22 Oct 2016Once you finished browsing Iceland Monitor’s wide selection of news, events and features, you might like to have a look at some other Iceland-related material from around the world that we shall be collecting for you weekly.
3 Aug 2016Former President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson stood down from his post at midnight on Sunday after twenty years at the head of the Icelandic State.
24 Jul 2016The ceremony will be traditional, not significantly different from the ceremony which takes place every four years at the beginning of a presidential term of office, whether there is a new president or not.
9 Jul 2016Once you finished browsing Iceland Monitor’s wide selection of news, events and features, you might like to have a look at some other Iceland-related material from around the world that we shall be collecting for you weekly.
2 Jul 2016Canadian born Eliza Reid is to become Iceland's sixth First Lady in August when her husband Guðni Th. Jóhannesson is inaugurated as President of Iceland. Iceland Monitor met with Reid at their Reykjavik home to discuss the presidential race, her upbringing in Canada and bringing four young children to the presidential residence at Bessastaðir.
27 Jun 2016Iceland's newly elected president Guðni Th.Jóhannesson met current president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson in Nice today at the fanzone in Nice for Iceland's match against England.
27 Jun 2016A great number of people arrived at the home of newly elected President of Iceland, Guðni Th.Jóhannesson yesterday in Seltjarnarnes, Reykjavik.
26 Jun 2016Guðni Th. Jóhannesson will become the new president of Iceland in August, replacing Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. Speaking to mbl.is last night when the results were clear he said that he hope to "Become a president for all the people of Iceland."
26 Jun 2016Dr. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has been elected the President of Iceland. When two thirds of the vote had been counted, Jóhannesson had 38 percent support.
25 Jun 2016The first figures from the north Reykjavik area have arrived, showing that Guðni Th. Jóhannesson is in the lead with 6.149 votes, followed by Halla Tómasdóttir with 1.497 votes and Andri Snær Magnason a close third with 1.456 votes.
24 Jun 2016According to a new Gallup poll conducted for the RÚV national broadcasting service, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson still has a strong lead with 44.6 percentsupport. Second in the lead is now Halla Tómasdóttir, who surges up from 12.6 in the last poll to 18.6 support.
16 Jun 2016With just over a week to go until Iceland elects its first new president in twenty years, four candidates have begun to stand out from the crowd.
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