Geir Haarde

Iceland Elections: The Revolution Is In (The House)

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 05.26.2009 | World


Iris Erlingsdottir

For a party that has no money and has existed as a political force for less than two months, the outcome of the Icelandic election is nothing less than miraculous.

Elections in Iceland: The Revolutionary Fire is Down to Dying Embers

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 05.18.2009 | World


Iris Erlingsdottir

Unfortunately, in Iceland, as elsewhere, we're numbed by the continuous stream of bad economic news and appear in danger of forgetting what we were fighting for.

Iceland's Government Collapses Amid Financial Crisis

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 02.27.2009 | World


REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland's coalition government collapsed on Monday after an unprecedented wave of public dissent, plunging the island natio...

Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde Resigns, First Political Casualty Of Global Economic Crisis

The Independent | Sophie Morris | Posted 02.24.2009 | World


Iceland's embattled Prime Minister Geir Haarde may have become the first political casualty of the global credit crisis, announcing his resignation ye...

Geir Haarde, Iceland PM, To Step Down Amid Protests

Reuters | Posted 02.23.2009 | World


REYKJAVIK, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Iceland's Prime Minister Geir Haarde on Friday, under growing pressure from his country's financial collapse, said he wo...