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Iceland’s loud ’No’

Reykjavík (Iceland) | 5 August 2011

"Can’t pay back, won’t pay back!" The people of Iceland have now twice voted not to repay international debts, incurred by banks and bankers, for which the whole island is being held responsible. With the present turmoil in European capitals, could this be the way forward for other economies? (...)

Open Letter: Support Iceland Against the Financial Blackmail of the British and Dutch Governments and the IMF

by Birgitta Jónsdóttir

Reykjavík (Iceland) | 7 January 2010

A group within the Icelandic Parliament, called The Movement, has emerged from the mass struggle of Icelanders against the financial blackmail brought to bear against their country by the governments in London and The Hague, with the backing of the IMF, in the wake of the insolvency of three (...)

Declaration by Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson about the collapse of Iceland banks

by Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson

Reykjavík (Iceland) | 5 January 2010

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
The collapse of our banks and the difficulties following in the wake of the world economic crisis have created profound difﬁculties. Although the Icelandic state has undertaken various liabilities of a magnitude greater than those involved in the Icesave case, (...)