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David Oddsson who is the longest-serving prime minister in Icelandic history, between the spring of 1991 and the autumn of 2004, celebrated his 75th birthday on 17 January 2023. On this occasion RNH Academic Director, Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, published … Continue reading →

The impeachment in 2012 of former Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde for negligence in and before the 2008 Icelandic bank collapse was unjust, former Justice Minister Ogmundur Jonasson argued at a meeting in Reykjavik 16 January, organised by the Institute … Continue reading →

Although the Icelanders are a small nation, some lessons may be learned by others from the way in which they have dealt with some of their problems, RNH Academic Director Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson argued at a conference held by … Continue reading →

Below are two television interviews with Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, RNH Academic Director, on his new book, Landsdómsmálið, The Impeachment Process Against Former Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde, which was, the author argues, a travesty of justice even if Haarde … Continue reading →

In September 2010, a narrow majority in the Icelandic Parliament decided to impeach Geir H. Haarde, Iceland’s Prime Minister in 2006–9 and Leader of the centre-right Independence Party, for negligence in the period leading up to the 2008 bank collapse. … Continue reading →

Although totalitarianism was defeated in Europe, first national socialism in 1945, then communism in 1989, individual liberty is still under both internal and external threats. The internal threats include calls for restrictions on the freedom to question and argue against … Continue reading →