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Iceland raises quota for whale hunts
Reykjavík :: Iceland | 10 months ago
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Iceland's fisheries and agriculture ministry on Tuesday dramatically raised the number of whales local fishing fleets will be allowed to hunt over the next five years. Whalers will be authorized to catch at least 250 whales per year under guidelines announced...
Tags: Icelandic, Social Democratic Alliance Party, democrat alliance, Johanna Sigurdardottir, prime minister, social affairs, affairs minister, Social Democrats, minister geir, island nation
Financial crisis topples Iceland government
Reykjavík :: Iceland | 10 months ago
Credibility The demise of the two-party coalition forced Geir Haarde, prime minister, to resign with immediate effect, having said on Friday that he would step down in May because he is suffering from cancer.
Tags: Icelandic, Geir Haarde, prime minister, Ingibjorg Gisladottir, Social Democratic Alliance, minister geir, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, green parties, coalition government, iceland government
Iceland government in trouble over finance crisis
Reykjavík :: Iceland | 10 months ago
Credibility The north Atlantic island has witnessed rolling protests in recent weeks as angry citizens demanded the government resign over the country's failing economy sparked by a collapse of the nation's banks last October. Mr Sigurdsson is the first top-level...
Tags: Stricken Icelandic, Geir Haarde, prime minister, minister geir, Mr. Haarde, haarde announced, financial crisis, iceland government, economic crisis, coalition government
Iceland looks to crisis election after PM quits
Reykjavík :: Iceland | 10 months ago
Credibility A day after saying he would quit, Iceland's prime minister voiced “contempt” on Saturday for some of the actions by banks that triggered the country's economic collapse. A newspaper called for national unity and an opinion poll predicted a shift to the...
Tags: Icelandic, prime minister, Geir Haarde, minister geir, economic collapse
Iceland prime minister calls national elections
Reykjavík :: Iceland | 10 months ago
Credibility Prime Minister Geir Haarde, buffeted by an economic crisis and severe health problems, announced Friday that he plans to call early national elections on May 9 and that he will not seek re-election as the nation's leader. Haarde, 57, said he was stepping...
Tags: iceland, Iceland PM, Icelanders, Geir Haarde, prime minister, Mr Haarde, Independence Party, minister geir, early elections, holding early
Iceland hikes interest rate, seeks more funds
Reykjavík :: Iceland | about 1 year ago
Credibility Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark."I don't want to mention the figures because I do not want to put pressure on them," Haarde told The Associated Press on the sidelines of a Nordic Council meeting in Finland.Earlier talks with Russia about a 4 billion-euro...
Tags: Bank of Iceland, central banks, prime minister, Finland, International Monetary Fund, iceland raised, Geir Haarde, minister geir, iceland hiked, Geir H. Haarde
Iceland unveils bank rescue bid
Reykjavík :: Iceland | about 1 year ago
Credibility Iceland has announced part of a plan to hammer out a financial package to shore up its troubled banking sector. The country's largest banks have now agreed to sell off some of their foreign assets and bring them home. The deal, announced by Geir Haarde,...
Tags: Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority, prime minister, Geir Haarde, iceland government, financial institutions, financial crisis, minister geir
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