British government offers loan to Landsbanki
Alistair Darling, the British finance minister announced that the Bank of England will give a loan of 100 million pounds to reimburse British deposito...
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Carlsberg enters Russian beer market
The Danish beer giant Carlsberg has entered into a partnership with a new Russian brewery just opened in the town of Novosibirsk called Baltika. Jorge...
UK – Iceland, Joint Declaration
Delegations from Iceland and the United Kingdom have met in a friendly atmosphere in Reykjavik to discuss issues of mutual interest related to the cur...
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. ...
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...