Reykjavik, Iceland Today at 11:00 GMT, the Icelandic Parliament voted on the Icesave deal. 62 Members of Parliament took part in the vote. The end result is that they have approved the Icesave deal. Some parliament members decided to voice their reason behind their vote before they initiated their vote. The following is a list of which members of parliament voted and how they voted. Read the full story

A group of people broke away from the crowd of protesters this afternoon and tried to break into the Parliament building. Two police officers stopped the small group from entering. Drumming and whistling could be heard from the protesters inside the Parliament. Read the full story

The Icelandic parliament finance committee is meeting today at 14.00 GMT to discuss the changes to the Icesave bill accepted by parliament last night. Read the full story

Finland’s parliament is proposing a new gun law that would grant police the right to search and inspect people’s homes without a search warrant, Finnish news source Sunnuntaisuomalainen reported. The gun law proposal would let police search private property and homes without suspecting any crime. The gun law will also restrict licenses to members of shooting clubs. Read the full story

Greenlandic politicians are up in arms over  their colleagues’ drug use, which is widespread according to opposition MP Doris Jakobsen. Read the full story

There is an increasing number of parliament members in Iceland deciding against the Icesave-agreement, according to the news source Bloomberg. 34 members are currently expected to vote against the proposition. Last month, a straw poll indicated that 33 members out of 63 would be against. In an interview with Bloomberg, Minister of Finance Steingrimur J. Sigufsson said that he is not panicking over the vote.

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The Lithuanian Parliament unanimously approved and gave full support for Iceland’s membership application to join the European Union today as well as encouraging other member states to approve the application. The Lithuanian Parliament decided this was especially essential due to the fact that Iceland was the first nation to recognize Lithuania’s independence. Read the full story

Political parties within Iceland are either disagreeing or in support of the possible European Union membership proposal, a decision made by the Icelandic Parliament on 10 July last week. Parties within themselves are also finding mixed opinions about whether or not to join the EU. Read the full story

The Icelandic Parliament, known locally as Althingi, will have a meeting today at 10:30 local time (UTC 0).  The main focus will be discussion about membership in the European Union. This talk has been going on for quite some time and opinions are rather split and mixed about joining the EU. Read the full story

Iceland’s ambassador to the UK, Sverrir Haukur Gunnlaugsson, sent a letter to every British Member of Parliament last week explaining his Foreign Minister’s opinion of the ongoing diplomatic issues between the two countries. Read the full story