Trial of former Icelandic PM has begun
The court case against Geir H. Haarde, the former Prime Minister of Iceland, has begun in Reykjavík this morning after a succession of challenges aimi...
PM disputes Iceland emigration crisis
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland, says that the number of people moving away from Iceland this year is no more than in an average yea...
Two of six bank crash charges against former Iceland PM dropped by court
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 th...
Former Iceland PM negligence trial could be thrown out
Iceland’s special court convened to try former Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde for negligence in the lead up to, and during, the banking crisis wi...
Japan earthquake crisis website for non-Japanese speakers
It is coming to light that foreign-language information on the unfolding crisis in Japan is often scant and incomplete compared to what is available i...
Icelandic government in further crisis?
Any potential co-operation between Iceland’s Progressive Party and the two coalition parties in government has not been discussed among the thre...
Icelanders want former ministers to face trial
A new Gallup poll in Iceland suggests that a majority of people want to try former government ministers for alleged misconduct connected to the bank c...
Four former Icelandic ministers implicated over banking collapse
The parliamentary committee scrutinising the report into the Icelandic banking crash has come to a decision; but not unanimously, Visir.is reports.