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Published: 18 May, 2019 US politicians and lobbyists applied pressure on the Irish government before it passed a bill banning goods from illegal Israel settlements,...

While working with the Icelandic Mountain Guides, outdoor adventure photographers and filmmakers Ulrika Larsson and Lukasz Warzecha released Meltdown, a film exploring how climate...

By Martin Breum Reykjavik, 29. Oct, 2018 Eurozone failures mean Iceland should stay out of the EU, its prime minister told EUobserver. She would also quit Nato...

By Rachael Kennedy 30/10/2018 A recent White House report has been rejected by Danish politicians as "fake news" after it claimed living standards in Nordic...

Swedish police have been criticized for allowing the Nordic Resistance Movement to participate - During last year's events, party members called filmmaker 'filthy Jew' Jul...

22 mars 2018 RESS STATEMEN Today, on March 22nd 2018, the National assembly (Stortinget) has endorsed all the directives and regulations contained in the third legislative...

She’s one of a number of young women leaders who offer a refreshing contrast to right-wing populism. By John Nichols 8 March, 2018 Another storm is sweeping...

By Michael Nevradakis, Truthout | Interview Thursday, September 11, 2014 John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, discusses how Greece and other eurozone...

celand recently held new elections following the resignation of its Prime Minister due to the Panama Papers. In an interview with the activist Árni Daníel Júlíussson, the Lexit Network gathered updated information on the current situation in Iceland. We spoke also about the crisis, crisis policies, social movements in Iceland, the Euro and the question of EU-Membership.

Getting transparency advocates into parliament and assemblies has proven to be a great challenge in modern politics. Iceland has led on that point, giving the world political punditry much to discuss in the good fortunes of the four-year old Pirate Party. Hackitivist politics, in other words, is slowly becoming a parliamentary platform, though it remains a murmur in most states.