“It is not the intention of the company to withdraw from the stock exchange,” says Jon Ingi Herbertsson, the information officer for Marel, the Iceland-based food processing technology company. Read the full story

Five overseas runners are not letting physical disability get in the way of running the Reykjavik Marathon today. The five marathon runners include a world record holder. Read the full story

Jon Sigurdsson, president of Icelandic prosthetics company Ossur, had the honour of ringing the bell at the NASDAQ stock exchange on Wall Street in New York to mark the end of trading yesterday evening. Read the full story

Ossur hf., the Icelandic prosthetics company, this week signed a deal with the Chinese charity Stand Tall to help victims of the Sichuan earthquake which shook China approximately a year ago. The contract was signed in the presence of Iceland’s ambassador to China, according to mbl.is. Read the full story

Barack Obama, the President of the USA, will be formally invited for an official state visit to Iceland at the first possible opportunity, Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphedinsson said on RUV news yesterday. According to Skarphedinsson, the idea came from Obama himself. Read the full story

Ossur Skarphedinsson, Iceland’s Foreign Minister had a meeting today in London with David Miliband, Britain’s Foreign Secretary.

According to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the ministers agreed on the need to conclude discussions over the issue of Icesave refunds in a way that satisfies all stakeholders in both nations as quickly as possible. Read the full story