The Landsdómur trial against former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde came to end today with him being found not guilty on all major counts.
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Former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde found not guilty
Posted on 23 April 2012.
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Two of six bank crash charges against former Iceland PM dropped by court
Posted on 06 October 2011.
Two of the biggest charges against former Icelandic Prime Minister, Geir H. Haarde, were this week dropped. Haarde said the two charges were by far the most serious the Landsdomur high court was to judge him on and that he looks forward to proving his innocence on the others.
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Haarde in Dublin: Ireland worse than Iceland
Posted on 22 June 2009.
Former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde visited Ireland last week with bad news for the ‘Celtic Tiger’, saying its economy will shrink more than Iceland’s this year.
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Parliament to break up next week for elections
Posted on 27 March 2009.
Geir H. Haarde, head of Iceland’s Independence Party and former Prime Minister marked his last appearance in parliament on Wednesday. Haarde said that he will give up his party position on Sunday and would not be attending the final parliamentary sessions this week due to medical appointments abroad.
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Former Icelandic PM Haarde on HARDtalk
Posted on 13 February 2009.
Geir H. Haarde, the former Icelandic Prime Minister, was in a BBC HARDtalk interview last night. He was questioned especially about the blame of the financial collapse last October, communication between him and the British PM Gordon Brown and private talks with the governor of the Central Bank of Iceland, David Oddsson.
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Iceland’s political turmoil
Posted on 26 January 2009.
The ruling Independence Party blames the Social Democrats for today’s breaking up of their coalition government. They complain that the party has effectively split into three parties and did not have the strength to see out the parliamentary term. They also complain that the Social Democrats’ demand to install their own Johanna Sigurdardottir as Prime [...]
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Guardian readers point finger at Haarde
Posted on 26 January 2009.
Icelanders were this morning surprised and somewhat amused to see that their Prime Minister, Geir H. Haarde was included on The Guardian’s list of the top 25 people responsible for the global economic crisis. Haarde is widely held responsible for Iceland’s crisis, as recent stories on this very website confirm – but that he is [...]
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Statement from Geir H. Haarde, Prime Minister of Iceland and Chairman of the Independence party
Posted on 23 January 2009.
A regular medical examination which I underwent at the National and University Hospital last week revealed a small tumour of the oesophagus. On Tuesday I was informed that a biopsy had indicated that the tumour was malignant. My physicians have advised me to immediately undergo surgery to remove the tumour but as the operation concerned [...]
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President of Iceland calls for scrutiny of economic failure at Global Leadership Summit 2013 in London
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Riots shake Stockholm for three consecutive nights
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Central bank starts buying forex
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A Government of the Progressive Party and the Independence Party has been formed and took office today