Iceland PM hits out at IMF rumours
In a Interview to the online media MBL.is the Icelandic prime minster Geir H. Haarde said that unprocessed loans from other countries are stopping the...
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UK pours hundreds of millions pounds into IceSave
The British authorities have decided to put GBP 800 million into the accounts of British depositors in IceSave, MBL reported. Alistair Darling, the Br...
Payments intermediation proceeding more smoothly to and from the UK
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF ICELAND: Payment intermediation to and from the United Kingdom is proceeding much more smoothly than before. Ho...
Iceland is obviously quite a bit cheaper these days says Times Online
“Iceland is obviously quite a bit cheaper than it was this time last year, mainly because the whole country went bust.” This is how a text...
‘British offer to guarantee Icesave declined by Iceland Central Bank’
Bjorgolfur Thor Bjorgolfsson, a major shareholder of Landsbanki, said this week that deposits with the collapsed savings brand Icesave could have been...
James Bond asks for reconciliation of UK and Iceland
In an interview with local paper Frettabladid, the actor Daniel Craig urged reconciliation “sátt”. “Our nations seem to fall apart w...
Group of school children from the UK get help from friendly Icelanders
Due to severe weather conditions twoI celandair aeroplanes, flying from Dublin and London where forced to land at the airport in Akureyri, a town loca...
Iceland best place for press freedom
The international journalists’ body, Reporters Sans Frontieres has published its annual report on global press freedom, The Guardian reports. Iceland,...