Iceland's ex-PM calls case preposterous
New Zealand Herald
Photo / AP A former Prime Minister of Iceland yesterday rejected charges he failed to adequately protect his country's economy from financial shocks, as he took the stand in the first criminal trial of a world leader to result from the 2008 financial ...
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Ex-Iceland PM denies financial-crisis charge
MarketWatch
By Robert Daniel TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Former Iceland Prime Minister Geir Haarde on Monday denied charges that he was negligent in failing to prevent the country's financial collapse, media reports said. Haarde is reportedly the first politician to ...
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Former leader of Iceland put on trial for economic crisis
Public Radio International PRI
Geir Haarde, Iceland's former prime minister, speaks to the media in court in Reykjavik March 5, 2012. Iceland began Haarde's trial on Monday for failing to prevent a 2008 financial crash, thought to be the only prosecution in the world of a pol Geir ...
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Iceland's former PM says he's not to blame for bank crash
TheChronicleHerald.ca
March 6, 2012 - 4:28am By ANNA ANDERSENX AP REYKJAVIK, Iceland — A former prime minister of Iceland on Monday rejected charges he failed to adequately protect his country's economy from financial shocks, as he took the stand in the first criminal ...
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GFC puts Iceland's ex-PM Geir Haarde in the dock
The Australian
THE former prime minister of Iceland has warned a court that it is setting a dangerous precedent by charging him with criminal offences for not protecting the country from the 2008 global financial crisis. Geir Haarde, 60, told the first day of his ...
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Ex-Iceland PM blamed for crisis calls trial a 'farce'
Victoria Times Colonist
Former Prime Minister Geir Haarde said Monday he could not be held responsible for the collapse of Iceland's banks in 2008 as he became the first politician to be tried in connection with the global financial crisis. "I reject all accusations, ...
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Iceland puts former PM on trial over crisis
EurActiv
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's top three banks all ...
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Iceland puts former PM on trial over financial crisis
EUobserver.com
By Valentina Pop BRUSSELS - Iceland's former Prime Minister Geir Haarde on Monday (5 March) became the world's first leader to be put on trial on charges of negligence over the 2008 financial crisis. Haarde, who was a premier from 2006 to 2009, ...
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As Iceland's former PM goes on trial, is it time Gordon Brown faced the courts ...
Mail on Sunday
By Donal Blaney In Iceland today a bizarre trial has begun. The former Prime Minister, Geir Haarde, is on trial for negligence over the 2008 financial crisis. Such a piece of “political persecution” (in his words) is usually more commonplace in the ...
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Iceland's ex-leader on trial over banking crisis
Irish Independent
By Richard Orange in Malmo, Sweden The prime minister who led Iceland into its devastating 2008 banking collapse has gone on trial in Reykjavik on charges of negligence. Geir Haarde, the first world leader to face criminal charges over the crisis, ...
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Iceland's ex-PM refuses to take blame for financial meltdown as trial begins
The Independent
For many, Geir Haarde is the villain responsible for the disastrous 2008 financial implosion from which Iceland is still recovering. But yesterday at his trial, the island's currently disgraced former-Prime Minister flatly rejected all such charges ...
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Former Iceland PM Goes On Trial Over 2008 Financial Crisis
RTT News
(RTTNews) - The trial of former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde on charges of failing to prevent the country's 2008 financial crisis began at a special court in capital Reykjavik on Monday. Haarde thus becomes the world's first political leader to ...
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Iceland looking for a scapegoat
gulfnews.com
So, it is unreasonable of Iceland to put its former prime minister on trial on charges that he failed to adequately protect his country's economy from the 2008 global financial crisis. Geir Haarde has rejected the accusations and said the government ...
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Iceland's Former PM On Trial For Financial Crisis
NPR
Iceland's former Prime Minister Geir Haarde is charged with gross negligence related to the 2008 economic collapse in that country. Melissa Block talks with Ingo Sigfussen, the deputy head of news at RUV, the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service.
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Walker Set To Sign Financing Deal For Iceland This Week-Sources
Wall Street Journal
By Marietta Cauchi and Jessica Hodgson Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Iceland Foods Chief Executive Malcolm Walker is close to clinching a financial package to secure his GBP1.55 billion bid for the business, with a deal expected by the end ...
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Iceland's ex-PM tells court he is innocent in financial crisis trial
Bangor Daily News
AP REYKJAVIK, Iceland — A former prime minister of Iceland on Monday rejected charges he failed to adequately protect his country's economy from financial shocks, as he took the stand in the first criminal trial of a world leader to result from the ...
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Ex-PM goes on trial over Iceland's financial collapse
Irish Times
Iceland's former prime minister Geir Haarde has gone on trial for failing to prevent the island nation's 2008 financial crash, the only global political leader to face prosecution over the wider crisis which engulfed the world economy.
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New Zealand Herald
Photo / AP A former Prime Minister of Iceland yesterday rejected charges he failed to adequately protect his country's economy from financial shocks, as he took the stand in the first criminal trial of a world leader to result from the 2008 financial ...
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| Iceland's former PM denies negligence Financial Times By Michael Stothard in Stockholm Geir Haarde, the former prime minister of Iceland, has denied charges of negligence on the first day of the long-awaited trial concerning his handling of the country's 2008 banking crash. Mr Haarde is thought to be the ... See all stories on this topic » |  Financial Times |
Ex-Iceland PM denies financial-crisis charge
MarketWatch
By Robert Daniel TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Former Iceland Prime Minister Geir Haarde on Monday denied charges that he was negligent in failing to prevent the country's financial collapse, media reports said. Haarde is reportedly the first politician to ...
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| Who Should Be on Trial for the Global Financial Crisis? Send Us Your List. New York Times (blog) By HARVEY MORRIS | March 6, 2012, 6:49 am Ingolfur Juliusson/ReutersGeir H. Haarde, Iceland's former prime minister, faced questions in court on Monday over his alleged failure to prevent the 2008 financial crash. LONDON — After more than three years, ... See all stories on this topic » |  New York Times (blog) |
| Former Iceland Leader Tried Over Financial Crisis of 2008 New York Times LONDON — Iceland opened a criminal trial on Monday against its former prime minister, Geir H. Haarde, becoming the first country to prosecute one of its leaders over the financial crisis of 2008. Mr. Haarde is charged, in effect, with doing too little ... See all stories on this topic » |  New York Times |
Former leader of Iceland put on trial for economic crisis
Public Radio International PRI
Geir Haarde, Iceland's former prime minister, speaks to the media in court in Reykjavik March 5, 2012. Iceland began Haarde's trial on Monday for failing to prevent a 2008 financial crash, thought to be the only prosecution in the world of a pol Geir ...
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Iceland's former PM says he's not to blame for bank crash
TheChronicleHerald.ca
March 6, 2012 - 4:28am By ANNA ANDERSENX AP REYKJAVIK, Iceland — A former prime minister of Iceland on Monday rejected charges he failed to adequately protect his country's economy from financial shocks, as he took the stand in the first criminal ...
See all stories on this topic »
GFC puts Iceland's ex-PM Geir Haarde in the dock
The Australian
THE former prime minister of Iceland has warned a court that it is setting a dangerous precedent by charging him with criminal offences for not protecting the country from the 2008 global financial crisis. Geir Haarde, 60, told the first day of his ...
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| Iceland's former PM Geir Haarde becomes first global leader to face trial over ... This is Money By Daily Mail Reporter Iceland's former prime minister Geir Haarde went on trial yesterday for failing to prevent the country's 2008 financial crash. Haarde is the only global political leader to face prosecution over the crisis which engulfed the ... See all stories on this topic » |  This is Money |
Ex-Iceland PM blamed for crisis calls trial a 'farce'
Victoria Times Colonist
Former Prime Minister Geir Haarde said Monday he could not be held responsible for the collapse of Iceland's banks in 2008 as he became the first politician to be tried in connection with the global financial crisis. "I reject all accusations, ...
See all stories on this topic »
Iceland puts former PM on trial over crisis
EurActiv
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's top three banks all ...
See all stories on this topic »
Iceland puts former PM on trial over financial crisis
EUobserver.com
By Valentina Pop BRUSSELS - Iceland's former Prime Minister Geir Haarde on Monday (5 March) became the world's first leader to be put on trial on charges of negligence over the 2008 financial crisis. Haarde, who was a premier from 2006 to 2009, ...
See all stories on this topic »
As Iceland's former PM goes on trial, is it time Gordon Brown faced the courts ...
Mail on Sunday
By Donal Blaney In Iceland today a bizarre trial has begun. The former Prime Minister, Geir Haarde, is on trial for negligence over the 2008 financial crisis. Such a piece of “political persecution” (in his words) is usually more commonplace in the ...
See all stories on this topic »
Iceland's ex-leader on trial over banking crisis
Irish Independent
By Richard Orange in Malmo, Sweden The prime minister who led Iceland into its devastating 2008 banking collapse has gone on trial in Reykjavik on charges of negligence. Geir Haarde, the first world leader to face criminal charges over the crisis, ...
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| The Iceland follies: Loony currency schemes Aljazeera.com In a strange move, Iceland is considering adopting the Canadian dollar as its official currency. Washington, DC - Those who thought we have seen as much financial craziness as possible from this small island-country are in for a big surprise. See all stories on this topic » |  Aljazeera.com |
Iceland's ex-PM refuses to take blame for financial meltdown as trial begins
The Independent
For many, Geir Haarde is the villain responsible for the disastrous 2008 financial implosion from which Iceland is still recovering. But yesterday at his trial, the island's currently disgraced former-Prime Minister flatly rejected all such charges ...
See all stories on this topic »
Former Iceland PM Goes On Trial Over 2008 Financial Crisis
RTT News
(RTTNews) - The trial of former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde on charges of failing to prevent the country's 2008 financial crisis began at a special court in capital Reykjavik on Monday. Haarde thus becomes the world's first political leader to ...
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| Former Icelandic prime minister says trial will vindicate him The Guardian The former prime minister of Iceland has become the first politician in the world to stand trial over the 2008 financial crisis. Geir Haarde, who was ousted after Iceland's three biggest banks collapsed and the country's economy went into meltdown, ... See all stories on this topic » |  The Guardian |
Iceland looking for a scapegoat
gulfnews.com
So, it is unreasonable of Iceland to put its former prime minister on trial on charges that he failed to adequately protect his country's economy from the 2008 global financial crisis. Geir Haarde has rejected the accusations and said the government ...
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| Trial of former Iceland PM takes evidence from ex commerce minister IceNews “The red line through all that year was that bankers feared that one little article in a British paper could have caused a bank to fall,” former Icelandic commerce minister Björgvin G. Sigurðsson told the Landsdómur court case against Geir H. Haarde ... See all stories on this topic » |  IceNews |
Iceland's Former PM On Trial For Financial Crisis
NPR
Iceland's former Prime Minister Geir Haarde is charged with gross negligence related to the 2008 economic collapse in that country. Melissa Block talks with Ingo Sigfussen, the deputy head of news at RUV, the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service.
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Walker Set To Sign Financing Deal For Iceland This Week-Sources
Wall Street Journal
By Marietta Cauchi and Jessica Hodgson Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Iceland Foods Chief Executive Malcolm Walker is close to clinching a financial package to secure his GBP1.55 billion bid for the business, with a deal expected by the end ...
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| Iceland's Former Prime Minister on Trial over Economic Meltdown PRI's The World By Gerry Hadden ⋅ March 5, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment The first world leader to go on trial for the global economic crisis that began in 2008 has appeared in court on Monday, in Reykjavik, Iceland. Former Prime Minister Geir Haarde pleaded not guilty to ... See all stories on this topic » |  PRI's The World |
| Former PM goes on trial over role in financial crisis FRANCE 24 Iceland's former Prime Minister Geir Haarde, the first political leader to face criminal charges in connection with the 2008 financial crisis, goes on trial Monday over his role in the small island-nation's banking collapse. By FRANCE 24 AP - Iceland's ... See all stories on this topic » |  FRANCE 24 |
Iceland's ex-PM tells court he is innocent in financial crisis trial
Bangor Daily News
AP REYKJAVIK, Iceland — A former prime minister of Iceland on Monday rejected charges he failed to adequately protect his country's economy from financial shocks, as he took the stand in the first criminal trial of a world leader to result from the ...
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| Iceland's PM on trial for failed economy Today's THV REYKJAVIK, ICELAND (CNN) -- Iceland's former prime minister is on trial, accused of failing to protect his country's economy. Geir Haarde is thought to be the first world leader to face charges related to the 2008 financial crisis. See all stories on this topic » |  Today's THV |
| Iceland's ex-PM rejects charges BigPond News An ex-PM of Iceland rejected charges he failed to protect his country's economy from financial shocks. A former prime minister of Iceland has rejected charges he failed to adequately protect his country's economy from financial shocks, as he took the ... See all stories on this topic » |  BigPond News |
Ex-PM goes on trial over Iceland's financial collapse
Irish Times
Iceland's former prime minister Geir Haarde has gone on trial for failing to prevent the island nation's 2008 financial crash, the only global political leader to face prosecution over the wider crisis which engulfed the world economy.
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| Trial of former Iceland PM takes evidence from ex commerce ... By Alex "The red line through all that year was that bankers feared that one little article in a British paper could have caused a bank to fall," former Icelandic commerce minister Björgvin G. Sigurðsson told the Landsdómur court case against Geir H. IceNews - Daily News |
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| Iceland's ex-PM on trial for “failing country” | EUTimes.net By EU Times Iceland's former prime minister has rejected charges he failed to protect his country's economy from financial shocks as the first world leader to go on. ...Breaking News ». Post Pic · Iceland's ex-PM on trial for “failing country” · Post Pic ... The European Union Times - World... |
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| Could Iceland adopt the loonie? - Business - CBC News As Icelanders toy with the idea of ditching the tarnished krona, one of the intriguing suggestions being floated there is that it should consider adopting the... www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/.../iceland-loonie.html |
| Iceland's ex-PM Geir Haarde tell court he is innocent as historic ... REYKJAVIK, Iceland — A former prime minister of Iceland on Monday rejected charges he failed to adequately protect his country's economy from financial ... www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAN5ipsR_story.html |
| BBC News - Trial of Iceland ex-PM Haarde over 2008 crisis begins The trial of former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde, on charges of negligence over the 2008 financial crisis, begins in Reykjavik. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17254544 |
| Could Iceland adopt the loonie? Iceland? For months, Icelanders have been toying with the idea of ditching the tarnished krona, which has never fully recovered from the collapse of the ... www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/.../iceland-loonie.html |
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| Former Iceland PM rejects 2008 crisis charges - RTÉ News Iceland's former prime minister has gone on trial over his role in the 2008 banking sector collapse that brought his country to its knees. www.rte.ie/news/2012/0305/iceland.html |
| Trial of former prime minister of Iceland begins | World news | The ... Geir Haarde charged with negligence over failure to prevent collapse ofIceland's main bank. www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/.../iceland-pm-charged-crisis |
| World News - Iceland's ex-PM becomes first world leader to face trial ... REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- Iceland's former prime minister went on trial Monday as the first world leader to face criminal charges over the 2008 financial crisis that ... worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_.../10582106-icelands-ex-pm-be... |
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