In the wake of the recently-concluded contract negotiations between VR and SA, the government has announced a series of measures aimed at supporting low- and
VR Union and SA, the Federation of Icelandic Employers, have settled on a short-term contract that will be valid through next year. The agreement will
Iceland’s housing market has undergone rapid changes over the past two years, with prices shooting upward. The market has begun to gradually cool, as a result of rising interest rates, with prices stalling or even slightly lowering in some cases. While there are multiple factors that affect housing prices – including availability and a pandemic-inspired […]
Power vacuum When Drífa Snædal resigned from her position as chairperson of ASÍ (The Icelandic Confederation of Labour) this summer, she left a power vacuum at the heart of Iceland’s largest organisation of trade unions. The Icelandic Confederation of Labour consists of 47 trade unions and represents some 2/3 of Icelandic organised labour, around 133,000 […]
After a late night of fruitless negotiations between VR and SA, the Federation of Icelandic Employers, an end to bargaining may be in sight. The
The 2022 European Film Awards took place in Rekjavík’s Harpa concert hall last night, December 11. Some 1,200 were expected for the film awards, 700
Two thousand Icelandic minks are set to be exported to Denmark to help reconstitute their breeding population. Mink breeding will become legal again in 2023,
