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ICELAND'S PRESIDENT ASKS OPPOSITION LEFT-GREENS TO FORM COALITION
Benediktsson's Independence party - which has dominated Icelandic politics for decades - won the most seats, but fell short of a parliamentary majority... READ MORE›
ICELAND PRESIDENT TASKS LEFT-GREEN LEADER WITH FORMING GOVERNMENT
The former journalist led her party to second place with 11 seats in Saturday's vote, which was won by incumbent prime minister Bjarni Benediktsson's Independence Party... READ MORE›
ICELAND'S PM POISED TO FEND OFF CHALLENGE FROM LEFT
Under the Icelandic system, the president, who holds a largely ceremonial role, tasks the leader of the biggest party with forming a government... READ MORE›
ICELANDS INDEPENDENCE PARTY RETAINS MOST SEATS AFTER ELECTION
His Center Party, however, has now emerged as the fourth-largest, pushing the anti-establishment Icelandic Pirate Party down to sixth place with six seats... READ MORE›
ICELANDIC VOTERS GIVE CENTRE-LEFT OPPOSITION NARROW ELECTION WIN
The Independence Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson, remained the biggest party with 25 per cent of the votes but suffered a setback... READ MORE›
ICELAND GOES TO POLLS AMID SCANDALS DISGUST AND DISTRUST
In this crowded mix, a dark horse has appeared the former Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson... READ MORE›
ICELAND'S PRESIDENT FAINTS AND BREAKS NOSE IN TOO HOT BATH
The president of the island nation with a population of 345,000 holds a largely ceremonial role... READ MORE›
ICELANDS GOVERNMENT FALLS AFTER LETTER ASKING TO PARDON PEDOPHILE
Mr. Benediktsson, chairman of the center-right Independence Party, asked on Monday for Parliament to be dissolved, clearing the way for elections on Oct. 28... READ MORE›
HOW A CONVICTED PEDOPHILE BROUGHT DOWN ICELAND'S GOVERNMENT
The story involves Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson and his father, Benedikt Sveinsson... READ MORE›
ROW OVER SEXUAL ABUSE LETTER BRINGS DOWN ICELAND'S GOVERNMENT
Country is facing second snap election in a year after party in ruling coalition quits over alleged cover-up involving PM's father... READ MORE›
ICELAND PM CALLS FOR SNAP ELECTION AFTER GOVERNMENT FALLS
The government collapsed on Friday after Bright Future left the three-party, centre-right coalition, stripping it of its one-seat parliamentary majority... READ MORE›
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ICELANDS PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS, AFTER PIRATE PARTY MAKES STRONG GAINS
Icelands Prime Minister Resigns, After Pirate Party Makes Strong Gains... READ MORE›
ICELAND OUSTED ONE LEADER NAMED IN THE PANAMA PAPERS BUT ENDED UP WITH ANOTHER ON THE LIST
But despite the public outcry last April, Iceland's new prime minister was also named in the Panama Papers... READ MORE›
POLLS SUGGEST ICELAND'S PIRATE PARTY MAY FORM NEXT GOVERNMENT
Onnudottir said she could "very easily see" the party winning 20-25% of the vote... READ MORE›
ICELAND ELECTIONS LEAVE RULING CENTRE-RIGHT PARTY IN DRIVING SEAT
Of the Pirate party's allies, the Left-Green movement also picked up 10 seats, the Social Democrats three, and the centrist Bright Futurefour, according to the preliminary results... READ MORE›
THE PIRATE PARTY HAS JUST MANAGED TO LEGALISE BLASPHEMY IN ICELAND
Speaking in the Althing, Iceland's parliament, yesterday each member of the small party took the floor as voting took place to declare I am Charlie Hebdo... READ MORE›
PIRATE PARTY SURGE FALLS SHORT AS ICELANDERS BACK STABILITY
The Revival party, headed by defectors from the Independence Party, won 10.5 percent of the vote and is projected to have seven seats... READ MORE›
WOULD-BE LEADER OF UKIP QUITS SAYING PARTY IS IN A DEATH SPIRAL
Asked what happened next, Mr. Woolfe said He rushed at me... READ MORE›
ICELAND'S PM TO RESIGN FOLLOWING ELECTION RESULTS, CLEARING WAY FOR COALITION GOVERNMENT
The Independence Party took 29 per cent of the vote and 21 of 63 parliament seats in results announced Sunday... READ MORE›
UKIP TURMOIL CONTINUES AS PARTY LAWMAKER HOSPITALIZED AFTER ALTERCATION WITH COLLEAGUES
UKIP MEP Steven Woolfe lies face-down inside the European Parliament building in Strasbourg in eastern France following an altercation... READ MORE›
CENTER-RIGHT PARTY LEADS IN ICELAND NATIONAL ELECTION
A poll this week by research firm MMR had the ruling center-right Independence Party with a slight lead over the Pirate Party... READ MORE›
ICELAND'S PRESIDENT REFUSES PM'S REQUEST TO DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT AMID PANAMA PAPERS CONTROVERSY
The Prime Minister could not confirm this for me, and therefore I am not prepared at this time to dissolve parliament... READ MORE›
PIRATE PARTY FINDS MODEST TREASURE BURIED IN ICELAND ELECTION
The votes are in and Iceland's hacker-led, upstart Pirate Party failed to make the nation's powerful Independence Party walk the plank after all... READ MORE›
'TRUST CAN BE RESTORED': ICELANDERS ON THEIR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
You can share your thoughts on the upcoming parliamentary election in Iceland by filling out the form below... READ MORE›
NIGEL FARAGE: THE BOMBASTIC BLOKE AT THE PUB WHO CHANGED BRITISH HISTORY
LONDON -- Nigel Farage on Monday became the latest politician in Britain to fall in the wake of the E.U... READ MORE›
CENTER-RIGHT PARTY LEADS IN ICELAND NATIONAL ELECTION
Pirate Party's chances look dim as Iceland counts votes... READ MORE›
ICELAND'S CENTRE-RIGHT SEEKS TO GOVERN AS PIRATE PARTY HAILS BIG ELECTION GAINS
Pirate lawmaker Jonsdottir said the party was buoyed by the election result, and would continue its drive to bring people-powered politics to Iceland... READ MORE›
ICELAND'S PM STEPS DOWN OVER OFFSHORE FIRM
Gunnlaugson has said his wife's assets were taxed in Iceland... READ MORE›
DIANE JAMES, LEADER OF PRO-BREXIT PARTY UKIP, QUITS AFTER 18 DAYS
Diane James resigned as the leader of the pro-Brexit U.K. Independence Party on Tuesday after 18 days in the role, citing personal and professional reasons... READ MORE›