Showing posts with label iceland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iceland. Show all posts

8.14.2010

Iceland: Economics Minister Slammed for Foreign Currency Loans

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" They state that Magnússon repeatedly distracted the discussion on loans that were indexed in foreign currency and deemed illegal by the Supreme Court of Iceland earlier this summer, kept his knowledge of the legality of these loans secret from the parliament and the Icelandic nation and eluded the truth in important documents, mbl.is reports. "

5.13.2010

Bankers jailed, sued as Iceland seeks culprits for crisis

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"REYKJAVIK — More than a year and a half after Iceland's major banks failed, all but sinking the country's economy, police have begun rounding up a number of top bankers while other former executives and owners face a two-billion-dollar lawsuit.
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4.20.2010

Icelandic authorities reject Wikileaks surveillance claims

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" The Icelandic authorities attempted to distance themselves from a growing scandal today, saying they had nothing to do with surveillance of key figures behind the Wikileaks whistle-blowing website."
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Note: And so ends the myth that Iceland would have a fascist-free internet environment.

1.31.2010

A Call to the People of the World to Support Iceland Against the Financial Blackmail of the British and Dutch Governments& the IMF:Birgitta Jónsdóttir

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" Let’s also put this debt into perspective: 320.000 people live in Iceland, each and every person on the island, including children and the elderly, the disabled and the poor, would have to pay around $30,000 under the bill. The danger if Icelanders will accept this enormous burden is that the entire welfare system would simply collapse with no money to run it. On January 5th the Icelandic president had the courage, backed up by his nation, to place the interest of the people before that of the banks."

on Iceland banking crisis...


banking + 30 million jobs plan...