U.N Chief Welcomes Norwegian Criticism
Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, has claimed that he welcomed criticism during a response to an internal memo leaked to the press last week.
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Swedish Bank Buys Denmark’s Fionia
The Swedish Nordea AB Bank was quoted this week as having signed a contract to purchase Denmark’s Fionia Bank from the Danish State at a cost of EUR 1...
Swedish online news site banned in China
Just as Sweden recently expelled one of China’s diplomats, the Asian nation returned in kind by expelling a Swedish diplomat and apparently also block...
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...
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 ...