Concerning payment intermediation through the Central Bank of Iceland
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF ICELAND: As is well known, transfers of funds between Iceland and other countries often take longer than they d...
Politics
Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Icelandic government willing to resolve Icesave dispute
Morgunbladid reported today that the Icelandic government believes that resolving the IceSave dispute is the only way to be granted a loan from the IM...
IMF loan to Iceland flounders
After postponing the negotiations by the IMF board three times, the fund withheld official backing for the planned $6bn loan to Iceland, Financial Tim...
Norway’s government bails out its main shipping line
Norway’s largest shipping line Hurtigruten has been struggling to stay afloat in recent weeks as the global financial crisis has been trying to sink i...
Icelanders thank their island neighbour the Faroe Islands
Over 20.000 Icelanders have signed their name on a special web page thanking the Faroe Islands for their support in the form of a 6 billion ISK loan. ...
UK European Parliament member disappointed by UK government
According to Icelandic morning paper Morgunbladid, Diana Wallis, who is the Vice Presidenet of the European Parliament and a UK Liberal Democrat, has ...
Iceland: The future is in the EU
An article by Philip Lane, Professor of International Macroeconomics and Director of the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) at Tri...
Norway’s train network on the rails
In the latest volley of an ongoing battle between officials in charge of Norway’s notoriously beleaguered train network and the government’s Transport...