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May 10, 2009	Iceland warms to the EU	Guardian	Iceland is doing what would have been unthinkable only a year ago: applying to join the European Union. The prime minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir, announced this week she would present a bill to parliament authorising the start of membership talks with Brussels.
May 8, 2009	Iceland slashes rates	The Sydney Morning Herald	The Icelandic central bank has slashed its benchmark interest rate by 2.5 points to 13%, its third cut in two months at a time of rapidly easing inflation.
May 8, 2009	Hindus Commend National Church of Iceland for Interfaith Initiatives	News Blaze	Hindus have hailed the National Church of Iceland for efforts in building bridges with other religions and denominations.
May 7, 2009	Iceland to introduce bill on EU talks	UPI	REYKJAVIK, Iceland, May 7 (UPI) -- Iceland's government will introduce a bill in parliament authorizing it to begin talks to join the European Union, the country's prime minister said.
May 7, 2009	Iceland c.bank sees ´significant´rate cut in June	Forbes	STOCKHOLM, May 7 (Reuters) - Iceland's central bank said on Thursday it expected a further 'significant' interest rate cut could be made at its June meeting and progress had been made toward a gradual easing of capital controls.
May 7, 2009	Iceland plans EU membership bid	The Sydney Morning Herald	Iceland's left wing government plans to prepare a bid for entry to the European Union, social democratic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir told broadcaster RUV.
May 6, 2009	Why screening your genes is big business	CNN	LONDON, England (CNN) -- If you want to peer inside your DNA, there's no shortage of companies offering avenues for doing so these days. The opportunity to have your complete genome mapped was recently auctioned on eBay -- with the winning bidder shelling out a cool $68,000 in the auction, which ended Monday.
May 6, 2009	Iceland aims to raise foreign cash with loan scheme	Guardian	STOCKHOLM, May 6 (Reuters) - Iceland's central bank said on Wednesday it would allow firms borrowing funds in Icelandic crowns to repay the loans in other currencies, a move seen as a tentative step towards the relaxation of capital controls.
May 6, 2009	West Ham owner Gudmundsson reveals £301m debts	ESPN	The necessity for West Ham United to be sold this summer was laid bare on Wednesday when Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, the club's Icelandic chairman and owner, revealed that he has personal liabilities of £301m and could even lose his home in Reykjavik as a result of his failed financial dealings.
May 5, 2009	Icelandic bank files foreclosure in Miami Beach	South Florida Business Journal	An Icelandic bank has filed an $8.5 million foreclosure lawsuit against the owner of a closed oceanfront hotel in Miami Beach.
May 5, 2009	Iceland PM hopes for coalition deal by weekend	Reuters	REYKJAVIK, May 5 (Reuters) - Iceland's Social Democrats hope to agree a coalition deal with the Left-Greens by the weekend, the Prime Minister said on Tuesday, with media reporting the two would let parliament decide the thorny issue of EU membership.
May 4, 2009	ICELAND: Living with ghost towns	IPS	REYKJAVIK, May 4 (IPS) - Icelandic municipalities are being forced to repay individuals who had been allocated building land in new residential areas but can no longer afford to build.
April 28, 2009	Iceland learns the hard way	Boston Globe	AS AN ISOLATED outpost in the far northern ocean, Iceland rarely seems like a model for anything. But these are not normal times, and Iceland's travails in the current worldwide economic storm hold lessons for other, larger countries.
April 27, 2009	Iceland´s government to be form in days - PM aide	Reuters	STOCKHOLM, April 27 (Reuters) - Iceland's Social Democrats and Left-Greens, winners of a weekend election, are to agree within days on a coalition to rebuild the island following the financial crisis, the prime minister's spokesman said on Monday.
April 27, 2009	Iceland elects their lesbian leader	Gay NZ	She was appointed Iceland´s interim Prime Minister back in February, and now Johanna Sigurdardottir has won a snap election to become the worlds first elected ´out´ lesbian leader.
April 27, 2009	Iceland: The times they are a-changin´	Agora Vox	So as expected, the social Democratic Party and the Left Greens look set to continue their collaboration in the wake of yesterdays elections. This despite that pesky disagreement on the EU: the SDP wan to enter into talks with the European Union immediately, whereas the LGs are adopting a more cautious stance and want a national referendum to be held on whether or not to join the EU.
April 26, 2009	Premier wants Iceland to join European Union	NY Times	Reykjavik, Iceland - Buoyed by an election victory that gave a strong popular mandate to her three month old caretaker government, Iceland´s prime minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir, told cheering supporters early Sunday that she would move to protect the countrys battered economy by applying for membership in the European Union as soon as possible.
April 26, 2009	Icelandic bank concerns fell on FSA´s deaf ears	Telegraph	It was no ordinary fishing trip when Tony Shearer met some of the men who wanted to take over Singer & Friedlander - the 100-year old British bank of which he was chief executive.
April 26, 2009	Poll result points Iceland towards EU	Financial Times	Iceland took a significant step towards European Union membership when a leftwing coalition was voted into power three months after the conservative government was toppled by protests over the island’s economic meltdown.
April 20, 2009	West Ham bank deal 'not certain´	BBC	By Bill Wilson - A takeover of football club West Ham United by Icelandic bank Straumur looks unlikely at present, the BBC has learnt from industry insiders.