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Iceland’s dilemma – to pay or not to pay, that is the question

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

In a further twist to the Icelandic banking saga their President, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson today refused to sign the bill into law that would repay Britain £3.6 million for the collapse of Icesave. The UK and Dutch governments’ compensated their 320,000 savers in the Icelandic banks on the understanding they would get the money back from Iceland. …read more