Alda’s Annual General Meeting was held today, on October 13th 2018, at Barónsstígur 3, Reykjavík. A new board was elected, consisting of the following people: * Bergljót Gunnlaugsdóttir, degree in European Studies, Information Scientist * Sævar Finnbogason, PhD student in Philosophy and Democracy Studies * Kristján Gunnarsson, Molecular Biologist and Computer Scientist * Guðmundur D.…
Read MoreAnnual General Meeting of Alda, Association for Sustainability and Democracy will be held on the 13th of October 2018, at Múlti-Kúltí, Barónsstíg 3, Reykjavík. Programme for the meeting will be as follows: 1. Moderator for the meeting elected 2. Report of the board presented 3. Accounts for the last year presented 4. Discussion on report…
Read MoreIn the beginning of February, a bill was put forward in Alþingi, the Icelandic Parliament, aiming to reduce the legal working week in Iceland from 40 hours to 35 hours; a move that would potentially move the country closer to other Scandinavian countries in terms of working culture. In late March, Alda sent in detailed…
Read MoreAlda recently submitted commentary to Alþingi, Iceland’s parliament, on a bill that would further safeguard free speech of the media which the association currently finds lacking. The bill curtails the powers of district commissioners (sýslumenn) in their ability to impose restrictive injunctions on media companies. As things stand today district commissioners can impose arbitrary injunctions…
Read MoreRecently Alda submitted commentary to Alþingi — the Icelandic parliament — on a bill that would allow younger voters to vote in council-elections. The bill, if passed as law, would enable people from 16 years of age to vote, while the current minimum is 18 years. Alda endorses the bill. Our reasoning is that it…
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