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  • FACTBOX-Key 2010 emerging Europe political risks 22 Dec 2009 13:44 GMT
    ... Dec 22 (Reuters) - Ukraine's economic and political problems, a string of elections, the spectre ... contribute to the collapse of governments in Iceland and Latvia. Newspapers have also been keen ... in 2010 as the Islamist-rooted AK Party government eyes a general election the following year. ...

  • UPDATE 2-Iceland parliament approves Icesave repayment bill 31 Dec 2009 12:13 GMT
    ... REYKJAVIK, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Iceland's parliament approved an amended bill late on Wednesday ... Icelandic parliament that would have meant the government's repayment guarantee running out in 2024. Iceland's ...

  • Iceland parliament approves Icesave repayment bill 31 Dec 2009 12:14 GMT
    ... Iceland's parliament approved an amended bill late on Wednesday ... Icelandic parliament that would have meant the government's repayment guarantee running out in 2024. Iceland's ...

  • UPDATE 1-Icelandic parliament approves repayment bill 31 Dec 2009 01:33 GMT
    ... REYKJAVIK, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Iceland's parliament approved an amended bill on Wednesday to ... Icelandic parliament that would have meant the government's repayment guarantee running out in 2024. Iceland's ...

  • Icelandic parliament approves revised Icesave bill 31 Dec 2009 01:11 GMT
    ... REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's parliament approved an amended bill on Wednesday to ... Icelandic parliament that would have meant the government's repayment guarantee running out in 2024. Iceland's ...

  • Icelandic parliament approves repayment bill 31 Dec 2009 01:30 GMT
    ... REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's parliament approved an amended bill on Wednesday to ... Icelandic parliament that would have meant the government's repayment guarantee running out in 2024. Iceland's ...

  • Iceland Parliament Passes Accord With U.K. and Netherlands 31 Dec 2009 07:31 GMT
    ... Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Iceland’s parliament passed a bill allowing the government to provide a state guarantee for loans from the U.K. and the Netherlands to ...

  • Mad-as-hell Icelanders won't be taking it any more 29 Dec 2009 02:11 GMT
    ... Icelandic protests about the economic collapse were mobilised ... other social networking websites. Members of the government were invited to respond to questions from ... were broadcast live on national television. The politicians sat there and listened to the raw, ...

  • Iceland's parliament set to vote on Icesave deal 30 Dec 2009 18:14 GMT
    ... lost money in the collapse of the Icelandic bank. Iceland's Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir has ... Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir has said the government, a coalition of the Social Democrats and ... through. According to estimates from members of parliament interviewed by AFP, the legislation is likely ...

  • Iceland approves Icesave compensation deal 31 Dec 2009 05:32 GMT
    ... REYKJAVIK: Iceland's parliament approved Wednesday a controversial payout of nearly ... the opposition Progressive Party said: "How this government has handled this issue has been shameful ...

  • Iceland braces for Icesave bank vote 30 Dec 2009 23:33 GMT
    ... ICELAND braced for a knife-edge vote in parliament overnight to compensate Britain and the Netherlands ... Netherlands for a bank failure, as the Government threatened to resign if the bill is ...

  • E.U. IMF Debt Revolt, Greece, Iceland, Latvia May lead the Way 22 Dec 2009 21:02 GMT
    ... circle of the European Union, with Greece, Iceland and Latvia the hardest hit. But these ... the EU and IMF have told the government to borrow foreign currency to stabilize the ... Muiznieks, head of the Advanced Social and Political Research Institute in Riga, Latvia, complained: “The ...

  • Iceland deputies brace for tight Icesave vote 29 Dec 2009 18:32 GMT
    ... REYKJAVIK, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Icelandic deputies said on Tuesday they expected a ... vote on Wednesday. Although many in the government expect it will squeeze through, several key ... A rejection would create fresh financial and political shockwaves, potentially pitching the country back into ...

  • Iceland braces for Icesave bank vote 30 Dec 2009 20:14 GMT
    ... The bill is a key obstacle in Iceland's bid to join the and has stirred ... bank. According to estimates from members of parliament interviewed by AFP, the controversial legislation is ... on Wednesday, Sigurdardottir has said her coalition government will resign if the new bill is ...

  • Iceland deputies brace for Icesave vote 29 Dec 2009 18:12 GMT
    ... vote on Wednesday. Although many in the government expect it will squeeze through, several key ... A rejection would create fresh financial and political shockwaves, potentially pitching the country back into ... Alliance which leads the coalition, told Reuters. Iceland passed a law in August to repay ...


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