Welcome to The Icelandic Roundup from The Reykjavík Grapevine. Today, Editor-In-Chief, Valur Grettisson, and Culture Editor, Josie Anne Gaitens discuss the preliminary party votes ahead of the upcoming municipal elections in May, as well as looking at the welcome that Icelanders have provided for Ukrainian refugees. 

Links in this episode:

Information about Icelandic elections can be found online from Fjölmenningarsetur / Multicultural Information centre: mcc.is/governance/authorities/

The English-Icelandic dictionary is available here: ensk.is

Before travelling in Iceland please always check road and weather conditions to ensure a safe journey.
Weather: vedur.is
Roads: road.is

The latest Coronvirus measures can be found at covid.is

This show is brought to you by the Reykjavík Grapevine,  a free, alternative magazine in English published in Reykjavík every month. We cover everything Iceland-related, with a special focus on news, human interest stories, music, culture, food, travel and events. 

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Thank you to Lava Car Rental and The Lava Centre for sponsoring this episode of The Icelandic Roundup.