Icesave bill continues its slow progress
The Icelandic government’s latest bill concerning state responsibility for Landsbanki’s failed Icesave accounts in the Netherlands and the UK was pass...
Iceland parliament likely to pass Icesave bill
The Icesave bill signed yesterday will, in all likelihood, be passed by Althingi. Four Left Green MPs have consistently refused to toe their party lin...
Althingi gives up Morgunbladid
The parliamentary president’s committee has decided in a meeting on Wednesday that it will terminate its Morgunbladid subscription for MPs. The Icelan...
Icesave bill enters last round of talks in Iceland
The Icelandic parliament finance committee is meeting today at 14.00 GMT to discuss the changes to the Icesave bill accepted by parliament last night.
Iceland PM defends parliament’s Icesave misgivings
Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir took the unusual step of writing an opinion piece for the Financial Times which went on the paper’s we...
Icesave deal still controversial in Iceland and still not green lighted
Hoskuldur Thor Thorhallsson, an MP for Iceland’s Progressive Party, believes the figures recently released on likely economic migration away from Icel...
Parliament discusses EU membership today
The Icelandic Parliament, known locally as Althingi, will have a meeting today at 10:30 local time (UTC 0). The main focus will be discussion about m...
Rejecting Icesave deal could be akin to declaring war
If Iceland’s Althingi parliament does not pass the bill confirming the state’s overall responsibility for dealing with the Netherlands and the UK’s Ic...