Category Archives: Events

Monday 19 November, the newly founded Icelandic National Commission, Icewise, holds a meeting in restaurant Rubin in Oskjuhlid, at 17.15. The keynote speaker will be the British politician Kate Hoey, Member of Parliament for the Labour Party in the London … Continue reading →

Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson gives a talk about Winston Churchill as a Statesman at a luncheon meeting of the Icelandic Churchill Club in the restaurant Nautholl Saturday 17 November 12–13.30. In his talk, Professor Gissurarson will discuss Churchill the orator, … Continue reading →

The present government in Iceland has reintroduced a progressive incomes tax, and a special tax on wealth, both abandoned under the David Oddsson governments of 1991–2004. It has also increased taxes on corporations and capital. Friday 16 November Dr. Daniel … Continue reading →

Mats Persson, director of London think tank Open Europe, will give a talk at a meeting held by RNH, The Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland and the European Watch, Monday 12 November 12–13 in room 201 … Continue reading →

The next event on the RNH calendar is a lecture which Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson is giving on the invitation of the Northern Light Confucius Institute at the University of Iceland Friday 2 November 2012 in Room 207 in the … Continue reading →

The next RNH event is a celebration of the publication of Ayn Rand’s influential and powerful novel, Atlas Shrugged, called “Undirstadan” in Icelandic. The book is published by Almenna bokafelagid, AB, and translated by Elin Gudmundsdottir, a professional translator. The … Continue reading →