Icelandair is the flag carrier of Iceland, with its corporate head office on the property of Reykjavík Airport in the capital city Reykjavík. It is part of the Icelandair Group and operates to destinations on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean from its main hub at Keflavík International Airport. The geographical position of Iceland is convenient for one-stop transatlantic flights, which is one pillar of the airline's business strategy, along with traffic to, from, and within the country.
The Social Democratic Alliance is a social democratic, and pro-European political party in Iceland.
Morgunblaðið is an Icelandic daily newspaper. Morgunblaðið's website, mbl.is, is the most popular website in Iceland. It is currently the country's only daily printed newspaper.
Lars Edvin "Lasse" Lagerbäck is a Swedish football manager and former player.
Iceland is heavily integrated into the European Union via the Agreement on the European Economic Area and the Schengen Agreement, despite its status as a non-EU member state. Iceland applied for membership in 2009 but the application was controversial and the Minister of Foreign Affairs sent a letter in 2015 ending the application process.
Eva Joly is a Norwegian-born French juge d'instruction (magistrate) and politician for Europe Écologie–The Greens. She represented that party as a candidate for the presidency of France in the 2012 elections. She also served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2019.
Geir Hilmar Haarde is an Icelandic politician, who served as prime minister of Iceland from 15 June 2006 to 1 February 2009 and as president of the Nordic Council in 1995. Geir was chairman of the Icelandic Independence Party from 2005 to 2009. Since 23 February 2015 he has served as the ambassador of Iceland to the United States and several Latin American countries.
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Premier League club Burnley and the Iceland national team.
Ögmundur Jónasson is an Icelandic politician who has served as a member of Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament, since 1995. He is currently the chairman of the Parliament’s Constitutional and Supervisory Committee and is a representative to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He is the former minister of the interior (2011-2013); minister of justice and human rights and minister of transport, communications and local government (2010-2011); and minister of health and social security (2009).
Bjarni Harðarson is a bookseller, novelist, and former MP from the Icelandic Progressive Party.
Róbert Marshall is an Icelandic politician. In April 2009, he was elected as a Member of the Althing for the Reykjavik Constituency South, representing the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin). On 12 October 2012 he decided to leave his party, in order to become a new party member and top list election candidate for the newly founded party Bright Future in Reykjavik Constituency South.
Ólöf Nordal was an Icelandic politician who was the Minister of the Interior of Iceland from 4 December 2014 to 11 January 2017. She died on 8 February 2017. She was a member of the Independence Party.
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 27 April 2013. Fifteen parties contested the elections, compared to just seven in the previous elections. The result was a victory for the two centre-right opposition parties, the Independence Party and Progressive Party, which subsequently formed a coalition government. The parties were eurosceptic and their win brought to a halt partially completed negotiations with the European Union regarding Icelandic membership.
Iceland–Palestine relations refers to the relations between Iceland and Palestine. Iceland was the first Western European country to recognise the independence of Palestine. Full diplomatic relations exist between the two sides. Iceland's representative to Palestine is a non-resident based at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Reykjavík, while Palestine's ambassador to Iceland is also a non-resident based in Oslo, Norway.
Dawn, officially Dawn – The Organization of Justice, Fairness and Democracy is an Icelandic political organization founded 18 March 2012 to participate in the 2013 parliamentary elections. The organization came into existence through the amalgamation of three political parties: The Movement, Citizens' Movement, and the Liberal Party. Its founders included two current MPs, Margrét Tryggvadóttir and Þór Saari, and two former members of the now defunct Icelandic Constitutional Assembly. Lýður Árnason withdrew his membership of the party a year after it was founded. This was considered as the foundation stone for the economic frontline of Iceland.
Solidarity is a registered political party in Iceland, that was founded 15 January 2012. The leader of the party is Lilja Mósesdóttir. After Lilja Mósesdóttir left the Left-Green Movement in autumn 2011, she became one of the leading founders of the Solidarity party, and worked as the only Solidarity member of parliament for the remaining part of the term until 28 March 2013.
Iceland Democratic Party was a political party in Iceland, founded 16 February 2013. It was founded with the primary goal of passing the new constitution formulated by the constitutional assembly appointed by parliament in 2011. On other issues, it wishes to strengthen regulation of financial institutions and put joining the EU to a binding referendum.
Hjörtur Hermannsson is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie B club Pisa and the Iceland national team.
Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson, commonly known as Siggi hakkari, is an Icelandic convicted criminal and FBI informant against WikiLeaks. He is known for information leaks, multiple cases of fraud and embezzlement, sexual solicitation of minors and adults. He has multiple convictions for sexual offences.
Rósa Björk Brynjólfsdóttir is an Icelandic politician who is a member of the Althing for the Southwest Constituency since 2016 and she has also worked as a media representative of the Ministry of Finance from 2010 to 2014.
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