EU, IMF Terms Called “Blackmail”: Iceland and Latvia Should Just Say No
An opinion piece written by Ellen Hodgson Brown J.D., a California attorney and the author of eleven books, including “Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth...
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Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Swedish women offer door-to-door prostitution at hotel
A Gothenburg businessman is facing charges of procuring sexual favours after he was the unwitting victim of a plan by a trio of women to make fast mon...
Prime Minister of Iceland urges IMF to continue Economic Programme
Prime Minister’s Office, Press Release : “I would like to emphasize that the Economic Programme in co-operation with the IMF should continue wit...
Chad withdrawal for Norwegian peacekeeping forces
The Norwegian government has announced that it will withdraw all of its UN peacekeeping troops from Chad at the end of their mandate in May.
No criminal charges for photographing naked sleeping teen
In the southern Swedish city of Halmstad, a local court has ruled that the case of a man who photographed a naked 17-year-old woman’s genitals while s...
Skarphedinsson and Moratinos: Icesave has no impact on EU’s treatment of application
(Press release from the Icelandic government): The Foreign Minister of Iceland, Ossur Skarphedinsson, spoke today with Miguel Angel Moratinos, the For...
Energy for debts: a potential solution for Iceland?
The ‘Energy for Debt’ proposal is able to revitalise the Icelandic economy very quickly and direct structural development in the right (i....
Government bill for a national referendum on Icesave legislation
(Press release from Icelandic Prime Minister’s office) The Icelandic Parliament, Althingi, convened today to debate a Government bill regarding the pr...