Yesterday was the sixth and penultimate day of witness testimony at the court case against former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde. Six people testified at the Cuture House in Reykjavík and one testified by telephone from Canada. Today is the final day of witnesses.
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Former Icelandic PM’s trial: Day Six
Posted on 13 March 2012.
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Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir still has brain tumour
Posted on 30 September 2010.
The former foreign minister and ex-leader of Iceland’s Social Democrats, Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir has revealed that she still has a brain tumour diagnosed in 2008. She was this week spared from the Landsdomur high court; but former PM Geir Haarde will face negligence charges.
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Former Icelandic FM to head UN Israel ship attack probe?
Posted on 12 July 2010.
The head of the United Nations Human Rights Council is likely to request that former Icelandic foreign minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir head up an investigation into the Israeli attack on Gaza-bound aid ships.
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Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir quits
Posted on 08 March 2009.
Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, former Icelandic Foreign Minister and current MP and chairman of the Social Democrats, announced this afternoon that she is to leave politics altogether. Gisladottir invited the media to a press conference at her home on Nesvegur shortly before 17.00 to announce her decision.
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IMF warning in April
Posted on 02 March 2009.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) sent a message to the Icelandic government in April last year saying how important it was to react effectively against the problems of having a too-big banking sector with very light regulation in the country.
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Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir to run for re-election
Posted on 01 March 2009.
Head of Iceland’s Social Democrats and former Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir has confirmed that she intends to run for parliament again at the upcoming elections in April.
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New Icelandic government under negotiation
Posted on 27 January 2009.
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, the President of Iceland, asked Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, the leader of the Social Democrats, and Steingrimur J. Sigfusson, leader of the Left Green Party, to discuss together the formation of a minority coalition government between their two parties. The President said he had asked Gisladottir to chair the talks.
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Protesters pelt Iceland Foreign Ministry
Posted on 11 January 2009.
A group of ten to 15 protesters, mostly wearing masks, gathered outside the Icelandic Foreign Ministry on Friday afternoon and pelted the building with balloons filled with red paint.
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