Iceland News News Iceland » Government: Iceland has 'nothing to lose' in EU membership talks, says French foreign minister
Iceland first applied to join the European Union in 2009, in the wake of the collapse of its financial sector, but suspended accession talks in 2015. View on euronews ...
News Iceland » Government: Iceland gets new government under Social Democrat Frostadottir
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Iceland's president presented a new government on Saturday under Social Democratic Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir that aims to cut inflation and interest rates and hold a ...
News Iceland » Government: Iceland’s Continued Tourism Boom Prompts Government To Propose Higher Visitor Fees
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iceland’s government is preparing to introduce a “considerably higher” tourist tax in the coming weeks as the Nordic island nation ...
News Iceland » Government: New Iceland government to take over as protests continue
Iceland’s new rightwing government was to take office on Thursday, under fire from the start as the opposition sought a vote of no-confidence and maintained calls for a quick election to be held. The ...
News Iceland » Government: Iceland's PM dissolves coalition government, calls for November snap elections
Oct. 14 (UPI) --Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson of Iceland has dissolved the country's coalition government and has proposed for snap parliamentary elections to be held next month. Benediktsson ...
News Iceland » Government: Iceland may fast-track vote on joining EU: report
Iceland's government is considering holding a referendum on EU relations as early as August, according to two sources cited by news publication Politico. Reykjavik had pledged to hold the vote on ...
News Iceland » Government: Iceland Sees EU Support Rise as Government Promises Referendum
Support for joining the European Union is increasing in Iceland after the nation’s new government said it plans to hold a referendum on re-engaging in membership talks. A poll, published on Thursday ...
News Iceland » Government: Iceland government poised to win majority, but future uncertain
Iceland’s government was poised to win a majority in Saturday’s election, early results showed, though it remained to be seen if Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir’s left-right coalition would agree ...
News Iceland » Government: Iceland government warns tourists to avoid lava-spewing volcano
Authorities in Iceland on Tuesday warned tourists and other spectators to stay away from a newly erupting volcano that is spewing lava and noxious gases from a fissure in the country’s southwest. The ...