Tomorrow is the first national referendum Icelandic citizens have been allowed to participate in by the political elite since the conception of the republic in 1944. By all measures, this should be a happy day for democracy in Iceland. But instead it is not a cause for celebration but a large milestone in the farcical [...]

It is puzzling to an outsider that Iceland is already deeply integrated into European and other international treaties and organizations (including the European Economic Area, the Schengen border-control agreement, the Council of Europe [consisting of parliamentarians from more than forty European countries], NATO, the Nordic Council, the Arctic Council, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and [...]

There is a storm warning in Iceland. And it is not just the weather which is huffing and puffing. The last week has been a difficult one for the government and especially the Left Greens. Ogmundur Jonasson resigned as Minister of Health and told whoever wanted to listen that it was because he could not agree [...]