Prime Minister Geir Haarde

The new double road from the capital, Reykjavík, to towns in the South is not designed with guard rails dividing traffic lanes. The new double road that is being designed by the Icelandic Road Administration between the towns of Hveragerdi and Selfoss does not have guard rails either, reports Fréttabladid.  

The mercury plunged to -16.7°C (1.9°F) in Tyndrum, Stirlingshire - almost 15°C colder than the icy nation's capital Reykjavik. Take a white turn ... snow in the Highlands The River Dee froze in Aberdeen as many northern parts also fell to minus ...  

Iceland’s parliament has begun its final debate about the repayment of money lost by British and Dutch savers when an Icelandic online bank collapsed in 2008. Before the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, the Icesave bank’s high interest rates had attracted over 320,000 British and Dutch savers. However, those accounts were frozen when the crisis hit and the savers lost their money. The British and Dutch governments partially compensated...  

Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Icelandic lawmakers began final debate on a foreign depositors’ accord that may determine the fate of the island’s government. The agreement would allow the government to borrow as much as 2.35 billion pounds ($3.75 billion ...  

Winter gardens are often unnecessarily drab. There are enough plants that will give satisfactory color under winter growing conditions that there is no reason to accept the feeling that winter gardens must be bleak and bare.Contributor: Evonne HaneyPublished: Dec 27, 2009  

The British Treasury said the move was necessary to ensure the money that British savers had placed in the bank would not be whisked back to Iceland. But Iceland's prime minister at the time, Geir Haarde, blasted the move as an "unfriendly act" and ...  

A false alarm over a suspicious suitcase forced the landing in Iceland of a German airliner bound for Detroit, national flag carrier Lufthansa said on Sunday. A spokesman for the airline told AFP that the Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt yesterday ...  

Record Year for Births in Iceland (Iceland Review, 12/27/09) The recent drop in population can be traced to immigrants with foreign citizenship leaving the country. Nearly 3,100 such individuals have left but Icelanders have increased by about 936 at the same time. This developement with Icelandic citizens is surprizing because 1,949 more individuals left the country than emigrated to the country. This means that the natural increase of the...  

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When Sean Burton left the country in early November to play professional basketball, he left hoping to prove – at least to himself – that he could play at the next level. So far, so good. Burton, the former Notre Dame High School star and Ithaca ...  

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - White Christmases are expected in this small capital in the frigid North Atlantic, but the streets are bare this year, with no snowflakes in the immediate forecast. For Icelanders coping with 16 months of dizzying economic and ...  

REYKJAVIK, Dec 23 (IPS) - Iceland already gets over 72 percent of its energy from renewable, hydroelectric and geothermal sources, but Icelanders are ambitious when it comes to energy and scientists are now looking at osmotic and tidal power to meet ...  

The Central Bank of Iceland estimates that the debt of Iceland will be 5,150 billion ISK at the end of 2010 which is 320 percent of the gross domestic product. This is slightly more debt than estimated in the last reevaluation by the IMF which valued the debt at 295 percent of GDP, Morgunbladid reports.  

Did you forget to purchase those vital last minute Christmas gifts at the airport? Well at Iceland’s International airport, not only can you purchase your duty-free items as you depart but also as you arrive – one of only a few airports to do so in Europe. Keflavik International Airport, Iceland’s gateway to the world, holds [...]  

Magma CEO: Iceland Needs Change in AttitudeIcelandReviewJosefsson, who is a Swedish expert, was originally hired to assist the Icelandic government in restoring the economy by former Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde ...