The Dutch-Belgian crime thriller, set on a campsite, makes the most of its confined setting
Global food companies avoid paying taxes by shifting profits around the world. Finance Uncovered reports on the case of Icelandic fishing giant Samherji’s operations in Namibia
Governments need to provide the modelling and data informing the strategy to control the spread of the novel coronavirus
In the heart of Iceland’s volcano country, 21st-century alchemists are transforming carbon dioxide into rock for eternity
Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 medium-haul workhorse jet was grounded in China, Ethiopia and Indonesia on Monday after an Ethiopian Airlines crash
Croatia wrapped up top spot in Group D in Rostov-on-Don thanks to a slick second-half volley by Milan Badelj and a late strike by Ivan Perisic
But the witness for Reeva Steenkamp’s killer says Pistorius may have welcomed Nel’s treatment.
Iceland’s prime minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson is the first political casualty of the Panama Papers leak.
Iceland is a country of snowcapped glaciers, thundering waterfalls and steaming pot pools of alluring turquoise.
Olafur Grimsson has been riding a wave of support for his defiance of Britain and the Netherlands over massive debts from a bank crash.
A slick black head breaks the surface, drawing shrieks from whale watchers in a lucrative activity that some say should replace whale hunts.
Smokers in Iceland might be able to get their fix only from pharmacies — and only with a script.
Ash clouds from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano brought fresh travel chaos to thousands of passengers in Europe on Monday.
Iceland’s erupting volcano has become an instant tourist attraction. <strong>Tom Robbins</strong> travels by snowmobile and helicopter to see the show
The ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano is hanging lower in the air, which is good news for travellers, but winds still made conditions uncertain.
The Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) was still awaiting word on Monday on when flights would resume to the UK and Europe, a spokesperson said.
A huge cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland turned the skies of northern Europe into a no-fly zone on Thursday.
The ground shakes, belching fumes and spewing lava, but this has not deterred throngs of tourists flocking to see Iceland’s active volcano.
Icelanders voted in a referendum on Saturday on a $5bn deal to repay Anglo-Dutch loans, with an expected "No" set to further delay foreign aid.
Iceland’s president rejected a Bill to repay Britain and The Netherlands more than $5-billion their savers lost when Icelandic banks collapsed.
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/ 31 December 2009
Iceland’s Parliament approved an amended Bill on Wednesday to repay more than -billion lost by savers in Britain and The Netherlands.
The power utility has recorded a near R10-billion loss mainly through its exposure to the aluminium market.
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/ 26 January 2009
Companies forecast almost 70 000 job cuts in a single day as the rampant crisis born in the banking sector struck workers across the globe.
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/ 26 January 2009
Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde announced on Monday the resignation of his government in the wake of the country’s dire economic crisis.
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/ 27 October 2008
Iceland said on Monday that IMF cash would not be enough to stabilise its ailing economy as it prepared for talks on the financial crisis.
Iceland seized control of its biggest bank on Thursday to try to shore up its listing financial system, and halted all trade on its stock market.
Governments rushed out new emergency measures in a desperate bid to stop the haemmorhaging of confidence on Thursday.
Iceland’s biggest bank received an emergency loan from Sweden on Wednesday as the country’s financial crisis showed no sign of abating.
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/ 29 September 2008
If it sounds far-fetched for a man without lower legs to become one of the fastest runners on the planet, how about typing by just thinking the words?
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/ 18 January 2008
Bobby Fischer, who died on January 17 aged 64, was a high school dropout who may have been the greatest chess player of all time, but ended his life in eccentric seclusion. The United States-born player had lived for the last two years in Iceland after serving eight months behind bars in Japan.
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/ 18 January 2008
Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has died of an unspecified illness, a spokesperson for the late champion said on Friday. He was 64. Fischer, who beat Russian Boris Spassky in 1972 to become world champion, was considered by some chess experts to be the greatest player of all time.
When the European Union banned exports of fish from Lake Victoria during the 1990s, it highlighted the difficulty African countries can have with European health and safety standards. For Uganda, where fishery exports constitute 6% of the country’s gross domestic product that kind of trade barrier can seriously hamper economic development.