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Iceland’s Gudbjartur Hannesson puts people’s welfare first during the crisis interview

Iceland’s Gudbjartur Hannesson puts people’s welfare first during the crisis

Sep 07, 2011 We have learnt that a state welfare system is immensely important and a prerequisite for a healthy working life, says Island’s Minister for Welfare Gudbjartur Hannesson. That is why protecting our welfare system has been given top priority during the crisis.
Iceland’s Katrín Jakobsdóttir runs for president, triggering major changes nyhet

Iceland’s Katrín Jakobsdóttir runs for president, triggering major changes

Apr 29, 2024 Prime Minster Katrín Jakobsdóttir‘s decision to step down in order to run for president of Iceland could create trouble for the government coalition she has been instrumental in keeping together.
Iceland’s Labour Minister: Challenges of a fair green transition must be faced together nyhet

Iceland’s Labour Minister: Challenges of a fair green transition must be faced together

Nov 06, 2023 Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson has been Iceland’s Minister of Social Affairs, Labour and Nordic Cooperation since 2021. In that role, he has led Iceland’s Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers this year and will chair a summit with representatives from Nordic trade unions, employers and governments in Reykjavik in December.
Iceland’s Minister of Social Affairs: The importance of writing off debts interview

Iceland’s Minister of Social Affairs: The importance of writing off debts

Jun 19, 2013 Eygló Harðardóttir is the Minister of Social Affairs in Iceland’s new government. The low number of female ministers and women in parliamentary committees has created heated debate. Most committees have an uneven gender distribution, which goes against the law. But the new minister is not particularly worried. She reckons the number of women will rise soon.
Iceland’s municipalities slashed in half in 25 years tema

Iceland’s municipalities slashed in half in 25 years

Mar 27, 2025 Many Icelandic municipalities have merged, particularly since they assumed responsibility for compulsory education in 1996. Although the number of municipalities has been halved since the start of the century, there are still more than ten that have fewer than 250 inhabitants, and some remain unwilling to merge.
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Iceland’s plan for bridging the pay gap

Nov 15, 2012 Iceland’s government and the social partners have reached a new gender pay gap deal. In the next two years they aim to reduce the gap and to agree on a project plan with joint solutions and measures. Their goal is equal pay for equal work. The public sector should set an example for other employers.
Iceland’s road to recovery nyhet
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Iceland’s road to recovery

Nov 10, 2011 Iceland has managed surprisingly well after the economic collapse of autumn 2008. Iceland’s government and the International Monetary Fund has staged a conference on Iceland’s road to recovery in Reykjavik.
Iceland’s Starfatorgið: 50 percent found jobs or started studying tema

Iceland’s Starfatorgið: 50 percent found jobs or started studying

Apr 15, 2015 The financial crisis was tough on young Icelanders. Many were unemployed for so long that they no longer qualified for unemployment benefit, only welfare money. Between 2012 and 2014 they were sent to Starfatorgið (‘the labour exchange’). Over half of the young people participating in Starfatorgið got a job or started studying.
Iceland’s tourism becomes a hot environmental topic tema
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Iceland’s tourism becomes a hot environmental topic

Jun 27, 2019 Tourists drowning at sea. Tourists dying in bus accidents. Tourists driving illegally off road and getting stuck in the middle of an active geothermal area. They do serious damage to nature just to post pictures of themselves and their tyre tracks on social media.
Iceland’s unemployment rate lowest for 20 years nyhet

Iceland’s unemployment rate lowest for 20 years

Aug 22, 2023 Unemployment goes up and down and is almost always connected to the strength of the economy. This is also the case now, as Iceland’s economy has begun to grow again after the pandemic – largely because of tourism. The unemployment rate in June was 2.5 per cent, the lowest for 20 years. Although this is in itself a positive thing, it has some negative side effects.
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