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A Perfect Circle: Iceland Seven Years After The Crash
Every generation has their share of “do you remember where you were when” moments. For me, one of those moments will be October 6, 2008 – the day Iceland’s banking system collapsed, precipitating a series of events that would make international headlines.…
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Former PM: Kaupthing Emergency Loan “A Mistake”
Former PM Geir H. Haarde told viewers in a televised interview that lending the failing Kaupthing bank 500 million euros in October 2008 was “a mistake”. Kjarninn reports that Geir gave Stöð 2 news an interview last night, wherein he discussed some…
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Former PM Regrets 1968 Racist Remarks
Former Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde says that regrets and feels ashamed by racist remarks he made in a school paper at the age of 17. Geir’s article, “Maladies in our Society” resurfaced earlier this year. Its final paragraphs consist of explicitly…
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News In Brief Early August
A whole new angle on the ever-brewing Ministry of the Interior scandal came to light when it was reported that Interior Minister Hanna Birna had contacted then-Commissioner of the Capital Area Police Stefán Eiríksson, in person and by phone, in part to…
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Former PM Geir Haarde Lands Ambassador Appointment
Former Prime Minister of Iceland Geir H. Haarde will, effective January 1, 2015, serve as “an ambassador in foreign service” to an as-yet unspecified appointment. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Geir H. Haarde has been appointed as “an ambassador…
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Iceland: A Symbol Of Hope
I recently got a letter from someone in Slovenia who was interested in Iceland because “Here in Slovenia, where we’re also struggling with a financial and social crisis, Iceland is considered a model of how to make things right.” While in Iceland…