Posted on 12 March 2010. Tags: Iceland, IMF, loans, nordic, Norway
Jonas Gahr Store, the Norwegian Foreign Minister, looks set to break ranks with the other Nordic countries by recommending that Norway grant loans to Iceland before the Icesave issue is finally resolved with the Netherlands and the UK.
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Posted in Denmark, Finland, General, Holland, Iceland, MBL, Norway, Politics, Sweden, United Kingdom
Posted on 12 March 2010. Tags: Denmark, herbert pundik, israel, mossad, politiken
The former chief editor of Danish newspaper Politiken, Herbert Pundik, has spoken out for the first time of his time as an Israeli Mossad spy.
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Posted in Business, Denmark, General, International, MBL, Politics
Posted on 11 March 2010. Tags: bahamas, crime, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, nordic, Norway, Sweden, tax
An information sharing contract has been signed between the Nordic nations and the Bahamas, intended to hinder Nordic tax evasion.
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Posted in Business, Denmark, Finland, General, Iceland, International, MBL, Norway, Politics, Society, Sweden, Travel
Posted on 11 March 2010. Tags: cabinet, Iceland, ogmundur jonasson, Politics
Some argue the Icelandic government has been weakened by Saturday’s massive ‘no’vote in the Icesave referendum and nobody believes its domestic position was improved by it. As a result, members are calling for something to be done.
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Posted in General, Iceland, MBL, Politics
Posted on 10 March 2010. Tags: agriculture, business, Finland, milk
Matti Vanhanen, the Finnish Prime Minister, has declared that he will personally boycott the chain of grocery stores operated by the S chain as an objection to their decision to phase out from some of their stores milk produced by the country’s largest dairy organisation, Valio.
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Posted in Business, Finland, General, MBL, Politics, Sweden
Posted on 10 March 2010. Tags: aluminium, economy, electricity, Iceland
Nordural (Century Aluminium) pays a quarter less for its electricity in Iceland than the global average. This was revealed in a confidential leaked document to RUV.
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Posted in Business, Energy, Environment, General, Iceland, International, MBL, Politics
Posted on 08 March 2010. Tags: Iceland, Politics
The grassroots New Iceland political pressure group was very busy on Saturday, holding mock auctions of property owned by Iceland's 'Outvasion Viking' businessmen and making house calls.
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Posted in General, Iceland, MBL, Politics
Posted on 08 March 2010. Tags: Finland, human rights, iran, nokia, surveilance, technology
A comprehensive electronic surveillance system that was sold by the Nokia Siemens Network Group to Iran is capable of spying on almost all electronic communications, according to its brochure.
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Posted in Business, Finland, General, International, MBL, Politics, Technology
Posted on 08 March 2010. Tags: Alistair Darling, Iceland, Icesave, UK
Alistair Darling, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, says he is absolutely certain Iceland will pay Britain back for its reimbursement of lost savings in Icesave; the question is just what the conditions will be.
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Posted in General, Iceland, MBL, Politics, United Kingdom
Posted on 07 March 2010. Tags: Iceland, Icesave, referendum, vote
With final numbers now released in all voting districts, the resounding 'no' vote is official.
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Posted in General, Holland, MBL, Politics