I handed in a paper yesterday where I examined the correlation between self-image and opinion towards the krona. The Icelandic krona has been praised by some as the nation’s saviour in some quarters while chastised as a root of many evils in others. Where you stand on the issue seems to correlate with whether you perceive yourself [...]

So is the stability agreement between the government, the unions and the Confederation of Icelandic employers in danger because of an extra 2.000 tons quota of monkfish? It might be if you listen to Vilhjalmur Egilsson, the chairman of the employers’ confederation. On the radio this morning, he was asked to rationalize how that could [...]

During a class on security issues we got to listen to an expert from the city of Reykjavik on the topic of environmental security. She pointed an interesting folly whereas bauxite is transported from across the world to Iceland where it is smelted to make aluminium. From there it is transported abroad and made into soda cans. [...]