The crash, when it came, was dramatic.The global financial crisis of 2008 didn’t start in Iceland. Bankers in the US found clever ways of lending too much money to mortgage borrowers w… Read More

While I had been writing Where the Shadows Lie, happily losing myself in thoughts of sagas, rings, volcanoes and Gull beer, the financial world was melting down around me. I remembered how I… Read More

Icesave - gits!, originally uploaded by Tom Spender. Great - now facing having to claim back my 2 ISAs. Come on Putin - please bail out Iceland so they in turn can bail me out Read More

Banks in ruins, a currency in free fall and the IMF called to the rescue: A decade ago Iceland’s worst financial crisis erupted, a traumatic experience the nation still struggles to fo… Read More

The radical Pirate Party which favors legalizing drugs and offering asylum to Edward Snowden looks set to win the most seats in the national election to be held in October.In April this year… Read More

It does seem rather revealing that, David Cameron has opted to make his case against UK membership of the European Economic Area (EEA) - the so-called Norway option - in Iceland, which is al… Read More

Le sujet de l'article comme ce blog est apolitique.. il est cependant intéressant de mettre en perspective ce qui s'est passé et ce qui continue de se passer dans différ… Read More