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93% say no : What’s next for the Icelandic government?

93% say no : What's next for the Icelandic government?

93% was the percentage of the Icelandic electorate that said NO to the Icesave bill. So the big question around here now is: What will happen to the government now that the Icesave referendum is over. The opposition of course keeps banging about how (...)

9 Mar. 2010 | | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Icesave: the hour is nigh

Icesave: the hour is nigh

Tomorrow at 10 am, Iceland’s parliament will vote on whether to accept a sovereign guarantee for the Icesave debt. For anyone who does not know, Icesave were online savings accounts opened in the UK and Holland, that collected colossal sums in (...)

30 Dec. 2009 | 1 comment | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

The IMF speaks out on cough Icesave. And a few other things

The IMF speaks out on *cough* Icesave. And a few other things

So the International Monetary Fund has started sending me mail. Press releases, that sort of thing. Entirely unsolicited. In fact, the first time they did, the email landed in my spam folder with the warning : THIS PERSON MAY NOT BE WHO THEY CLAIM TO BE - (...)

17 nov. 2009 | | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Iceland : Wave bye-bye to McDonald’s

Iceland : Wave bye-bye to McDonald's

Excellent news : The McDonald’s hamburger chain has decided to pack up its frozen burger patties and over-processed fish sticks and say goodbye to Iceland. Back in my North American incarnation, I used to be able to brag about the fact that in my (...)

28 oct. 2009 | | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Are the UK and Holland standing in the way of Iceland seeking its legal rights ?

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned in a blog post that our [then-] minister for health Ögmundur Jónasson had resigned over the Icesave issue. Yesterday we finally got the full details of why exactly he resigned. Those of you who have been following us for (...)

12 oct. 2009 | | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Iceland : Will the government collapse over the Icesave agreement ?

Iceland : Will the government collapse over the Icesave agreement ?

Big news today : our Minister of Health Ögmundur Jónasson has resigned over the Icesave issue. Apparently the pressure is on to make everyone in government walk in step concerning Icesave - and he’s just not behaving. So instead of being pressured (...)

1er oct. 2009 | | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Eva Joly : Iceland is being blackmailed

In all the furor surrounding the Kaupthing loan book this past week, the following article by Eva Joly (published in several newspapers across Europe) went virtually unnoticed. The only English-language version I know to have been published was in The (...)

7 aoû. 2009 | 1 comment | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Iceland the 29th EU Member Country ?

By Eberhard Rhein. After the narrow vote by the Parliament, the Icelandic government has immediately submitted its formal application for EU membership on July 17th. The Council will be wise to wait until after the Irish referendum before inviting the (...)

21 jui. 2009 | 1 comment | Blogactiv Team

Iceland to enter into talks with the EU

Iceland to enter into talks with the EU

The Icelandic parliament, Althingi, has just passed a resolution to enter into membership talks with the European Union, with 33 votes in favour, 28 opposed, and two abstaining. The debate has been dragging on for days. [Or, depending on how you look at (...)

17 jui. 2009 | | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Iceland : Here are the charred ruins of Landsbanki. Now kindly write off our ISK 3 billion debt

Iceland : Here are the charred ruins of Landsbanki. Now kindly write off our ISK 3 billion debt

I think it’s safe to say that the collective Icelandic nation pretty much keeled over at the news two days ago that the two Björgólfurs had allegedly requested that Kaupthing bank write off half of a loan used for acquiring a controlling share in (...)

10 jui. 2009 | | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Kaupthing bank dishes up yet another scandal

Kaupthing bank dishes up yet another scandal

Much as I would love to focus solely on these gorgeous summer days and forget all the dreariness that weighs upon this nation like a thick blanket of tar, no self-respecting chronicler of the meltdown can avoid mentioning the latest corruption scandal at (...)

3 jui. 2009 | 1 comment | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

The myth of Iceland’s economic boom exposed

There was an interesting article in Fréttablaðið a couple of days ago called Endurmat í skugga kreppu [Re-evaluation in the Shadow of the Kreppa] by Sverrir Jakobson, which totally turned over a lot of my latent assumptions. I say latent because I (...)

5 jui. 2009 | | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Iceland : New cabinet formed amongst growing dissent

So as of today, we have a new cabinet and a new coalition agreement. I’ll spare you a listing of the actual personages appointed to each ministry, since I highly doubt there are any non-Icelandic speakers out there who give a hoot about whose (...)

11 mai. 2009 | | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Iceland : The times they are a-changin’

Iceland : The times they are a-changin'

So as expected, the Social Democratic Party and the Left-Greens look set to continue their collaboration in the wake of yesterday’s elections. This despite that pesky disagreement on the EU : the SDP want to enter into talks with the European Union (...)

27 avr. 2009 | | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Iceland : The same old tobacco and no new pipes

Iceland : The same old tobacco and no new pipes

We have elections coming up this weekend and, honestly, just the thought of it makes me tired. Makes me want to crawl into bed and pull the duvet up over my head. I know, I know ; it’s what we wanted, it’s why we took to the streets en masse (...)

21 avr. 2009 | | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Arts & Entertainment

Quite possibly the most important Icelandic film ever made

Quite possibly the most important Icelandic film ever made

This past weekend, EPI and I went to see a new Icelandic film that totally knocked our socks off. It’s called Draumalandið [Dreamland] and it’s a documentary that powerfully depicts the insanity that has prevailed here on The Rock in the last (...)

15 avr. 2009 | | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Are Iceland and the UK headed for another diplomatic collision ?

Are Iceland and the UK headed for another diplomatic collision ?

According to The Guardian the UK yesterday submitted an application for unilateral claim to the seabed around the area known as Rockall, which the UK, Iceland, Ireland and the Faroe Islands have been negotiating ownership over for years. The Rockall area (...)

2 avr. 2009 | | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Eva Joly appointed special adviser to the Icelandic government

Eva Joly appointed special adviser to the Icelandic government

Without a doubt the best news of today, and perhaps even of this year* : Eva Joly has been appointed special adviser to the Icelandic government, in the investigation into the economic collapse and related crimes. Anyone who has seen the interview with (...)

19 mar. 2009 | | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Human Nature and Gryla

Human Nature and Gryla

I filled with sorrow while I was watching the prime minister of Iceland first. The man speaking on TV was the beaten leader of a country which had been capitulated by the blindness created within the dissatisfied hunger of the crazy crowd. However once (...)

10 Oct. 2008 | | HAKAN KIZILAY

Iceland is bankrupt

Iceland is bankrupt

I met a young poet at a big bus station. I was looking at my credit card. He asked me if I was sure it would work. I said I just came in to get some heat. It still works. But this is really no joke. He told me we are all to blame for this economic (...)

9 Oct. 2008 | 1 comment | M429

John Lennon Tower of Peace in Iceland

John Lennon Tower of Peace in Iceland

Today, Yoko Ono wants people to ‘come together’ at the Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik, Iceland. She’s unveiling the memorial to John Lennon on what would have been his 67th birthday, says the Liverpool Echo. Ono will, (...)

10 oct. 2007 | 1 comment | Jon Newton

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