Norwegian politician afraid of Russian influence in Iceland
Chairwoman of the Norwegian Progres Party, Siv Jensen has warned about possible Russian influence in Iceland if the loan to the country goes through. ...
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Dutch and Iceland have reached consensus concerning Icesave
After constructive deliberations, the Dutch and Icelandic governments have agreed on a solution regarding the Dutch depositors of Landsbanki IceSave s...
Lithuania should be helping Iceland
“Lithuania should be helping Iceland in it’s financial crisis,” says MP Petras Austrevicius of the liberal party in Lithuania and co...
Delegates from the UK Government in Iceland to talk finance crisis
Talks have started in Reykjavik about the fate of the UK’s Icesave savers and the Icelandic government is apparently willing to meet the obligat...
Protest over dismissal of lesbian editor of Finnish newspaper
The Alma Media newspaper group made its own news last week when it fired one of its recently-hired chief editors after learning she was a lesbian. Joh...
The Japanese want the International Monetary Fund to start in Iceland
Reuters reports that according to Japan’s finance minister Shoichi Nakagawa Japan is ready to back up a bail-out plan for the struggling economi...
This is against the law says UK’s prime minster Gordon Brown in a BBC interview
According to the UK Prime Minster, Gordon Brown in an Interview with the BBC earlier today “The Icelandic banks have failed not only the people of Ic...
Norway’s sovereign “oil fund” takes heavy hit
In a crippling ripple effect of the Wall Street market meltdown, Norway’s special “oil fund” may have lost nearly all of its profits garnered over the...