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The leaders of the coalition’s Social-Democratic Alliance and Left-Green Movement, and the opposition’s Bright Future will today submit a bill at Alþingi, the parliament, which would authorize changes to be carried out on the Constitution of Iceland next term.
Alþingi. Photo: Páll Kjartansson/Iceland Review.
They will also submit a parliamentary resolution that the overall review of the constitution on the basis of the proposals made by the Constitutional Council be completed in 2014, on the 70th anniversary of the Republic of Iceland, ruv.is reports.
Chairmen of the opposition’s Independence and Progressive Parties were reportedly informed of these proposals.
A press release from the Social Democrats states that it is hoped that both the bill and resolution can be discussed today and referred to respective committees.
MP Þór Saari of the opposition’s The Movement had stated that he would submit a new vote of no confidence on the government if the overall review of the constitution would not be completed this term.
It remains unclear whether Þór will stand by his words but he stated earlier today that it was becoming increasingly likely that he would submit a vote of no confidence.
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Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson attended an annual consultative meeting last weekend with colleagues from the Nordic and several African countries, as announced in a press release from the Minstry of Foreign Affairs.
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From many salmon rivers anglers are reporting great opening days. Reykjavík Citizen of the year caught the first salmn in Ellidaár in Reykjavík this morning.
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The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved new names for nine craters on Mercury including one for Icelandic littereture Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness.
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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.
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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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