‘Domestic news in English’ Archives
Lava and Moss Featured in Keflavík Exhibition
Visual artist Silvia Björg is currently exhibiting her paintings at Hótel Keilir in Keflavík, southwest Iceland, which were inspired by lava and moss. The exhibition opened as part of the festival Night of Lights but has now been extended to September 30. Read more at IceNews - Daily News
Social Dem MP Says No to Coalition with Conservatives
Social Democrat MP Ólína Þorvarðardóttir has responded with a resounding "no" to the idea recently brought up that her party and the Independence Party renew their coalition. Read more at IceNews - Daily News
Economist: Ministers Could Have Reduced Damage
While the Prime Minister has contended that none of the four former ministers recommended by a parliamentary committee to be charged with negligence and mismanagement could have prevented the economic collapse, an economist contends that they could have taken measures to reduce the impact, and soften damage done to the Read more at IceNews - [...]
Conservative Chairman Ready for New Coalition
Independence Party chairman Bjarni Benediktsson told reporters that he was fully ready for the formation of a new ruling coalition, and welcomed the idea of renewing his party's partnership with the Social Democrats. Read more at IceNews - Daily News
Swedish politician gets elected, only then reads party manifesto
Eric Gerhardsson, who was elected into the municipal council in Gallivare in Sunday’s Swedish parliamentary and local elections will abandon his party and his seat in the council. Gerhardsson was on the list for the extreme right party Sverigedemokraterna (the Read more at IceNews - Daily News
Teenage bank robber shot by police
A teenager, suspected of robbing a bank and taking a woman hostage in southern Stockholm, was shot and wounded by police who thought he was carrying explosives. Officers confirmed that they fired at the 19-year-old man in the Huddinge branch of Read more at IceNews - Daily News
Iceland hopes to learn from Malta in EU accession bid
Stronger Iceland, a political pressure group in support of Iceland joining the European Union, is holding an open lecture this Saturday with Joe Borg, former Foreign Minister of Malta and European Commissioner for Fisheries. Joe Borg was the Maltese FM from 1999-2004 Read more at IceNews - Daily News
South Iceland Highway to Be Doubled
Minister of Internal Affairs Ögmundur Jónasson formally launched the first phase in the doubling of Sudurlandsvegur, the part of the Ring Road connecting Reykjavík and Hveragerdi, on Wednesday. Read more at IceNews - Daily News
Central Bank of Iceland Cuts Key Interest Rate
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Iceland announced yesterday its decision to lower the bank’s interest rate by 0.75 percent. It has now dropped from seven to 6.25 percent. Read more at IceNews - Daily News
Iceland’s PM Talks Women’s Rights in New York
Prime Minister of Iceland Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir emphasized the importance of strengthening the position of women to eradicate poverty in her address to a summit on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals in New York on Wednesday. Read more at IceNews - Daily News
