The Icelandic government’s committee for privatization had given twelve out of fourteen applicants approval to continue to participate in the privatization process of Iceland Telco, Síminn.
A dispute has erupted within the R-coalition that holds the majority of seats in the Reykjavik city council. The Left-Greens are against further aluminum projects..
Finance minister Geir H. Haarde says in Morgunblaðið today that the OECD‘s suggestion to reduce the interest rate subsidy for mortgages for home buyers is worth “further consideration”.
Russian chess master Boris Spassky is in Iceland visiting his one-time nemesis at the chess board, Bobby Fischer.
