http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us Iceland's new leaders to halt EU accession talks pending referendum Published 23 May 2013 Iceland's next prime minister, Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson, said Wednesday (22 May) that his cabinet intended to halt his country's accession negotiations, which began in 2010. noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14664773-icelands-new-leaders-to-halt-eu-accession-talks-pending-referendum-news political-news Thu, 23 May 2013 00:09:45 -0700 You can choose another option on the listen/watch page if you prefer. download:   Oklahoma Toll Lowered to 24 as Survivors Found Local authorities in Moore, Oklahoma, have lowered their estimate of the death toll from Monday's devastating tornado. noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14659675-headlines-for-may-22-2013 political-news Wed, 22 May 2013 08:41:16 -0700 During the campaign leading to the referendum, many pressure groups were formed to defend the Council's constitutional draft. The same groups then pressured the government and parliament to ratify the proposals. In the political arena, new political parties were formed... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14627791-real-democracy-still-missing political-news Fri, 17 May 2013 01:59:02 -0700 The supermarket plans to branch out across the Middle East after the success of a store in the country's war-torn capital, Tripoli. Libya is plugging best-sellers such as Iceland deep pan four cheese pizza, strawberry cheesecake and American style southern... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14581658-desert-iceland political-news Thu, 09 May 2013 20:19:11 -0700 On the approval of the draft agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the government of Iceland on the readmission of persons", the Cabinet's press office said in a statement. The provisions of the agreement are aimed at... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14559435-ukraine-iceland-to-combat-against-illegal-migration political-news Tue, 07 May 2013 01:13:21 -0700 Three members of Iceland's Pirate Party, Jon Thor Olafsson, Birgitta Jonsdottir and Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson, in front of the Althingi parliament building...With an unprecedented number of political parties contesting Iceland's latest elections, Icelanders are discovering that if they are passionate... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14556375-pirates-contest-icelandic-elections-and-win political-news Mon, 06 May 2013 14:38:08 -0700 Arctic Convoys campaign veteran Jock Dempster dies Jock Dempster, from Dunbar, campaigned for recognition for the Arctic convoys A World War II veteran who fought for decades to win official recognition for the Arctic Convoys has died. Jock Dempster, who... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14553800-arctic-convoys-campaign-veteran-dies political-news Mon, 06 May 2013 07:17:01 -0700 Iceland   Iceland, a nation of seafarers, has been stormed by pirates. They won't be forming the government, but the online freedom advocates, the Pirate Party, were still big winners in the country's election. The party took 5.1 percent of... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14514248-pirate-party-has-electoral-breakthrough-in-iceland political-news Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:16:09 -0700 Michael Babad The Globe and Mail Last updated Monday, Apr. 29 2013, 8:04 AM EDT Could Iceland look to loonie again? Iceland is on the verge of a new coalition government made up of two parties, one of which recently... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14504046-will-icelands-election-victors-consider-adopting-canadian-dollar political-news Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:05:12 -0700 Iceland Icelanders have rejected the government that led the economy back to growth amid impatience over efforts to restore household wealth to pre-crisis levels. The opposition Independence Party, which has promised to lower taxes, gained 3 percentage points from the... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14502822-iceland-ousts-party-that-helped-end-crisis political-news Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:11:40 -0700 Fatigued by years of austerity and swayed by promises of debt relief, Icelandic voters dumped the Social Democrats from power yesterday, returning a centre-right government that ruled over its stunning financial collapse just five years ago. Once a European financial... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14501655-icelanders-vote-government-out political-news Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:03:16 -0700 If you want to shut someone up, deprive them of funding, cut off the supply, hope they go quietly into the night, hopefully without breaking too many things on the way. The whistleblowing conduit has, since its document releasing bonanzas... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14501599-economic-blockade-and-wikileaks-iceland-and-beyond political-news Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:46:13 -0700 Iceland's centre-right opposition scored a clear victory in the island's parliamentary poll, allowing the two parties to kick off negotiations for a coalition government, a final count Sunday showed. The right-wing Independence Party was ahead in the popular vote with... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14499209-iceland-centreright-wins-election-final-count-shows political-news Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:44:07 -0700 The leader of the rightist opposition in Iceland, Bjarni Benediktsson, claimed on Sunday the prime minister, considering it absolutely was the winner of the election. "The Independence Party is summoned to their responsibilities" to their supporters Benediktsson aforesaid, adding that... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14498223-iceland-the-right-leader-claims-the-prime-minister political-news Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:00:41 -0700 Iceland has been praised for its handling of the financial crisis, during which politicians allowed banks to fail, rather than bailing them out. Economic expert Margaret Bogenrief explained why in the case of the EU the solution is unlikely to... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14494131-iceland-proved-there-is-a-way-of-dealing-with-financial-crisis-in-isolated-country political-news Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:40:06 -0700