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The Times
February 7, 2018
Conservative MPs used a Westminster debate to advocate choosing the trade bloc, which includes Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. ... Speaking in Westminster Hall today, James Cartlidge, the Conservative MP, said Efta would provide “the best transition . . . to secure our long-term future”.
teleSUR English
February 5, 2018
... prison term for “removing sexual organs in whole or in part,” before adding that circumcision should only be considered for “health reasons.” The bill names the circumcision of boys younger than 18 as a violation of human rights. Iceland has a population of approximately 300,000, including several dozen ...
The Straits Times
January 30, 2018
REYKJAVIK (AFP) - In a world first, Iceland has introduced a new law requiring employers to prove they are paying men and women the same wage for doing the same work, or face fines. As of next January, companies in Iceland must prove, with proper documentation carried out regularly, that they are ...
Reykjavík Grapevine
December 20, 2017
The Bishop of Iceland requested and received a 21% pay rise, and now earns 1.55 million ISK per month. ... Stundin points out the result of this: the President, members of parliament and government ministers have seen a much steeper rise in salaries than the national average, and payments to the ...
Iceland Monitor
December 17, 2017
The MP's for the Pirate Party put forward a proposal yesterday to the Minister of Health to allow the use and production of cannabis (medicinal hemp oil) for medicinal use in Iceland. They propose that Iceland look to the experience of countires that have already legalised cannabis for this purpose and to ...
euronews
December 13, 2017
A 2010 University of Iceland study found that 30 percent of Icelandic women aged 18 to 80 have been physically attacked by a male at least once, of which 13 percent experienced rape or attempted rape. "There are stories about ministers ogling female politicians' behinds when the members are going onto ...
Reykjavík Grapevine
December 31, 1999
She is shorter than I remember, having seen her around the University campus 20 years ago when she was studying Icelandic Language and Literature. Before that, she had ... the young people. We then did better in the 2006 municipal elections and, in the end, that led to me being elected as MP in 2007.”.
Reykjavík Grapevine
December 31, 1999
#MeToo: Foreign Women in Iceland Unite! ... After the #MeToo movement progressively unveiled the systematic abuse of women at all levels of Icelandic society, it was only a matter of time before foreign women living ... According to former MP Nichole Leigh Mosty, this isolation is at the core of the problem.
euronews
December 31, 1999
The MP, now with the opposition, says, “I'm optimistic, even though there's been a change in government, that this bill will remain a permanent measure.” “The Icelandic population on average is pushing for gender equality and has been for some time,” he says. “But of course, there's quite a lot of work to be ...
Iceland Monitor
December 1, 2017
At a press meeting at the National Gallery of Iceland this morning, it was revealed that the Left Green Movement will be in charge of the Minsitry of ... Nine MP's out of eleven in the Left Green Movement voted "yes" to going forward with coalition talks with the Independence Party and the Progressive Party.
IcelandReview
December 1, 2017
Five women are in Cabinet against six men, making it the second-most gender-balanced cabinet in Icelandic history. One minister ... He is also the first openly homosexual man to serve as a minister in Iceland. ... Outgoing Minister of Education and Member of Parliament for the Independence Party. Minister ...
Iceland Monitor
November 21, 2017
The statement calls for men to take responsibility and for political parties to unite in fighting against sexual harassment. One story that a woman tells is of being constantly harassed by male politicians at night, telling her that she has the looks to become an MP. "I'm a single young woman but I didn't become ...
Iceland Monitor
October 18, 2017
... Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson who has recently come under fire for selling his shares in the bank just before Iceland's economic crash.
Iceland Monitor
October 17, 2017
This decision has been blasted by Icelandic journalists and an official ... the district commissioner has no place in the office of an Icelandic media company. ... MP for the Progressive Party in Iceland and former PM, involved in ...
The Guardian
October 6, 2017
Iceland PM sold bank assets hours before financial crash, leaks show ... minister of Iceland sold almost all his remaining assets in a major Icelandic ... According to leaked documents, Bjarni Benediktsson, then an MP on the ...
TalkingDrugs
September 21, 2017
An Icelandic MP has proposed legislation to legally regulate ... 1,000 people prosecuted for cannabis offences in Iceland each year, and ...
BBC News
December 31, 1999
A member of parliament from the Pirate Party in Iceland was forced to wear an eyepatch for a television appearance following a bizarre ...
Smart Office
September 14, 2017
Twitter may will now be forced to surrender the account details of Australian born Julian Assange, Icelandic MP, Birgitta Jonsdottir, as well as ...
Iceland Monitor
September 12, 2017
The deportation of Hanyie Maleki and her father Abrahim will be postponed until the end of the month. Their lawyers have utilised a last option ...
The Guardian (blog)
September 5, 2017
Asked if MPs would get a specific vote on this, he told the Labour MP Chris Leslie (see 5.25pm) that MPs would get a vote on the final ...
Fish Update
August 28, 2017
Progressive Party MP Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson pleaded in a recent ... And two fishing communities on Iceland's north east coast have also ...
Troy Media
August 22, 2017
Even Iceland is thinking about these things. An MP from the recently-formed and quite wonderfully named Pirate Party wants to address his ...
Bonnyville Nouvelle
August 22, 2017
Before, it was always up in the Baltic in Iceland. The southern policing started earlier this year, and they (the Royal Air Force) were the first ...
Business Insider
August 8, 2017
... access to all 28 EU member states plus Norway, Lichenstein and Iceland. ... effect," Bridges said in a letter to fellow members of parliament.
World Politics Review
August 8, 2017
Almost nine years after Iceland, a country with just over 300,000 inhabitants, ... When the money well dried up, major Icelandic companies took an .... 2017, enjoying a wafer-thin majority of a single member of parliament.
The Express Tribune
July 29, 2017
The only political casualties of Panama Papers: Iceland's PM, Spanish ... The scandal led to his resignation as a member of parliament and as ...
Fish Update
July 26, 2017
GRIMSBY MP Melanie Onn has been chosen to take a leading role in ... and Cleethorpes area comes from Iceland and Icelandic investment ...
Clydebank Post
December 31, 1999
CLYDEBANK'S MP has written to retailers and the shopping centre over the mass ... Martin Docherty-Hughes said he has written to Asda, Iceland and the Clyde ...
Yahoo News
February 19, 2017
He was speaking after attending the Chinese New Year open house organised by Pulai Member of Parliament and Deputy Home Minister Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed at Kompleks Tan Sri Mohamed Rahmat here.
New Zealand Herald
February 16, 2017
Last month the Economist magazine released its annual Democracy Index, which once again put New Zealand near the top - at number four, behind Norway, Iceland and Sweden. The report was ... There is no mention in her post of reducing the voting age to ...
IcelandReview
February 15, 2017
So worried are people that Great Grimsby's Member of Parliament Melanie Onn has written a letter to Britain's minister of fisheries and asked for pressure to be put on the Icelandic government to solve the dispute. Fish merchants and spokespersons for ...
Macleans.ca
February 14, 2017
So were Mayor John Tory and the First Lady of Iceland, Ottawa-born Eliza Reid. ... On Monday, news broke that Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson has launched a second investigation into Trudeau's controversial vacation: a probe under the Conflict of ...
Stuff.co.nz
February 13, 2017
The result of the by-election in Mt Albert - where National is not even fielding a candidate and where Labour's candidate is Jacinda Ardern, who is already a high-ranking incumbent list MP - is likely to be as "boringly predictable" (to use a phrase ...
Iceland Monitor
February 11, 2017
There are plenty of restaurants in Reykjavik, influenced by many different cultures. But one of the fun parts about Iceland is to discover the local cuisine. Here's a list of restaurants where you find traditional Icelandic cuisine at its best. The ...
Fortune
February 10, 2017
The children's presence in the U.K. legislature is reminiscent of the time last year when Icelandic MP Unnur Bra Konradsdottir breastfed her baby while giving a parliamentary speech.
Express.co.uk
February 9, 2017
The main peril facing whoopers is crossing the North Atlantic. They fly from Iceland to Welney's silvery wetlands in one non-stop flight of about 36 hours, averaging a steady 30mph.
Grimsby Telegraph
February 9, 2017
"I spoke to the Icelandic Ambassador to the UK on Tuesday, and he is well aware of the crisis, which of course is much worse in Iceland. Some 1,600 jobs have gone and some businesses closed. I know they are trying hard to find a solution but I also ...
Iceland Monitor
February 8, 2017
The food was stunning, a very original take on Vegan food with a distinct Japanese flavour using organic Icelandic ingredients that included sea truffles and kombu, all from the ocean surrounding Iceland. The menu was influenced by gangster rap. The ...
Iceland Monitor
February 6, 2017
His lawyer in Iceland says that there's nothing to be done because the Dublin regulation being so strict. Shokrgozare has an Icelandic boyfriend but new regulations on marriage in Iceland mean that even if he married his boyfriend he could only receive ...
Times of India
January 22, 2017
In the small West Yorkshire town of Shipley, near Bradford, a contingent of self-described "feminist zealots" yesterday marched in solidarity with their American sisters past the constituency office of their local MP - the Trump-supporting, feminist ...
Bristol Post
January 21, 2017
Here it is - what you have all been waiting for: The very first Bristol Sexy List. We have been scouring our archives, searching the internet and racking our brains to come up with the sexiest people in the city and surrounding area.
The Guardian
January 21, 2017
Labour MP Chris Leslie, a former minister who signed the letter to May, said he had been drawing up potential amendments to the article 50 bill which he hoped other parties would back.
Staff Newsletter
January 19, 2017
Citizens Advice Staffordshire South West has said there has been an influx over the past few months of clients asking for help to appeal against parking tickets received at the Sheridan Centre (opposite Iceland), which is managed by Britannia Parking ...
Grimsby Telegraph
January 19, 2017
GRIMSBY MP Melanie Onn has expressed her disappointment at the lack of intervention in the Icelandic fishing strike from UK Fisheries Minister George Eustice.
Burton Mail
January 18, 2017
MJ Barrett entered its application to completely transform the Maltings, which had been described by Uttoxeter MP Andrew Griffiths as 'unattractive', back in February 2016.
Sputnik International
January 18, 2017
Radio Sputnik discussed the issue with Birgitta Jonsdottir, MP in the Icelandic parliament for the Pirate Party and a Chairperson of the International Modern Media Institution.
Spectator.co.uk (blog)
January 17, 2017
Theresa May's Lancaster House speech sought to answer the question: does the Government have a plan for Brexit? Open Europe's judgement is that she succeeded.
Haaretz
January 17, 2017
At the same time, the foreign minister denied reports of a possible summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Reykjavik, Iceland, leaving open the question of when the two leaders, who have expressed admiration for each other, would ...
The Guardian
January 17, 2017
The MP, who worked at the European commission before entering frontline politics, has drawn up a proposal for an interim deal for the UK after it formally exits the EU, which would involve re-entering the European Free Trade Area (Efta), which the UK ...
The Star
January 15, 2017
So the fact that Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Turkey and Macedonia, who are non-EU members take part doesn't convince you that we can happily still take part after we leave.
