Iceland president clarifies German savings position
STATEMENTFROM THE PRESIDENT OF ICELAND: Following a misleading report of an interview with the President of Iceland Olafur Ragnar Grimsson in the Fina...
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Stoltenberg Report presented to Nordic Foreign Ministers
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN ICELAND: Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs today received, on behalf of his Nor...
Platform of the Government – Report from the Prime Minister
Press release from the Prime Minister of Iceland Mr Speaker, fellow Icelanders. It can have escaped no one that our country is passing through a deep ...
The banking crisis in Iceland in 2008
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF ICELAND: Ingimundur Fridriksson Governor of the Central Bank of Iceland has prepared a paper about the banking ...
Iceland – the new EU member?
Olli Rehn, member of the European Commission responsible for enlargement, has stated that Iceland would be a welcome addition to the Union, MBL report...
Swedish ships heading to fight pirates off Somalia
Sweden is set to send three of its naval vessels to the Gulf of Aden to help in the international effort to fight the scourge of piracy that has engul...
Finnish government releases huge stimulus package
Finland’s government has agreed on a stimulus package worth around 2 billion euros, an amount that represents 1.7 per cent of the nation’s GDP. As Fin...
“Muscle” dogs targeted for tracking in Denmark
Several groups within Denmark’s parliament are behind a new campaign to require all “muscle” dogs in the country to be specially registered and licens...