Tag: Althing

  • Iceland hands over a field hospital to Ukraine

    Iceland hands over a field hospital to Ukraine

    Representatives in Althingi proposed a resolution authorizing the foreign minister to secure the purchase of a mobile field hospital for Ukraine. It would be for wounded Ukrainian soldiers and civilians affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Iceland has taken in around 3,000 refugees since the beginning of the Russian invasion. Ukrainian refugees. Humanitarian and…

  • Disabled people will receive an allowance

    Disabled people will receive an allowance

    Althingi’s Budgets Committee approved the proposal to pay the Disability Supplement. Therefore, in addition to the December annual supplement, an additional SEK 53,000 will be paid to them. This allowance was granted for the first time a year ago, before Christmas, as part of the government’s response to the economic impact of the epidemic. However,…

  • Was the manner of dealing with election data satisfactory?

    Was the manner of dealing with election data satisfactory?

    Kristín Edwald, chairman of the National Electoral Commission, read her minutes after the meeting, in which she stated that no confirmation had been received from the Northwest District Central Election Commission that the handling of the ballot papers was satisfactory. Now Althingi, according to the constitution, is to confirm the results of the parliamentary elections.…

  • The Liberal Party wants a showdown with the mayor’s severance pay

    The Liberal Party is ready to change the rules for mayors’ severance pay. It writes the Althing. – We are ready to make a tightening. We think this will make good sense, says Karsten Lauritzen, group chairman of the Liberal Party, to the media. However, he does not yet want to decide how to do…

  • Guards rejected by the PET were in charge of security in the ministry

    Guards rejected by the PET were in charge of security in the ministry

    There has been a “serious security breach” in the Ministry of Justice, as several people have been guards, despite the fact that they have not been able to be security cleared by the Police Intelligence Service, PET. It writes Altinget, which has gained insight into the case via access to documents. – It is our…

  • Will the Icelandic government keep the majority?

    Will the Icelandic government keep the majority?

    Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland. There are 63 seats in Althingi, the Icelandic parliament, so for the current tripartite coalition government to retain a majority, it would have to win at least 32 seats in total. There were 11 parties on the ballot paper, ten of them in all six constituencies. Nine parties are…

  • CBS must pay remuneration of DKK 692,000 back to the state

    It was against the rules when Copenhagen Business School (CBS) paid a resigning principal a one-time fee of 692,000 kroner. The National Audit Office concluded this in a report from August, and now the Ministry of Education and Research announces in a press release that they are demanding the entire amount back from CBS. According…

  • Binding goals separate parties in agricultural plan

    Binding goals separate parties in agricultural plan

    With its proposal, the Blue Bloc will put pressure on the government to find more money for the green transition and hopes for a quick and broad agreement. The goal of the initiative is to secure jobs in the Danish food industry, while fulfilling the climate ambitions, says the Liberal Party’s chairman, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen. –…

  • Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille leaves politics

    Non-attached Member and former Minister of Economic Affairs and the Interior Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille will step down in the Folketing after the next election. He says this to the Althing.

  • Strætó drivers will stop checking tickets

    Strætó drivers will stop checking tickets

    Passengers will be able to board public buses through any door without showing the driver the fare, subject to further elaboration of this law. This is due to the amendment to the law on subsidies, which was approved by Althingi before the end of the parliament’s work before the summer break. The change also better…

  • Bill for delayed IT system for property valuation is growing

    According to the Althing, the bill for the IT system that will handle the new property valuations continues to grow. Netmediet writes that Minister of Taxation Morten Bødskov (S) on Wednesday had a confidential document on the agenda in the Folketing’s Finance Committee. Here, the committee must take a position on the deed. According to…

  • The Central Highlands National Park is in question

    The Central Highlands National Park is in question

    There is little chance that the draft act of the Minister of Environment on the Central Highlands National Park will be passed in the current parliament. Apparently, work on the project is nearing completion, but the Independence Party and the Progress Party do not have the will to bring it to an end. The national…

  • Long-time ambassador Jens Christensen has died before his 100th birthday

    Long-time ambassador Jens Christensen has died before his 100th birthday

    Former head of department and ambassador Jens Christensen has died. He turned 99 years old and died after a short illness. His family informs the Althing. For several decades, Jens Christensen was one of the officials with the most influence in Denmark. Among other things, he was the then Prime Minister Jens Otte Krag’s (S)…

  • Poll: Hundreds of thousands of voters are leaving the Left

    It shows a new analysis of the voter migrations, which Professor Kasper Møller Hansen has made for the Althing on the basis of data from Kantar Gallup and Epinion. – It is absolutely insane many voters. This is the largest voter migration between two parties in 15 years, says Kasper Møller Hansen to the online…

  • A meeting of the Social Welfare Commission in connection with a District Court ruling

    A meeting of the Social Welfare Commission in connection with a District Court ruling

    The health minister and epidemiologist confirmed their presence at the 10 o’clock meeting of the Althingi Social Welfare Commission to discuss next steps for containment measures after the Reykjavík District Court ruled yesterday afternoon that the state could not quarantine people who challenged the decision to stay in quarantine in hotel confinement. After yesterday’s ruling,…

  • “This plan will not solve the problem”

    “This plan will not solve the problem”

    Chairman Samfylkingurinn says the government is not dealing with unemployment in the budget for the next five years. And addressing this problem is the only way in the current situation to create jobs. The finance minister unveiled the financial plan for the next five years yesterday and is expected to present it tomorrow in Althingi,…

  • Media: Majority deals billions for surveillance in the Arctic

    The government, together with a majority in the Folketing, has agreed to spend more than a billion kroner on increasing the Armed Forces’ ability to monitor activities in the Arctic and the North Atlantic, TV2 learns. The agreement has not been confirmed, but according to TV2, it includes 750 million kroner to buy long-range drones.…

  • From Iceland – Bill aims to support microbreweries in Iceland

    From Iceland – Bill aims to support microbreweries in Iceland

    Published February 4, 2021 Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson, Member of Parliament for the Progressive Party and others from his party, have submitted a bill to the Althingi which aims to provide less support for smaller breweries in Iceland, Skessuhorn reports. The bill would change the current alcohol laws that reduced taxes and special fees imposed on…

  • Tens of thousands of Copenhageners are considering moving from the city

    Tens of thousands of Copenhageners are considering moving from the city

    Open spaces and population densityThe study showed that over 50,000 inhabitants of the Danish capital have considered leaving the city due to the restrictions imposed due to the epidemic. About 14 percent of respondents said they agreed or partially agreed that the crisis has made them consider living in a smaller city than Copenhagen. “The…

  • Just Sayings: “Throwing the baby out with the bathwater”

    This one – which is international yes, but strangely popular in Iceland – is a bit hard. Its direct meaning is “throwing the child out with the bathwater”, which means sacrificing something valuable and worthless. But what everyone actually thinks when they hear this phrase is what the hell mom? Didn’t you see me in…