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The President of Iceland has declined to sign a law authorising a state guarantee for repayment of loans provided by the UK and the Netherlands to the Depositors‘ and Investors‘ Guarantee Fund, intend...

Today marks 50 years since the signing of the Stockholm Convention establishing EFTA, the European Free Trade Association. It was originally founded by seven European countries as an alternative to th...

Yesterday evening the Icelandic parliament Althingi approved a legislation authorising a state guarantee for loans by the UK and the Netherlands to the Depositors’ and Investors’ Guarantee...

Press release No. 82/2009 Highlights Equity contribution by the state ISK 250 billion lower than originally estimated Interest cost 2009 and 2010 ISK 46 lower All banks now stand on solid foundat...

Press release No. 80/2009 Key points: The Icelandic government acquires 81% of the share capital in Landsbankinn (NBI hf). Equity contribution by the state will be ISK 122 billion, 5 billion lowe...

Press release No. 81/2009 The Nordic countries (Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) have today concluded the signing of several new information exchange agreem...

As previously reported, in a letter of 4 December 2009, the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) gave notification that it had reached a preliminary conclusion on a complaint from a group of general cred...

The Nordic Council of Ministers is to hold a Nordic- Chinese Energy and Climate Day on the 25th of June 2010 at the Shanghai World Expo, bringing together ministers, business leaders, researchers and ...

Press releae No. 79/2009 The Ministry of Finance held meetings yesterday with the management of BYR Savings Bank, together with its advisors, and a number of creditor representatives. At this meetin...

The Development Fund for Immigration Issues is open for application for the year 2009. The Immigration Council announces that they are open for applications for grants from the Development Fund for Im...

There were 8.068 men without a job in November 2009 or 8,5%, up with 480 from the previous month when the unemployment by men was 8%.  The unemployment by women was 5.289 or 7,3% or up with 195 f...

The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) presented its preliminary findings in a letter dated 4 December 2009 on a complaint raised by a group of general creditors of the Icelandic banks Glitnir bank, Ka...

The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) presented its preliminary findings in a letter dated 4 December 2009 on a complaint raised by a group of general creditors of the Icelandic banks Glitnir bank, Ka...

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Press release No. 77/2009 Kaupthing Bank acquires 87% share in Arion Bank - The Resolution Committee of Kaupthing Bank contributes up to ISK 66 billion in common equity The Resolution Committee of K...

The Walk of Light will start at the National Cultural House at 19:00 and end in front of the sculpture Sungaliot facing the Imagine Peace Tower More...

Nordic conference in Reykjavík The Financial Crisis, the Property Market and Home Ownership Hótel Nordica, Reykjavík, Iceland, 26 November 2009 A nordic conference about The Financial Crisis, the Pro...

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The group is called Söguhringur kvenna – Women's Story Circle, and it welcomes all women who want to meet other women in a multicultural environment. The women share their stories about all kinds of ...

The PTA has published a statistics report on the Icelandic electronics communications market. The report is an in-depth information on the electronic communications market for the first half of 2007-2...