World news about “Icelandic politics” published by euronews.
Iceland backs centre-right parties blamed for 2008 economic meltdown The two parties widely blamed for the collapse of Iceland’s economy five years ago will form the next government. Polling 26.7 percent in Saturday’s… 28/04/2013
Iceland’s centre-right parties set to return five years after bank crash Five years after Iceland’s centre-right parties presided over the country’s spectacular economic collapse, early figures give them a comfortable lead in the… 28/04/2013
Iceland goes to polls in general election Voters in Iceland are set to hit the polling booths to decide the next government. Social Democrat Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir leads a centre-left… 27/04/2013
Iceland wins legal battle over failed bank Iceland has won a legal battle over its reponsibilities to British and Dutch savers who lost money when an online savings bank collapsed. The European Free… 28/01/2013
Iceland’s ex PM: ‘We didn’t know the banks were fishy’ The trial has started of Iceland’s former prime minister Geir Haarde. He is accused of failing to take measures to prevent the financial crash in 2008 that… 05/03/2012
Iceland bouncing back from the brink The money boom that led to the financial crisis has changed Icelanders’ values. The banking crash there has hit not only their enviously high standards of… 10/02/2012
Iceland votes to rewrite its constitutionThe 2008 banking crisis is one of a series of events that has prompted people in Iceland to ask for their consititution to be rewritten. With two thirds of… 22/10/2012
Record fifth term for Iceland PresidentOlafur Grimsson has been confirmed as the winner in Iceland’s presidential race for a fifth time with a 52.4 per cent share of the votes. The 69-year-old’s… 01/07/2012
Grimmson on track to become Iceland president for fifth timeRiding a wave of popularity based on defying Britain and the Netherlands over collapsed Iceland banks, Olafur Grimmson looks set to become president for a… 01/07/2012
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Iceland court finds ex-PM innocentFormer Iceland prime minister, Geir Haarde has been cleared of three major charges of negligence related to the country’s 2008 economic collapse. The… 24/04/2012
