Icelandic ministers threatened, security tightened
Bodyguards are now following the Icelandic interior and trade ministers’ every step and their homes are under 24 hour surveillance following thr...
Landsdómur trial: last day of testimony
Witness testimony in the Landsdómur court case against the former Icelandic PM came to an end yesterday. 40 witnesses have been called throughout the ...
Old Iceland fisheries minister sacked marine research head on last day
Jón Bjarnason, Iceland’s former Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, appointed a new chairman at the Marine Research Institute the day before ...
Icelandic state buys land and energy rights in municipal tax debt swap deal
The Icelandic Minister of Finance says that it is not wasteful for the state to pay ISK 300 million of taxpayers’ money to buy two plots of land...
FinMin believes international markets are warming to Iceland
Iceland will soon have normal access to international financial markets once again, according to the country’s finance minister, who met with fo...
Iceland IMF package on firm ground, government less firm
Iceland’s Minister of Finance says that the country’s IMF recovery package is still on course to conclude this autumn.
Iceland FinMin: no hard feelings over Icesave
With a 60/40 vote against the Icesave repayment deal, Iceland’s Minister of Finance Steingrimur J. Sigfusson says the case will now go to court,...
Icesave referendum this Saturday
Steingrimur J. Sigfusson, Iceland’s Minister of Finance, and Katrin Jakobsdottir, Minister for Education, have urged members of their Left Green...