REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The International Monetary Fund has agreed to loan Iceland $2.1 billion, bringing Iceland's borrowing total to more than $5 billion, the government said.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Icelandic officials say Britain has made their dire financial situation even worse by using antiterrorism laws to freeze British assets in its banks.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Iceland, a longtime holdout against the European Union, may consider membership now that it is in financial meltdown.
TORSHAVN, Faeroe Islands, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The semi-autonomous Faeroe Islands -- affiliated with Denmark -- have offered Iceland a loan of $52.3 million, the Icelandic government said Thursday.
HELSINKI, Finland, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Nordic prime ministers, after meeting in Helsinki, Finland, vowed to assist Iceland recover from its financial crisis.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde said the government has requested a loan of $2 billion from the International Monetary Fund.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Norway and Denmark stepped up to help neighbor Iceland through its financial crisis, the Icelandic central bank said.
REYKJAVIK, Ireland, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Two nationalized banks that helped push Iceland's economy to the edge of bankruptcy are to be taken over by two women, sources said.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The Icelandic government agreed Saturday to quicker repayment of British deposits in the online bank Icesave.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The government of Iceland is seeking a loan of 4 billion euros -- about $5.4 billion -- from Russia to rescue its beleaguered financial system.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Bankers and Icelandic officials worked through the weekend to find a solution to the country's ailing financial system, the government said.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, May 12 (UPI) -- Saturday is election day in Iceland where the conservative Independence Party is looking to hold on to its majority in Parliament.
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The prime minister of the oil-rich central Eurasian nation of Kazakhstan has resigned, a report says.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Hezbollah Friday rejected calls by U.N. Representative in South Lebanon Geir Pederson to deploy the Lebanese army along the border with Israel.
