Word: steingrimur
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...modern ideas. Since 1983 the assembly has been home to the world's first feminist party to win parliamentary representation, the Women's Alliance. Last week the party came a step closer to wielding real power. On April 25, Icelandic voters ousted the center-right government of Prime Minister Steingrimur Hermannsson and in the process gave the Alliance 10% of the vote...
...Icelandic government quickly took matters in hand. Prime Minister Steingrimur Hermannsson, granted emergency powers, commandeered the four largest central hotels. Tourists on an Icelandair promotion package were ordered to clear out early. That opened up space for only 916 visitors, but again entrepreneurial Icelanders promptly filled the gap. Houses and apartments in central Reykjavik were renting for an unheard of $6,000 to $7,000 for the summit week. "This is a chance of a lifetime," said one woman. "I'd much rather be in Majorca anyway." The Soviet Union plans to solve the space crunch by sending...
...strike against the government of Prime Minister Steingrimur Hermannsson had been called over the issue of wage raises for public workers. Even though Hermannsson's coalition government had managed to reduce inflation from 130% to 13% in 17 months, civil servants, long accustomed to raises indexed to soaring inflation rates, sought 30% increases, while the government offered only 6%. So complete was the ensuing shut down that government officials had to pitch in to help keep life running. In addition to his higher duties, Chief of Police Sigurjon Sigurdsson stamped passports at Keflavik Airport...