Reykjavík Grapevine - 06.05.2016, Síða 2

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In This Issue
TRAPPED ON TV P:20
Ólafur Darri of Icelandic TV hit Trapped is on
the verge of becoming an international superstar
ALL OUT OF LUCK P:16
Was Iceland always too good to be true?
+ Interview: Nina Burrows on sexual violence
STYKKISHÓLMUR P:52
One of Iceland’s most beautiful villages
+ Akranes proves its power
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Celebrating the arrival of Iceland’s new hip-hop clan
+ Sykur, Eurovision and BOTB winners Hórmónar
The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 5 — 2016
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The hot button issue of this issue is early elections. How-
ever anyone feels about the current government, this is an
issue on everyone's minds. The spectacularly public outing
of former Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugs-
son's involvement in offshore tax shelters led to his resig-
nation, and the ruling coalition assured the public there
would be early elections. However, “early” elections seems
to be a flexible concept. Those who called for an immediate
dissolution of Parliament and new elections were ignored,
with the ruling coalition putting forward a vague counter-
offer of elections “in the autumn.” However, nearly a month
after the Panama Papers revelations, we still don't know
when exactly those elections will be, and some Progressives
have even hinted that we could be having them in spring
2017 as scheduled. As early elections are amongst the main
causes for which public protests have kicked off, we can ex-
pect to be hearing a lot about them in the weeks to come.
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The hot thing in Reykjavík this month
is getting a new editor. Preferrably
someone with oodles of experience, cul-
tural savvy and an inate understanding
of Icelandic society and politics. This is
why we hired Helga Þórey Jónsdóttir.
-JTS
Early
Elections
Getting A
New Editor
THE HOT
BUTTON
FRESH
The Hot Button column
looks at an single issue
that's had Icelanders'
chins wagging recently.
New editor
Helga Þórey
depicted in
an earlier
position.