Trial of former Iceland PM will continue following parliamentary challenge
The Icelandic parliament has voted in favour of continuing the criminal court case against former prime minister Geir H. Haarde for negligence in his ...
Iceland bank crash king to talk live to public today
Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson, the former main owner of Baugur Group, will be on DV’s Direct Line with the general public later today. Jón Ásgeir, clos...
Icelandic public must bail out indebted public sector pension fund
Icelandic tax payers are set to bear the heavy burden of recapitalising the government employees’ pension fund (LSR). Billions of extra krónur a...
Iceland phone tap suspects warned by phone companies
Two staff members of two different Icelandic telecommunications companies are believed to have informed people under investigation by the special pros...
Vincent Tchenguiz settles with Kaupthing Bank
The British businessman Vincent Tchenguiz, who was closely linked with the Icelandic bank Kaupthing, has struck a deal with the defunct bank’s r...
Iceland and IMF part company
The International Monetary Fund decided at a meeting this week that conditions are right to end its Icelandic financial revival programme on schedule ...
Kaupthing staff agree to share buying loan repayments
A majority of the former Kaupthing Bank employees who were originally let off repaying loans used to buy shares in the bank, pre-collapse, have now ma...
Exista paid out millions in bonuses during Iceland financial crisis
The former board of Exista in Iceland decided to pay millions of kronur in bonuses during 2009, despite the fact that the company was insolvent.