Stephen Newton's diary of sorts... (Free subscription) | yesterday
A couple of weeks ago I was taking a late evening breakfast at Manchester Airport before jetting off to ‘what the United Nations reckons is the most developed country in the world’. Our destination (from which I’ve been back a week) was, of course, Iceland which earned that ranking thanks to its people enjoying [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Iceland may be the target of British opprobrium right now, but on the streets of Reykjavik, citizens are more concerned about their own increasingly dire situation. The collapse of the country's banking system and, along with it, the economy, is steadily affecting ever more of the 320,000 people who live on the North Atlantic island.
HotelChatter - (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
HotelChatter contributing editor Tim Leffel is braving the erratic weather of Iceland and reporting on the local hotel scene this week. Most hotels are listed in euros or kroners, but prices have been converted into dollars, which are actually worth something there right now. There are no frightening alien cyborgs at Reykjavik's Hotel Borg , which is in most respects the best in the city. When most...
Crooked Timber (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
“I have yet to meet someone who does not want a naked picture of their loved ones with text about themselves.” Says the wife of the President of Iceland . The next time I’m in Reykjavík, I’ll introduce myself as a counterexample.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
British retail tycoon jets to Reykjavik in dramatic bid to seize control of ailing Icelandic retail giretailant
A Step At A Time (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
From The Independent, February 10 2005: The favourite theory doing the rounds is that Reykjavik is awash with Russian mafia money. Iceland, they reason, is precisely halfway between Moscow and New York, making it the perfect stop-off point for a Russian oligarch to launder the odd billion roubles. Plus, wasn’t the Russian connection cemented by presidents [...]
EuroInvestor.co.uk (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Delegations of Iceland and the United Kingdom have met in a friendly atmosphere in Reykjavík to discuss issues of mutual interest related to the current financial crisis, with the objective to reach.. - Read more
The Independent (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
"There has never been a cheaper time to visit colourful Reykjavik," proclaims an opportunistic press release from Icelandic Express, the island's answer to easyJet. With the krona down 40 per cent since last year, it says (failing to point out that most of this fall has taken place in the past week or two), a pint of beer now costs only £4, down from £6.50, and a three-course meal is £35, compared...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - An Icelandic minister was quoted on Sunday as saying that going to the International Monetary Fund for assistance would encourage other nations to help and this would bolster the ailing Icelandic crown.
Finance Markets (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Talks between Britain and Iceland have begun with regard to the British deposits frozen in Iceland’s banks. The talks commenced after Treasury officials headed to Reykjavik late last week to discuss its banking crisis and the affect on UK savers and councils with money in its banks. Britain’s Local Government Association estimated 108 British local authorities [...]
IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article4925940.ece ‘Vulgar ambition’ among the country’s sheltered elite was at the root of its financial collapseTony Allen-Mills, Reykjavik A FEW days before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the then-prime minister of Iceland was in lyrical mood as he addressed a meeting of his country’s diplomatic corps. David Oddsson was renowned...
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Icelandic and British officials are meeting in Reykjavik to resolve a dispute over UK investments as the Nordic country reached an agreement with the Netherlands.
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Friday is party night in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik and not even the country’s financial collapse last week could keep young Icelanders from their Viking beers. As midnight passed, a steady stream of Porsches, BMWs, Audis and Ford Mustangs cruised down Laugavegur, the boutique-filled shopping avenue that had come to symbolise Iceland’s emergence as Europe’s coolest capital.
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland and Britain said on Saturday they had made "significant progress" and agreed in principle on an accelerated payout to retail depositors of failed Landsbanki's Icesave bank.
Stefan Karlsson's blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is from a demonstration in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, where people are staging a protest against the Icelandic central bank (Taken from the front page of Dagens Nyheter's economic section where it now appears but will probably soon disappear. Strangely, they don't have it in the story it links to) These protesters probably don't have the reason for blaming the central bank right, but
