21 Nov 2016Any member of Iceland’s Pirate Party who is made a minister in a future government would have to surrender their position as a Member of Parliament, leading Pirate Birgitta Jónsdóttir confirms.
17 Nov 2016Leader of Iceland’s left-greens Katrín Jakobsdóttir begins informal talks with all other political parties today, after being given the mandate to form a new government by the President of Iceland yesterday.
16 Nov 2016President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has transferred the official mandate to form a new government to leader of the Left-Green Movement, Katrín Jakobsdóttir.
16 Nov 2016After talks aimed at forming a new centre-right coalition to rule Iceland fell through yesterday, it is widely expected that Katrín Jakobsdóttir will be given the next crack of the whip at putting together a majority government.
3 Nov 2016Bright Future and Regeneration – two parties in the centre of the Icelandic political spectrum – have decided to join forces for the purposes of ongoing talks to form a new government.
2 Nov 2016Leader of Iceland’s Independence Party Bjarni Benediktsson will be given first crack of the whip at forming a new national government, it has just been announced.
1 Nov 2016Saturday’s elections in Iceland saw a total of thirty women MPs returned to the Iceland parliament (‘Alþingi’) – the highest proportion in the history of the institution.
1 Nov 2016The 63 new MPs sitting in Iceland’s national parliament (‘Alþingi’) can look forward to a new salary of nearly €9,000 per month, thanks to a 44% pay rise granted to them by the State pay authority National Remuneration Board (link in Icelandic) on election day.
31 Oct 2016Leader of Iceland’s new centrist Regeneration party Benedikt Jóhannesson has confirmed that his party will not agree to ally with the current government and keep them in power.
31 Oct 2016The ‘first choice’ of Iceland’s Left-Green Movement – who came second in Saturday’s elections – would be a governing coalition bringing together the entire opposition and leaving out the current two governing parties.
31 Oct 2016The President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has convened the leaders of all political parties represented in the new Icelandic parliament to the presidential residential of Bessastaðir today.
