Iceland was under the spotlight in the BBC comedy quiz show QI this week, in the programme’s festive special presented, as always, by Stephen Fry. Read the full story
Posted on 04 January 2012.
Iceland was under the spotlight in the BBC comedy quiz show QI this week, in the programme’s festive special presented, as always, by Stephen Fry. Read the full story
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Posted on 26 November 2010.
Mar Gudmundsson, the governor of the Central Bank of Iceland, says that joining the euro could still be a good option for Iceland in the wake of its economic crisis. His comments to the BBC come just days after President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson told Reuters that the benefits of euro membership are less clear than ever. Read the full story
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Posted on 06 August 2010.
The world is taking note of the fact that Reykjavik’s mayor Jon Gnarr took to the stage in drag last night at the opening of Reykjavik Gay Pride. The story is one of the day’s most popular on the BBC News website. Read the full story
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Posted on 09 April 2010.
Police in South Iceland are upset that the BBC Top Gear crew filming at the erupting Fimmvorduhals volcano appear to have tried to drive on the molten lava and caught their tyres alight. But their guides say the stunt was safe and carefully monitored. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 April 2010.
A film crew from the BBC automotive show Top Gear is now at the South Iceland volcano filming in excellent weather – but it was not easy to get there. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 January 2010.
Sally Magnusson, a newsreader for BBC Scotland, has been reprimanded by her bosses for breaking BBC rules on impartiality due to Icesave. Read the full story
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Posted on 09 October 2009.
Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir appeared on BBC television yesterday in a rare interview with the foreign broadcast media. Sigurdardottir spoke in Icelandic. Read the full story
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Posted on 04 October 2009.
The Icelandic Foreign Minister and the country’s former Minister for Health, who resigned on Thursday, were interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s World at One programme Friday lunchtime. Read the full story
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Posted on 11 September 2009.
Iceland received some excellent coverage on BBC television this week in two episodes of BBC World News’s Fast Track programme. Read the full story
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Posted on 13 February 2009.
Geir H. Haarde, the former Icelandic Prime Minister, was in a BBC HARDtalk interview last night. He was questioned especially about the blame of the financial collapse last October, communication between him and the British PM Gordon Brown and private talks with the governor of the Central Bank of Iceland, David Oddsson. Read the full story
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Iceland central bank holds rates, predicts ongoing economic growth
Continued Malmö violence embarrasses police
Currency exchange privacy case thrown out of Icelandic court
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Workplace drug tests increase tenfold
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