Reykjavik police are investigating a letter sent to the DV newspaper threatening former and current MPs who have spoken out in favour of voting ‘yes’ in the Icesave referendum this coming weekend. Meanwhile the official referendum information booklet is being distributed to all homes today and yesterday. Read the full story

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

63 percent of Icelandic voters plan to vote in favour of the Icesave repayment law in 9th April’s national referendum, according to a new Capacent Gallup poll. Read the full story

The Icelandic Ministry of Internal Affairs has begun advertising the referendum which will take place on 9th April over the so-called Icesave law which Althingi passed on 16th February and the President decided to send to a public vote. Read the full story

Prime Minister of Iceland, Johanna Sigurdardottir, was pictured literally scratching her head at yesterday’s party meeting following the decision by President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson to send the so-called Icesave bill to a referendum. Read the full story

As part of her campaign to enshrine Iceland’s energy resources as the property of the nation, the singer Bjork Gudmundsdottir set up a petition calling for a referendum on the issue. Read the full story

With final numbers now released in all voting districts, the resounding ‘no’ vote is official. Read the full story

Around 130,000 votes have been counted in Iceland following yesterday’s referendum; but weather has delayed the confirmation of a final outcome. Read the full story

With 83,478 votes counted following Saturday’s referendum in Iceland, 78,092 are votes to reject December’s Icesave law and 1,284 (1.5 percent) have voted to keep the law in force. 2,830 empty ballots were cast in protest. Read the full story

Icelandic polling stations closed at 22.00 and initial results are being released immediately. Read the full story