In 2023, Norway passed a law requiring universities to charge at-cost tuition for international students coming from outside ...
This Labor Day, as we commemorate 50 years since Icelandic women walked out of their workplaces to demand equality, we also look forward with hope, courage, and unity. To truly honor this legacy, we ...
I have listened to Snorri Másson’s recent comments on immigration from outside the EU with true bafflement. Snorri’s insistence that individuals from outside the EU are such a large problem that a ...
The University of Iceland is a vibrant democratic academic community and today, and tomorrow, students and faculty elect a new rector. The online election will take place on the platform Ugla on March ...
Magnús Karl Magnússon and I had our first conversation about the University of Iceland as a genuinely inclusive space when I approached him early last year with regard to a project I was doing. Those ...
We Are Icelanders Too: The Fight for Equality and Recognition for Women of Foreign Origin in Iceland
On March 8, International Women’s Day, we celebrate the strength and achievements of women worldwide. But for women of foreign origin in Iceland, this day is also a reminder that despite our ...
Olafur Olafsson, one of the majority owners of bankrupt Icelandic bank Kaupthing, has begun serving his prison sentence. Olafsson was among four of the former bosses of the bank who were sentenced to ...
Almost everyone today knows what is happening in the Middle East and the war that is affecting Iran. I am not here to speak politically about this. I speak as someone who was honoured three years ago ...
In the coming days, VR members will face an important choice. The elections began on March 6, and this is your opportunity to elect a chairman who stands with the members and fights for their ...
Unless you’re living under a rock, you will have realised there is an election in a few days. Think you can't vote on Saturday? You might be wrong - you don't have to be Icelandic, only legally ...
Friends and supporters of Uhunoma Osayomore, a human trafficking survivor facing deportation from Iceland, gave Minister of Justice Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir a petition of over 45,000 signatures ...
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