Icelandic banks gamble on credit crunch
Whilst many financial spectators have been advising Icelandic banks to proceed more cautiously this year, the main Icelandic banks have not stopped in...
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Whale meat the topic of Iceland-Japan talks
Discussions between Iceland and Japan on the exportation of Icelandic whale meat to Japan are continuing, despite protests against Iceland’s dec...
Iceland may pull adult education funding in Uganda
The Functional Adult Education programme in Uganda’s Kalangala District may have to close next year amid talks that its most significant donor, Icelan...
Latvia defeats Iceland 4-2
Within a 19 minute window at around half time, Latvian players in the UEFA Euro 2008 playoffs scored four goals to earn themselves a victory against t...
Women’s international squash holds first event in Iceland
Iceland recently hosted its first ever Women’s International Squash Players’ Association event. The ‘Icelandair Group Classic’ was held in...
Iceland hosts International Conference on Consumers and the Internet
Icelandic Music Export, in partnership with Nordic e-Marketing and the Trade Council of Iceland, will be hosting the ‘Who is in Control?’ ...
Icelandic President meets Turkmen and Chinese heads of state
The President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, met recently with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to discuss matters of importance to bo...
Dispute over north Atlantic resources continues
The dispute over the ownership of the ocean floor around Rockall, or more precisely, the ownership of the resources said to be hiding beneath it, is c...