking at an Anti-EU conference in Reykjavík this Saturday, reports Vísir. “It will be a fabulous conference,” Vigdís said.”I encourage…