Halla Tómasdóttir to be sworn in as Iceland’s seventh president

Finance entrepreneur becomes second woman to be elected head of state since independence in 1944A feminist entrepreneur who started an investment fund with the musician Björk at the height of Iceland’s 2008 financial crisis and gave a TED talk on apply…

‘History made’ as EU parliament passes major migration and asylum reforms – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereMalin Björk from the Swedish Left Party said the vote will not resolve problems, and that the Left group will not be supporting it.There is no real solidarity, and there will be more of …

Björk turns up the volume in attack on industrial salmon farming in open pens

Icelandic singer condemns ‘terrible suffering’ of salmon farming with proceeds from her new single with Rosalía going to activistsThe Icelandic singer Björk has condemned industrial salmon farming in open pens as “extraordinarily cruel”, as she announc…

Press release – Combating human trafficking: press conference on Wednesday at 14.30

MEPs Malin Björk and Eugenia Rodríguez Palop will brief journalists on Parliament’s position on the revision of the directive on combating trafficking in human beings.Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender EqualityCommittee on Civil Liberties, Justice …

‘Can we save the wild salmon of Iceland?’: Björk releases song to fight fish farming

Singer talks about ‘lost’ song, a collaboration with Rosalía, and how artists pick up on the environmental emergencyThousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish farm. The impact could be deadlyIceland’s fish farming industry is “a couple of wild guys …