News Tagged with “General Elections”

Katrín Jakobsdóttir, leader of the Left-Green Movement, received an official mandate to make an attempt to form a government from President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson yesterday.

Formal government coalition talks to commence today

3 Nov 2017 Left-Greens, Pirates, Social Dems and Progressives have initiated formal coalition talks.

Óttarr Proppé resigned as leader of Bright Future in light of the party's election outcome.

Health Minister resigns as party leader after election loss

31 Oct 2017 Iceland's Health Minister Óttarr Proppé, today resigned as the leader of the liberal Bright Future after Saturday's general elections. Bright Future received only 1.2% of the votes and lost all its MPs in Iceland's parliament.

Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson and President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson.

Iceland’s next government: Right, Left, or Right-to-Left?

30 Oct 2017 The President of Iceland sounded out party leaders today about potential options for a coalition government that would have a majority support in Iceland’s parliament.

The leaders of the eight parties that won seats in Iceland's parliament in the 2017 general elections discuss the results on RÚV, Iceland's national broadcaster.

FINAL RESULTS: 2017 Elections

29 Oct 2017 Icelanders wake up to a different political landscape after Saturday’s general elections.

Former Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson has made a comeback with his new Center Party. Incumbent Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson, leader of the Independence Party in the background.

Iceland 2017 Elections: Government parties lose majority

28 Oct 2017 First vote count results are in: Iceland’s coalition government has lost its majority in parliament.

Iceland Elections: Live vote count updates

28 Oct 2017 Iceland Monitor provides live update of the vote count as results are reported.

General Elections: Polls are open

28 Oct 2017 Iceland’s parliamentary elections take place today with polls opening at 9 am.

Katrín Jakobsdóttir leader of the Left-Green Movement.

Poll: Center-Left government in the cards in Iceland

27 Oct 2017 Iceland’s center-right coalition government is set to loose its majority in Iceland’s parliament in tomorrow’s general elections, according to a poll published earlier today.

PM was shocked to hear of father's signature- calls for new elections

15 Sep 2017 "I want to stress that it was a shock for me to hear this. I could never have signed such a letter and I would never have defended such actions," said Prime Minister and Independence Party leader Bjarni Benediktsson moments ago at a press conference on the government collapse referring to a letter signed by his father to restore a pedophile's honour.

Bergur Þór Ingólfsson, actor and director, and father of a woman who was abused by Robert Downey when she was a teenager.

"That trust is long gone." - Interview with father of one of the victims

15 Sep 2017 In the cultural niche of older men, sexual offences are taken lightly, which they should not be, and the fact the government collapses as a result of this discussion about restored honour, proves that," says actor Bergur Þór Ingólfsson. He's the father of one of the victims of Robert Downey, whose honour was restored according to Icelandic law.

Laws for "restored honour" are 77 years old

15 Sep 2017 So what exactly is this legal procedure in Iceland called "restored honour" ? Iceland Monitor finds out in light of the current government scandal.

The Reykjavik Slut Walk in 2017 where thousands of people marched for victims of sexual abuse.

"It was the voices of women that collapsed the government"

15 Sep 2017 The Icelandic government collapsed because women spoke out, reads a statement by the Icelandic Women's Rights Association. "Society no longer has patience towards a system that protects offenders and doesn't care about victims."

Birgitta Jónsdóttir reads the statement of the Pirate Party.

Iceland's Pirate Party calls for new constitution

15 Sep 2017 Pirate Party captain Birgitta Jónsdóttir read a statement imploring other parties in Parliament to respond to the appeal made by Iceland's president to agree to a new draft of the constitution before parliament is dissolved.

Benedikt Jóhannesson, Minister of Finance and leader of the Reform Party.

"Disappointed" - but respects Bright Future's stance

15 Sep 2017 Leader of the Reform Party, Benedikt Jóhannesson says that the fact that Prime Minister Benediktsson was told of his father's involvement in the restoration of honour of one of Iceland's most notorious pedophiles was abnormal. If the matter had been a confidential one to everyone it would have been more natural.

Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson is bound to meet with the President of Iceland today, says professor of politics Eirikur Bergmann.

"An extraordinarily weak government" says political expert

15 Sep 2017 Professor Eiríkur Bergmann says that the PM is bound to meet with the President today to give back his mandate. This is the third government coalition in a row to collapse under the lead of the Independence Party.