Denmark’s justice minister has ordered a full report after it emerged that police declined to investigate when a family with Indian roots was stoned and chased from a beach by Nazi-saluting youths. Read the full story

The Icelandic Chamber of Commerce this week released a wide-ranging report on the country’s economic situation. The report is in English, and is available for free. Read the full story

An anti-racism group in Denmark has criticised the government’s latest progress report to the UN, saying it is glossing over the country’s ongoing race issues. According to the Documentation and Advisory Centre on Racism, the paper does not contain enough case numbers and the overall study is incomplete. Read the full story

If former Icelandic ministers broke laws on ministerial responsibility with their reported negligence, they could face up to two years in prison. Read the full story

The investigative committee of Iceland’s Althingi parliament has sent many cases on to the state prosecutor. Many of those are already under investigation. These include allegations that the banks’ annual reports were deliberately distorted, loans to connected parties were abnormal and that stock market investment funds were operating outside the law. There is also reason to believe that bank staff are guilty of market manipulation. Read the full story

Three Icelandic media men owed over ISK 100 million (USD 790,000 at today’s rate) each when the banks collapsed. Loans connected to Bjorn Ingi Hrafnsson, former Reykjavik city councillor and owner of Pressan.is news service amounted to ISK 560 million (USD 4.4 million) at the end of September 2008. Read the full story

Former Central Bank of Iceland head David Oddson’s previous role as Prime Minister hampered his credibility within the Independence Party/Social Democrat government which succeeded him. According to the Althingi banking report, the Social Democrats often refused to listen to him. Read the full story

In 2007 and 2008, a third of all loans from the three big Icelandic banks went to people already indebted to the banks and unable to pay their debts. Read the full story

The Icelandic parliament’s long-delayed report into the collapse of the main banks has now been released to the public. Read the full story

The Parliamentary Investigative Committee, set up to investigate the Icelandic banking collapse, will release its report today. Read the full story