Established in 930 AD, Iceland’s Althing is considered the world’s oldest surviving parliament. Here’s how Viking chieftains created a system that still influences governance today.

Elected to the Althing in the 'kitchenware revolution', a leading writer has found politics a frustrating profession, writes ELAINE BYRNE THRAINN BERTELSSON describes himself as someone “who happens ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland briefly celebrated electing a female-majority parliament Sunday, before a recount produced a result just short of that landmark for gender parity in the North ...

Iceland’s thousand-year-old Althing (Parliament) last week carried out the mandate of Icelanders (TIME, May 15). Every bell in the island pealed as Althing members assembled in the open air on ...