The British businessman Vincent Tchenguiz, who was closely linked with the Icelandic bank Kaupthing, has struck a deal with the defunct bank’s resolution committee. He will now stop his pursuit of damages against the bank. Read the full story
Posted on 20 September 2011.
The British businessman Vincent Tchenguiz, who was closely linked with the Icelandic bank Kaupthing, has struck a deal with the defunct bank’s resolution committee. He will now stop his pursuit of damages against the bank. Read the full story
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Posted on 28 March 2011.
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office is widening the scope of its investigation into the Icelandic banking crash and will now also pay close attention to Landsbanki. Read the full story
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Posted on 16 March 2011.
There is still no consensus on whether or not the damaged Air Iceland plane which crash landed in Nuuk, Greenland at the beginning of the month can economically be repaired. Read the full story
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Posted on 11 February 2011.
Iceland’s Special Prosecutor into the banking crisis says that well over a hundred people are being investigated by his office. Read the full story
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Posted on 04 October 2010.
A recovery team in Greenland is attempting to evacuate and repatriate three servicemen who are thought to have been entombed in a glacier since their plane crashed in WWII. The Coastguard has commissioned a private squad in an attempt to find and finally remove the J2F-4 Grumman Duck biplane from the ice. Read the full story
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Posted on 21 September 2010.
Five foreign tourists were injured – two seriously – this morning when a nine-seater Renault minibus crashed in South Iceland. Read the full story
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Posted on 23 July 2010.
The tourist coach which ran off the road in North Iceland on Wednesday evening had newly received its safety certificate and was correctly licensed and maintained, according to the travel agent using it, Ferdakompaniid. Read the full story
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Posted on 21 July 2010.
Three people were severely injured when a coach carrying 15 foreign tourists, plus an Icelandic driver and tour guide, ran off the road at Einarsstadur near Husavik, north Iceland this evening. Read the full story
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Posted on 24 March 2010.
A serious accident has taken place in Oslo, the capital of Norway, when a freight train rolled out of control and derailed. Read the full story
Posted on 06 January 2010.
A branch of Holiday Inn was the unintended termination point for four runaway train carriages Monday morning, as they careered through the buffer stop at Helsinki’s Central railway station before slamming into the hotel. 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
Sauli Niinistö wins Finland presidential race
Iceland historic French village restoration finance secured
Murder in Hafnarfjörður
Workplace drug tests increase tenfold
Mythical Icelandic monster captured on film?
Explore Vatnajökull and Jökulsárlón in Iceland with Glacier Lagoon tour
Ocean turbine designer: “Iceland could up its energy production twentyfold”
