The Canadian ambassador to Iceland says that the authorities in Ottawa are willing to start talks that could see the Canadian dollar become the national currency of Iceland – if that is the will of the Icelandic people.
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Canada ready to discuss letting Iceland use its dollar
Posted on 02 March 2012.
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Norwegian Crown Prince continues advocacy for poor
Posted on 21 May 2011.
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway will continue his roll as the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), it has been announced.
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New U.S. Ambassador to Iceland
Posted on 21 September 2010.
Luis E. Arreaga, the new Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Iceland, presented his credentials to Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson yesterday.
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Iceland saving money by selling ambassadors’ houses
Posted on 14 June 2010.
ISK 850 million (USD 6.5 million) flowed into the Icelandic state treasury when the country changed its ambassadorial residence in London to a smaller house with cheaper running costs.
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USA finally appoints new ambassador to Iceland
Posted on 23 April 2010.
Barack Obama, the President of the USA, has appointed Luis E. Arreaga as the country’s new ambassador to Iceland. The United States of America has been without an ambassador at its Reykjavik embassy for around a year.
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German ambassador to Iceland dies in car crash
Posted on 26 January 2010.
Germany’s ambassador to Reykjavik, Dr. Karl-Ulrich Muller, has been found dead in his car near Skagafjordur in northern Iceland yesterday.
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Ambassadors briefed on Icesave deal
Posted on 17 August 2009.
All foreign ambassadors in Iceland will be informed in detail about the current state of the Icesave bill today. European Union representatives in Brussels will be updated with the same information at the same time.
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Chinese ambassador to Iceland called home because of Dalai Lama visit?
Posted on 03 June 2009.
There has been no reply from the Chinese Embassy in Reykjavik on whether or not Ambassador Zhang Keyuan has been recalled to Beijing, Mbl.is reports. Meanwhile, Frettabladid reported this morning that the ambassador has been called home in protest at the Dalai Lama’s visit to Iceland this week.
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