In a recent interview with British news broadcaster Sky News, Iceland’s President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson declared that Iceland as a country will never forgive former British PM Gordon Brown for his handling of the Icesave dispute following the collapse of Landsbanki in October 2008.
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Iceland’s president vilifies former British PM Gordon Brown over Icesave crisis
Posted on 24 January 2013.
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Gordon Brown to start blogging for Landsbanki
Posted on 17 November 2011.
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is one of the big names due to start blogging on a new discussion forum run by Iceland’s Landsbanki bank. Brown is still affectionately-known in Iceland as the man who branded Landsbanki a terrorist organisation and destroyed Iceland’s economy
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President of Iceland: Gordon Brown should apologise
Posted on 17 January 2011.
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, the President of Iceland, stated in an interview with Wall Street Journal, that Gordon Brown, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, should apologise to Icelanders for actions he took in October 2008.
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Stoltenberg succeeds Gordon Brown as UN climate group co-chair
Posted on 09 June 2010.
Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will assume the role of co-chair of a United Nations climate change focus group. Stoltenberg takes over the position after the departure of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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Brown belatedly responds to Iceland PM’s Icesave letter
Posted on 26 November 2009.
The long-awaited reply from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to a letter sent in August by his Icelandic counterpart, Johanna Sigurdardottir has been received in Reykjavik. The letter evades Sigurdardottir’s request for a personal meeting.
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Gordon Brown snubs Icelandic Prime Minister
Posted on 10 November 2009.
Ian Whitting, the United Kingdom’s ambassador to Reykjavik, refused to comment on why British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has yet to respond to a letter sent by his Icelandic counterpart two months ago.
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The Icesave dispute – In Defence of Iceland
Posted on 19 October 2009.
On October 15th 2009, the Icelandic organisation, InDefence published a press release updating its opinion on the Icesave dispute as viewed from Iceland.
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Iceland protests UK PM Brown’s comments
Posted on 09 May 2009.
The Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ossur Skarphedinsson, today made a formal complaint on comments made by the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, during a session of Parliamentary question time. Minister Skarphedinsson called in the British Charge d’Affaires to Iceland to deliver a protest. The Ambassador of Iceland to the United Kingdom has also delivered [...]
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