Iceland: The future is in the EU
An article by Philip Lane, Professor of International Macroeconomics and Director of the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) at Tri...
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Janitors guarding Sweden nuclear power plant
It’s the kind of news that doesn’t boost public confidence, but it has surfaced that the managers of one of Sweden’s nuclear power plants used their j...
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...
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...
The Central Bank of Iceland leaves its policy rate unchanged
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF ICELAND: The Board of Governors of the Central Bank of Iceland has decided to hold the Bank’s policy inte...
Denmark considering joining the eurozone
Denmark’s Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, has announced that he hopes a referendum will be called to decide whether Denmark should join the eur...
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...
Scandinavian airline Sterling goes belly up
The latest budget airline to call it quits is Copenhagen-based Sterling, which announced on 29 October that it was cancelling all flights immediately....