Iceland

...so that all the creditors keep 100 percent of their savings." He said Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme would visit Iceland on Friday to meet his counterpart, Geir Haarde. Belgian news agency Belga reported earlier that Belgium and...

In this article: Kaupthing Bank, International Monetary Fund, Geir Haarde, Didier Reynders, European Union, Yves Leterme, and Belgium

...share in BNP Paribas. In Iceland - particularly hard-hit by the credit crunch - government officials and banking chiefs were discussing a possible rescue plan for the country's overstretched commercial banks. British treasury chief...

In this article: OPEC, Credit crunch, New York Mercantile Exchange, Yves Leterme, Europe, and US

...rate to 12 percent from 15.5 percent. Belgium meanwhile offered a lifeline to its biggest bank, Kaupthing Bank, and was sending Prime Minister Yves Leterme to Iceland on Friday to meet Haarde. Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders...

In this article: International Monetary Fund, Kaupthing Bank, Geir Haarde, Russia, Inflation, Didier Reynders, Moscow, and Brussels

...this week for a loan of four billion euros. Iceland's biggest bank, Kaupthing, which has been taken over by the government, has led to complaints from Belgium's Prime Minister Yves Leterme. He has written to his counterpart in...

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...linguistic lines between the Flemish north and French-speaking south. The banking crisis has led to street demonstrations in Iceland calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Geir Haarde and led Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis...

In this article: Yves Leterme, Fortis, BNP Paribas, Belgium, Credit crunch, Geir Haarde, Ulcer, Jo Vandeurzen, and Supreme Court

...into operations. Leterme said no loan to Iceland had been discussed. But with banking debts several times its gross domestic product, Iceland needs money badly. Analysts have also wondered what price Russia -- suffering its own...

In this article: Geir Haarde, Yves Leterme, Russia, Kaupthing, International Monetary Fund, Yahoo, and Luxembourg

...is due in Reykavik on Friday. The EU said in a statement after a summit that the international community should support Iceland, but that the country must stand by its international commitments. In a hopeful sign for the authorities,...

In this article: International Monetary Fund, Glitnir, Geir Haarde, Kaupthing, Landsbanki, Britain, Thomson Reuters, EU, and Russia

...currency untradeable. A team from Iceland, hit particularly hard by the global financial crisis, met Russian officials in Moscow on Wednesday for a second day of talks on a possible multi-billion-euro loan. Belgium meanwhile offered a...

In this article: Kaupthing Bank, International Monetary Fund, Geir Haarde, David Oddsson, Inflation, Didier Reynders, Washington, and Brussels

...will look at ways to help Kaupthing. The EU said in its summit statement that the international community should support Iceland, but that the country must stand by its international commitments. Russia is also considering a request for...

In this article: Kaupthing, International Monetary Fund, Geir Haarde, Glitnir, Thomson Reuters, EU, Luxembourg, and Russia