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Announcement from Eimskip: Seafarers' Union of Iceland announces strike (EIMSKIP - Eimskipafélag Íslands hf)

Public Technologies 17 May 2026
) English Icelandic Published ... Seafarers' Union of Iceland announces strike. Eimskip and Faroe Ship have received a notice from the Seafarers' Union of Iceland (SÍ) announcing an indefinite strike by ...
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Major shift in Reykjavík according to latest results

Iceland Monitor 17 May 2026
Vote counting is underway following today’s municipal elections ... .
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Independence Party wins outright majority in Kópavogur

Iceland Monitor 17 May 2026
Final results are now in for the municipal election in Kópavogur, where the Independence Party has gained two additional seats compared with 2022 and secured an outright majority on the town council ... .
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Bulgaria Wins Eurovision Song Contest, Israel Comes Second Again

The Algemeiner 17 May 2026
REUTERS/Lisa Leutner ... The public broadcasters of heavyweights Spain, the Netherlands and Ireland, as well as Iceland and Slovenia, chose not to take part�in protest at Israel’s participation. Israel has alleged a global smear campaign against it.
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Luxembourg and Iceland sign coproduction treaty in Cannes (Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)

Public Technologies 16 May 2026
Luxembourg and Iceland have signed their first joint co-production treaty, making a significant step in strengthening collaboration between the two countries' audiovisual industries ... and Iceland.
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Why are five countries skipping Eurovision, and does it matter?

New York Times 16 May 2026
A protest in November outside the television studios of RT�, the Irish state broadcaster, calling for a boycott of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if Israel was allowed to participate ... .
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Tight Reykjavík race may complicate majority formation

Iceland Monitor 16 May 2026
The outcome of Reykjavík’s municipal elections remains highly uncertain, according to a political scientist, as recent polls show only narrow differences between several parties ... .
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Voter turnout higher than in the last election

Iceland Monitor 16 May 2026
Around 55,000 people had voted in Reykjavík’s municipal election by 8 p.m. tonight, representing about 51% of the 108,000 registered voters in the city ... .
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101-year-old arrives at the polling station on “four wheels”

Iceland Monitor 16 May 2026
Kristín Þorleifsdóttir, who turned 101 in February and was recently featured in Morgunblaðið, cast her vote today at Lækjarskóli polling station in Hafnarfjörður ... .
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Reykjavík voters split on preferred coalition

Iceland Monitor 15 May 2026
Voters in Reykjavík are almost evenly divided on whether they want a center-left or center-right majority after the upcoming elections ... .
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