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Iceland puts former PM on trial over crisis - 06 March 2012

Iceland began the trial yesterday (5 March) of former Prime Minister Geir Haarde for failing to prevent a 2008 financial crash, thought to be the only prosecution in the world of a political leader over the crisis.

Iceland offers to help EU fisheries reform - 24 February 2012

There are many good things that you can say about the EU, but the common fisheries policies has not been successful in fulfilling its objective, the Ambassador of Iceland to the EU, Mr. Thorir Ibsen told EurActiv. He said there was "nothing wrong" that Iceland, an EU candidate, would help this reform, as it has "more experience in this field than the EU".

Iceland sets record in EU accession talks - 28 June 2011

Iceland started EU accession negotiations yesterday (27 June), opening four chapters and immediately closing two of them in a turn of events hailed as "something new" in the EU's history. All negotiating chapters are expected to be opened within a year, announced the country's foreign minister, Oessur Skarphedinsson.

EU to block mackerel landings from Icelandic boats - 18 January 2011

The European Union will block landings of mackerel from Icelandic boats at EU ports in a dispute over fishing quotas, a European Commission spokesman has revealed.

Most Icelanders want EU membership talks - 29 September 2010

Two thirds of Icelanders are in favour of continuing European Union membership talks, according to a poll published on Tuesday, representing a rebound since June when the opposite was almost the case.

Iceland gatecrashes EU antechamber - 27 July 2010

Just one year after crisis-hit Iceland submitted its application to join the European Union, the bloc's foreign ministers yesterday decided that the Nordic country should start accession talks today (27 July).

Parliament green-lights Iceland's EU accession bid - 08 July 2010

The European Parliament has welcomed the prospect of Iceland joining the EU in the near future but also called on the country to cease all whaling as a prerequisite, in a resolution adopted on Wednesday (7 July).

Icelandic banking report reveals greed, ‘extreme negligence’ - 15 April 2010

A special commission put in place in Iceland to investigate the causes of the banking collapse that hit the country one and a half years ago exposed "extreme negligence" on the part of the former conservative prime minister and the former central bank governor.

Dutch vow not to block Iceland's EU talks - 19 March 2010

The Netherlands will not block the start of Iceland's accession talks with the European Union despite an ongoing dispute over repayment of lost bank savings, Dutch agency ANP quoted the Dutch foreign minister as saying on 18 March.

Commission: Icesave doesn’t prevent Iceland from starting accession talks - 09 March 2010

The issue of whether Iceland should reimburse the UK and the Netherlands €3.9bn lost by British and Dutch savers in the Icesave crash is a bilateral one and should not affect the country's EU accession prospects, Enlargement Commissioner Štefan Füle told the European Parliament yesterday (8 March).

Resounding referendum 'no' strengthens Iceland hand in debt talks - 08 March 2010

The spectacular rejection by Icelandic voters of an 'Icesave' accord gives Iceland a resounding mandate to push for better terms in settling €3.9 billion in losses to Britain and the Netherlands.

French, German experts scrutinise EU enlargement - 03 March 2010

Lessons learned from recent EU enlargements and ideas for the future of an even wider Europe shaped recent EurActiv roundtable discussions held in Paris and Berlin.

Commission gives green light to Iceland's EU bid - 25 February 2010

Iceland yesterday (24 February) took an important step towards EU accession, as the European Commission officially recommended opening membership talks with the island country.

Iceland EU accession inspires exotic ideas for debt - 25 February 2010

As Iceland appears to on a fast track to join the European Union, analysts are coming up with exotic ways of overcoming the main obstacle to the island country's accession – a multi-billion euro compensation package for British and Dutch savers hit by the collapse of the Icesave bank.

EU to recommend start of Iceland talks, says official - 17 February 2010

The European Commission will recommend next week that the European Union begins accession talks with Iceland, an EU official said yesterday (16 February), launching a process that Reykjavik hopes will lead to EU membership by 2012.

Iceland PM's discrete EU visit signals strained relations - 05 February 2010

The elusiveness of the visit which Icelandic Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir paid to European Commission President José Manuel Barroso yesterday (4 February) hints at the precariousness of her government at home and abroad, commentators told EurActiv.

Iceland's PM optimistic on Icesave referendum - 11 January 2010

Iceland's prime minister said on 8 January she was ready to put her trust in voters to ratify a deal aimed at repaying Britain and the Netherlands more than $5 billion arising from the country's banking collapse.

France, Germany ponder Iceland EU accession fallout - 10 December 2009

Paris and Berlin are generally positive towards Iceland's EU membership bid but will give the country "no presents" in its accession process, a survey of EurActiv France and EurActiv Germany reveals.

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MEP: Iceland needs EU, not the other way around - 09 November 2010

Icelanders may appear sceptical about joining the EU, but the country needs the European Union more than the other way around, Estonian MEP Indrek Tarand (Greens/European Free Alliance), a member of the EU-Iceland joint parliamentary committee, told EurActiv in an exclusive interview.

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