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A Singular Fall From Power And The Rise Of The Pirate Party

Icelanders are catching their breath after an eventful week that it started with an infamous interview where the then PM Gunnlaugsson failed to tell the truth. The question is what more the Panama papers will expose of Iceland, the most offshorised country in the world. The political effects aren’t yet clear but the popularity of the Pirate party has grown.


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Iceland: The Most Offshorised Country In The World?

What do Russia’s president Vladimir Putin and Iceland’s prime minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson have in common? Both have recently tried some pre-emptive damage-control measures before the material from a leak, administered by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, ICIJ, is published.