Two of the biggest charges against former Icelandic Prime Minister, Geir H. Haarde, were this week dropped. Haarde said the two charges were by far the most serious the Landsdomur high court was to judge him on and that he looks forward to proving his innocence on the others. Read the full story

Former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde visited Ireland last week with bad news for the ‘Celtic Tiger’, saying its economy will shrink more than Iceland’s this year. Read the full story

Geir H. Haarde, head of Iceland’s Independence Party and former Prime Minister marked his last appearance in parliament on Wednesday.

Haarde said that he will give up his party position on Sunday and would not be attending the final parliamentary sessions this week due to medical appointments abroad. Read the full story

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

The ruling Independence Party blames the Social Democrats for today’s breaking up of their coalition government. They complain that the party has effectively split into three parties and did not have the strength to see out the parliamentary term. They also complain that the Social Democrats’ demand to install their own Johanna Sigurdardottir as Prime Minister was unacceptable. Read the full story

Icelanders were this morning surprised and somewhat amused to see that their Prime Minister, Geir H. Haarde was included on The Guardian’s list of the top 25 people responsible for the global economic crisis.

Haarde is widely held responsible for Iceland’s crisis, as recent stories on this very website confirm – but that he is responsible for bringing the whole planet to its knees comes as a slight eyebrow-raiser. Read the full story

A regular medical examination which I underwent at the National and University Hospital last week revealed a small tumour of the oesophagus. On Tuesday I was informed that a biopsy had indicated that the tumour was malignant. My physicians have advised me to immediately undergo surgery to remove the tumour but as the operation concerned cannot be carried out here in Iceland, it will be carried out abroad around the end of this month or shortly thereafter. Read the full story

The Icelandic Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde, in a press conference held at noon today, announced he will be stepping down as the leader of the Independence Party due to his grave health condition. He has been diagnosed with a malignant cancer of the oesophagus. Read the full story

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE:

The Government of Iceland has decided to examine any and all possibilities of Iceland seeking redress before the European Court of Human Rights for the application by UK authorities of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 against Landsbanki last year. Read the full story

Police in Reykjavik today used pepper spray against protesters attempting to prevent Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde appearing on a television show being broadcast from Hotel Borg on Austurvollur Square in central Reykjavik. Read the full story