Iceland’s president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson plans to visit Maine, the northeastern-most state of the United States, next May to express his support for Eimskip. The Icelandic shipping company has chosen Portland, Maine’s most populous city, as its trans-Atlantic container service hub for North America.
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Icelandic president to come to Maine
Posted on 26 April 2013.
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Iceland’s president vilifies former British PM Gordon Brown over Icesave crisis
Posted on 24 January 2013.
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 president: government to set up wealth fund for oil revenue
Posted on 20 December 2012.
Iceland’s premier has said that Reykjavik is to set up a wealth fund ahead of a potential offshore oil boom to protect the country’s revenues. President Olafur R. Grimsson’s comments came during an interview in London
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Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson confirmed as Iceland geothermal energy conference patron
Posted on 06 September 2012.
The President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson has been confirmed as the patron for the upcoming geothermal energy conference, IGC 2013, to be held at the Harpa Conference Centre in Reykjavík between 5th – 8th March next year.
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Icelandic president attends service at London’s Southwark Cathedral
Posted on 02 August 2012.
Last Sunday saw Iceland’s president Olafur Ragnar Grimsson pay a visit to Southwark Cathedral in London.
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Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson sworn in President for record 5th term
Posted on 01 August 2012.
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson was sworn in for the 5th time as President of Iceland today after having won the presidential elections last June against five other candidates.
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The presidential election in Iceland – Final numbers
Posted on 01 July 2012.
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson will be staying as the president of Iceland for the next four years. Mr. Grímsson got 52.78% of the overall votes and his main competition Þóra Arnórsdóttir got 33.16%. Other running for the Presidency got: Ari Trausti Guðmundsson 8,64% Herdís Þorgeirsdóttir 2,63% Andrea Ólafsdóttir 1,8% Hannes Bjarnason 0,98% Voter turnout: 69.2 percentage.
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Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson reelected as president of Iceland
Posted on 30 June 2012.
Even though only 21% of votes have been counted it looks like Mr. Grímsson will be reelected as the president of Iceland. He will be the longest sitting president and the first to be elected the 5th term. When this is written Mr. Grímsson has 52.3%, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir former president and the first female president in the world, [...]
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