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Iceland What do an Icelandic bank and an Icelandic streaker have in common? Both have frozen assets.

Pilot Joseph Drury who has pleaded guilty to attempting to prevert the course of justice after being caught breaking the speed limit, and stating that he was flying at the time of the offence...Pic by Al Stewart 07866255485..Irving of Exeter..Nick Irving 07831182833 An air ambulance pilot was jailed for four months yesterday for trying to lie his ...

Armann Thorvaldsson recalls the 'slap in the face' shock when he heard the FSA had seized his bank.

Jakobshavn Glacier Retreat Since measurements of Jakobshavn Isbrae were first taken in 1850, the glacier has gradually receded, finally coming to rest at a certain point for the past 5 decades.

Reykjavik - Noisy crowds, long queues, and traffic jams plunged McDonald's restaurants in Iceland into a state of siege on Saturday, as the chain served its final burgers on the island.

The world's largest fast-food company said earlier this week that all three of its restaurants in Iceland, operated by franchisee Jon Ogmundsson, would shut down October 31.

Friends of Iceland Review: Fuehrerschein mit 17 14:53 A fire in an old fish factory in GrundarfjA rdur in west Iceland at the end of August is believed to be an insurance scam organized by one of the suspects in an extensive human trafficking case currently under investigation by Sudurnes Police.

Nikita's flagship store opened its doors for the first time on the main street of Laugavegur in downtown Reykjavik.

The Noorderlicht, a century-old schooner, carried a boatload of artists in waters around Norway's Arctic archipelago.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland Iceland has become the land of the $6 Big Mac, and that's just too much.

Reykjavik, with its endless summer daylight, long winter nights, glaciers, waterfalls and geysers, is a photographer's paradise and a great holiday destination.

As Lisbon reopens the old splits, there is an alternative to full membership. But would it work for Britain? Roy Hattersley Jens Stoltenberg, the recently re-elected Prime Minister of Norway, could not have been more frank.

Not 100 meters out the harbor onto open sea she was pitching as violently as a drunken horse.

Via the Reykjavik Grapevine : Swine flu spreading . Excerpt: The H1N1 virus - also known as swine flu - is spreading fast through the capital area, and it is estimated that 1 in 500 who catch it will need to be hospitalized.

The Serious Fraud Office has identified one area of potential criminality relating to the UK operations of Landsbanki and three at Kaupthing, after investigators travelled to Reykjavik to gather information on the Icelandic banks.

Since the financial crisis, Iceland has been forced to retreat back from high octane bubble living to nature.

Comment about "A year on, Iceland's vilified bankers keep their distance" Phone Name Comment 0 Friday, 16th October 2009 A year on, Iceland's vilified bankers keep their distance Svanborg Sigmarsdottir, Reuters Protesters in Reykjavik throw rocks during protests against the Icelandic government's handling of the economy last January.

By Billy Cooper Gavin Hunt, one of the three coaches mandated to assess Bafana Bafana's performances in their two friendly matches against Norway in Olso on Saturday and Iceland in Reykjavik next Tuesday stressed that national head coach Joel Santana's job was not on the line from the trio.

Bafana Bafana need to put things right when they face Iceland in a friendly international in Reykjavik on Tuesday night.

Just hours after Friday's annual lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland, a virtual version of the tribute to late Beatle John Lennon opened in online world Second Life.