Iceland hoping to tackle long term unemployment with new project
Iceland’s Directorate of Labour intends to devote half a billion kronur (USD 4.2 million) on a direct project to tackle long-term unemployment.
Icelandic government releases 2009 financial results
Iceland’s Ministry of Finance has today publicly released its treasury accounts for 2009, with a statement saying the figures are better than ha...
Generic pharmaceutical company Actavis completes financial restructuring
Actavis Group, the international generic pharmaceuticals company headquartered in Iceland, yesterday announced it has successfully agreed a debt refin...
Walk-in art on display in Reykjavik
On Saturday the 3. July Ingunn Fjola Ingthorsdottir (born 1976) opens her solo exhibition in Gallery Agust (Reykjavik) where she presents the installa...
The Icesave issue discussed in Reykjavík
The negotiation committee representing the Icelandic government on the Icesave issue met yesterday and today with representatives of the UK and Dutch ...
CBI and FME announce new Iceland foreign currency loan interest rules
The Financial Supervisory Authority and the Central Bank of Iceland have decided to issue guidelines to financial institutions due to non-binding clau...
Whaling compromise not on the cards
An attempt to agree on a compromise between whaling nations and their opponents has failed. The Two days of private discussion were held by the Intern...
Iceland lowers interest rates
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to lower Central Bank interest rates by 0.5 percentage points.