Rund 30.000 deutsche Sparen warten darauf, dass ihre Gelder, die sie bei der pleite gegangenen isländischen Bank Kaupthing angelegt hatten, zurückgezahlt werden. Am 6. Juli gab das Abwicklungskomitee von Kaupthing bekannt, die Forderungen könnten nun angemeldet werden.
The study of Hjartavernd, the Icelandic Heart Association, on the connection of migraine and the changes of tissue in the cerebellum were recently reported on in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Local residents undertook a seven-hour rescue mission yesterday to bring a beached blue whale back out to sea, which had swum into Hveravík bay at Steingrímsfjördur in the Strandir region in the West Fjords.
The attendance record of the annual Westman Islands’ Merchant’s Weekend festival, Thjódhátíd, was broken for the second year in a row last weekend. This year, between 13,500 and 14,000 people attended the festival.
Kayaker Gísli H. Fridgeirsson became the first Icelander to circle the island in a kayak when he completed his journey at the cape Geldinganes in Reykjavík yesterday afternoon. Fridgeirsson embarked on his journey on June 1.
Vor einer Woche beauftragten die EU-Aussenminister die Europäische Kommission, das Beitrittsgesuch Islands zu prüfen. Die Schritte Islands in Richtung EU werden in Deutschland von zustimmenden aber auch skeptischen Äusserungen begleitet.
Björgvin G. Sigurdsson, party group chairman of the Social Democrats, said it is necessary to review the laws on bank secrecy to such an extent that the media can cover important topics of public interest without being in breach of law.
Icelandic tycoon, former Landsbanki chairman Björgólfur Gudmundsson, was declared bankrupt by Reykjavík District Court last week, according to his own request, on the basis that he isn’t capable of paying his debts.
