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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Iceland’s unemployment soars fivefold interview
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Iceland’s unemployment soars fivefold

May 15, 2020 In just four weeks, unemployment in Iceland rose fivefold. At the end of February, 10,000 people had no jobs. By the end of March, the number was 50,000. This has never happened before, says Unnur Sverrisdóttir, head of Iceland’s Directorate of Labour VMST.
Iceland’s union chief quits among infighting nyhet

Iceland’s union chief quits among infighting

Aug 18, 2022 The has been an increasing conflict within the labour unions in Iceland for the past few years. Now it has reached a new level as Drífa Snædal, the President of the Icelandic Confederation of Labour, resigned from her post on 10 August.
Iceland: Banking staff face health problems after crash nyhet

Iceland: Banking staff face health problems after crash

Apr 16, 2013 The health of banking staff has deteriorated since the 2008 Icelandic banking crash. Those who lost their jobs and found new ones are doing better than those who stayed in their original jobs. The number of bank workers visiting health clinics doubled between 2008 and 2012.
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