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Article | May 20, 2012 - 9:26pm

There are plans to open almost all of the land that Chinese investor Huang Nubo wants to rent at Grimsstaoir a Fjollum in rural northeast Iceland for the public, as stated in his agreement with the municipalities in the region that intend to acquire 72.19% of the land and lease it to Huang...

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Article | May 18, 2012 - 11:49am

European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle, and the Turkish Minister for European Affairs and Chief EU negotiator Egemen Bağış, launched on 17 May in Ankara...

Article | May 13, 2012 - 10:38pm

Alcoa Iceland is looking into the possibility of enlarging the Alcoa Fjaroaal aluminium smelter in Reyoarfjorour, east Iceland, inviting representatives of pension funds to see whether they might help fund the project, Iceland Review reported.

Article | April 22, 2012 - 9:48pm

The first direct scheduled flight between Reykjavík and Husavík in northeast Iceland, the country’s proclaimed whale watching capital, in 12 years took place previous Sunday with Eagle Air. 

Article | April 18, 2012 - 10:27am

The National Geographic Traveler magazine announced its seventh annual "50 Tours of a Lifetime" ranking which categorises the best cultural destinations around the world. Bulgaria, France and Italy are in the top five of the European countries.

Article | April 8, 2012 - 8:48pm

The Icelandic Ministry of Finance has released the Treasury’s Medium Term Debt Management Strategy for 2012-2015, which sets forth the government’s plans for debt financing plans for the specified period, Iceland Review reported.

Article | March 25, 2012 - 8:06pm

A council has been repaid £3m of the money it invested in the doomed Icelandic banking system. Lancashire County Council invested £10 million in Landsbanki which went into receivership and was nationalised in October 2008.

Article | February 26, 2012 - 8:06pm

Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík, is to host the 9th annual Reykjavík Internet Marketing Conference (RIMC), at the Hilton Nordica in Reykjavík on 9th March. 

Article | February 19, 2012 - 9:09pm

Alterra Power Corp announced that a group of Icelandic pension funds ("Jarðvarmi") that currently holds a 25% interest in HS Orka hf has delivered notice that it intends to increase its stake to 33.4% in accordance with the terms of the original purchase agreement entered into on 1 June, 2011, it was reported on 13 February.

Article | February 12, 2012 - 9:38pm

Three employees of the auditing firm KPMG were questioned on behalf of the Office of the Special Prosecutor previous Thursday and documents concerning the investment company Milestone and related companies were confiscated at KPMG’s headquarters, Iceland Review reported on 3 February.

Article | January 29, 2012 - 8:19pm

President and founder of Iceland supermarkets in the UK, Malcolm Walker, has been revealed as the main investor behind the purchase of Catco Vin in Iceland, Ice News reported on 24 January.