Coalition Government Formed in Iceland
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Leaders of three center-right parties in Iceland on Wednesday hammered out an agreement for a new coalition government, ending two months of squabbling, senior politicians said.
The North Atlantic island nation’s new prime minister will be 39-year-old former journalist Thorsteinn Palsson, chairman of the conservative Independence Party, they said. An official announcement of the new coalition is expected today.
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