Pirate Party

Iceland handed to the pirates

Perhaps life in Iceland would be even more interesting if governmental control were given to swashbuckling pirates, but the Pirate Party isn't into plundering and pillaging. As far as we know.

Still, it makes for a curious headline when you hear that Iceland's president is telling the nation's relative newcomer Pirate Party to form a new government.

More well-known parties from the left and right failed, so now it is up to the Pirates.

Iceland election: Pirate Party set for gains

With about a third of votes counted, the party was in third place with about 13% of the vote.

It would give the Pirates nine seats in the 63-seat parliament. It currently has three.

The centre-right Independence Party was in the lead with 30% and the Left-Green Movement second with 16%.

It is still too early to say which party or coalition of parties will be able to form the next government.

The early election was triggered by the resignation of Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson in April.