PRESS RELEASE: Parliament approves state guarantee for Icesave loans
Press statement from the Government of Iceland – 28.08.2009 Parliament approves state guarantee for Icesave loans Today, following 10 weeks of d...
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Icesave deal approved in Parliament today
Reykjavik, Iceland Today at 11:00 GMT, the Icelandic Parliament voted on the Icesave deal. 62 Members of Parliament took part in the vote. The end res...
BREAKING NEWS: Voting has started on the Icesave deal
Reykjavik, Iceland At 10:00 GMT today, the Icelandic Parliament started the voting process on the Icesave deal. The Members of Parliaments are now exp...
Iceland’s parliament to vote on the Icesave agreement with UK and the Netherlands
Ten weeks of discussions about the state guarantee on deposits in failed Icesave bank have come to an end and the Icelandic parliament prepares to vot...
Protesters gather in front of Parliament today against Icesave deal
A group of people broke away from the crowd of protesters this afternoon and tried to break into the Parliament building. Two police officers stopped ...
Danish Navy forges deal with Kenya over Somali piracy
As Denmark prepares to send a second warship to the Gulf of Aden to help patrol the pirate-infested waters off the Somali coast, it has sealed an impo...
European Union to open an embassy in Iceland
The European Union is preparing to open an embassy in the Icelandic capital city of Reykjavik, according to MBL. They will be looking to employ their ...
World Water Week summit held in Stockholm
For the past week, an international entourage of industry leaders, politicians, and officials from the United Nations have been meeting in Stockholm f...