Volvo to lay off 3,000 staff in Sweden
On the back of a previous announcement to lay off 2,900 staff earlier this year, Volvo has revealed it plans to make an additional 3,000 employees red...
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Iceland won and Norway trails at the bottom with only two points
Iceland beat Macedonia 1 – 0 in Reykjavik by a goal scored by Vegar Pall Gunnarsson who plays in Norway. Some 5,500 people turned out to see Ice...
Iceland leads by a goal against Macedonia
Iceland is leading against Macedonia 1 – 0 and looks like Iceland is getting their first three point game in the World Cup qualifying. The goal ...
Temporary foreign exchange arrangements
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF ICELAND The Central Bank of Iceland has come to an agreement with market makers in the foreign exchange market,...
3.5% policy rate reduction announced by Central Bank of Iceland
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF ICELAND: The Central Bank of Iceland today announced a decision to reduce the policy rate by 3.5%. The Icelandi...
Nordic siblings offering more than moral help
The Central Bank of Iceland said it drew 400 million euro (543 million dollars) in accordance with a mid-May agreement it made with the central banks ...
Gylfi Zoega analysis: Iceland and the hazards of internet accounts
An analysis by Gylfi Zoega, professor of economics at Birkbeck College, UK and the University of Iceland: Two years ago, the Icelandic bank Landsbanki...
Swedish couple murdered in Tobago
Reports coming out of the southern Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago state that an elderly Swedish couple have been brutally murdered at their h...