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Election of the Day: Iceland

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On November 30, 2024
This one almost slipped under my radar. As we speak, the good people of Iceland are electing a new Althing. Fifty four members of parliament will be selected through a PR vote in 6 multimember constituencies, and 9 more "levelling" seats will be assigned from...

The Pirate Party

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On May 4, 2016

Fascinating political events in Iceland, where the conservative prime minister had to step down because of revelations in the Panama Papers about his tax avoidance. But the electorate doesn't seem.

The Finlandization of Iceland

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On November 17, 2008
Ahem.In an official lunch with foreign diplomats, Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson shocked neighboring Nordic countries with inviting Russia to take use of the strategically important airbase.Foreign diplomats hardly believed what they heard when the Icelandic president said that his country needs “new friends” and...

Red Storm Rising Redux

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On October 10, 2008

In Tom Clancy's classic Red Storm Rising, the Soviets opened a general NATO-Warsaw Pact War with a covert amphibious invasion of Iceland, then used the island as a base for.

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