Steingrimur J. Sigfusson, Iceland’s Minister of Finance, and Katrin Jakobsdottir, Minister for Education, have urged members of their Left Green Movement to vote yes in this Saturday’s Icesave referendum in a column on the party website. Read the full story

Head of Iceland’s Independence Party, Bjarni Benediktsson yesterday described the government’s tax plans as “crazy”. He told the Althingi parliament that the future of Iceland’s tax system should be discussed right away. It was not; but it was decided to debate taxes on Friday. Read the full story