The likelihood of significant lay-offs at Iceland’s biggest hospital – Landspitali in Reykjavik – became very real today after a general meeting to discuss next year’s budgetary plans was held by hospital president Bjorn Zoega. Read the full story

“This is one of the very biggest that we have gone into,” says Iceland’s Special Prosecutor into the banking crisis, Olafur Thor Hauksson about a large series of raids yesterday. Read the full story

Despite some claims to the contrary, there has not yet been any new deal agreed in the ongoing Icesave dispute between Iceland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The talks are, however, said to be going very well. Read the full story

Reykjavik’s Landspitali hospital is struggling to attract new specialists with the wages being offered. Despite staff cut-backs due to the budgetary restrictions, the situation is still considered serious. Read the full story

Over 30 windows were broken during protests at the Icelandic parliament building, the Althingi, last night. Three police officers and one protester were also injured. Read the full story

Iceland’s Althingi parliament voted unanimously (63 votes for, zero against) to endorse the findings of the committee which looked into the so-called black report on the banking crisis. But the four ex-ministers recommended for prosecution by the committee were voted on individually. All MPs were present and voted. Read the full story

The International Monetary Fund has confirmed that the third review of its Iceland recovery package will take place on 29th September. Read the full story

Sigurdur Einarsson, the former head of the board at Iceland’s Kaupthing Bank, is today being interviewed by the Special Prosecutor into the banking crisis. He is at the prosecutor’s Reykjavik office along with his lawyer, Gestur Jonsson. Read the full story

Icelandic Minister for Education and Culture, Katrin Jakobsdottir, has provided a small grant to help investigate the role of Icelandic universities in the country’s economic collapse. Read the full story

An IMF delegation has been in Iceland for the last two weeks preparing the way for the Fund’s third review of its economic rescue package with the country. Read the full story