
All the major parties have now held their general meetings in the lead up to the general election at the end of April.
The two big left leaning parties, which have governed Iceland for the last four years, recently elected new chairs.
Árni Páll Árnason was elected as chair of the Social Democratic Alliance, and Katrín Jakobsdóttir for the Left Greens.
Now Iceland's longest sitting party chairman is that of the Progressive Party, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, who has been in the position for just over two years.
He is not only the longest serving chairman, but by far the smartest.
He and his party, the Progressive Party, is the only one which wants to keep the króna—forever and ever.
His party wants to cut taxes and let the government spend much more, the banks to write off loans for those who bought apartments and fancy cars before the economy collapsed four and a half years ago.
He must be the Messiah we have been waiting for two millennia.
He will, if the polls are right, be our next foreign minister. The second highest office in the government.
HALLELUJAH.
Páll Stefánsson - ps@icelandreview.com
A petition urging the government to reconsider a proposed bill, in which the terms of the law requiring fishing companies to pay a tariff for their use of Iceland’s fishing resources are to be changed, has been signed by more than 11,000 people.
A three-meter long walrus was discovered on the shores by Eyri in the town of Reyðarfjörður in East Iceland yesterday.
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In 1915, women aged 40 and over were granted the right to cast a vote in all official elections held in Iceland.
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The 2013 June-July issue of Iceland Review is out. Themed ‘We Are Young’ the magazine celebrates the arrival of summer by interviewing young energetic Icelanders who excel in art, sports, business and politics—and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, the youngest PM in the republic’s history and the world’s youngest ruling state leader. Click here to take a look at a selection of the current issue and here to subscribe to the magazine.
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The road to Höfn, a 1,690-person harbor town by the fjord Hornafjörður, is lined with reindeer. Whole herds of the wild horned animals rest peacefully on withered pastures, grace next to sheep and horses and bounce along the road. Soon, Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier and the region’s biggest attraction, comes into view. Looming over Höfn, its outlet glaciers flow down from the mountains on which the bright white icecap rests.
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Sin Fang will celebrate the release of his third album with a release concert in Iðnó on June 12. Flowers was released in February by Morr Music and has been well received by music enthusiasts and critics alike. The concert will be supported by Vök, this year’s winners of the Icelandic Music Experiments.
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