Foreign Consultants Engaged to Represent State Interests
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE: At a meeting held on 3 February, the Government of Iceland approved a proposal from the Prime Mi...
Icelandic Design Days at Nordic Fashion Biennale
Highlights at the Nordic Fashion Biennale, taking place in Reykjavik from 26th to 29th March, include the Icelandic Design Days, during which the Nord...
Monetary Policy Committee
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF ICELAND: The Governor of the Central Bank of Iceland has decided that Thórarinn G. Pétursson, acting Chief Econ...
Gylfi Zoega: Icelanders should be more open
Gylfi Zoega, professor of Economics at the University of Iceland, said in an exclusive interview for IceNews, that reopening the market is essential f...
Iceland grew in 2008
According to the Resident Register at the National Registry Office of Iceland, the population of Iceland was 319,368 on 1st January 2009, up from 315,...
Central Bank Bill Becomes Law
The government’s bill amending the Central Bank Act has been passed by the Icelandic parliament Althingi. Major changes are made to the Central Bank’s...
Icelandic banks secretly buying fishing permits?
As reported on IceNews, the Rod Fishing Association of Seydisfjordur confirmed a few weeks ago that when it pressed the banks on whether they would be...
Heads of Iceland central bank say goodbye
David Oddsson and Eirikur Gudnason, the governors of the Central Bank of Iceland, said a fond farewell to bank staff at a meeting earlier today, MBL r...