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Tchenguiz brothers unite over review

Brothers join forces to file for a judicial review into the conduct of the Serious Fraud Office following raids this year

Auction looms for final piece of food retailing jigsaw

Landsbanki poised to kick off process of selling majority stake in Iceland Foods, with UK’s big supermarkets expected to show interest in chain

Supermarket rivals line up for Iceland sale

Wm Morrison and J Sainsbury are among Britain’s retailers preparing to look over Iceland Foods, if the sale of a majority stake in the frozen food retailer triggers an auction for the entire chain

EU talks hinge on debt resolution, Iceland told

Iceland has been warned it must resolve its dispute with Britain and the Netherlands before joining the EU after voters rejected a deal to repay €4bn owed to the UK and Dutch governments

Legal action looms as Icelanders vote No

Britain and the Netherlands have vowed to take Iceland to court over €4bn lost in the failed Icesave bank after a deal to repay the money was rejected for second time

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Bail-out on ice

Landsbanki’s bankruptcy in 2008 made it clear that Iceland’s deposit insurance scheme was unfit to deal with the collapse of one, let alone all three main banks

Iceland: paying for banks’ losses

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Other nations could learn from the small country’s refusal to pay the UK and the Netherlands €4bn for bankers’ mistakes

Icesave redemption

The Icelandic people’s defiance has forced the British and Dutch to relent a little and the country may accept a newly concluded deal to put an end to the dispute over the defunct Landsbanki

Iceland is hotter than you might think

Iceland’s fundamentals are good and there were long-term beneficial effects of the failure of the Icelandic elite, writes John Dizard, who thinks it will soon be the hottest investment property

Iceland’s tribal prosecution

Central banking sometimes requires political leaders not just to temporise but to mislead, writes Christopher Caldwell

Iceland should stand up to shameful bullying

John Kay

The assertion that depositors in Kaupthing and Landsbanki have a claim on ordinary people who were too prudent to put money there has little justice or legal basis, writes John Kay

Icelanders confused on repayment vote

As Iceland holds a referendum over a €3.9bn debt repayment deal with Britain and the Netherlands, many voters are struggling to decide whether it is even worth the effort to participate

Iceland

In just over two weeks, about 240,000 angry Icelanders are set to decide whether the nation should guarantee repayment of a €3.9bn Icesave loan from the UK and the Netherlands

How Guantánamo could rescue Iceland

Reopening a closed US military base could be an ideal solution to Obama’s problem of where to place the Guantánamo prisoners, writes David Hale

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Iceland president hails nation’s defiance

Iceland braced for No vote on €4bn refund

Bank eyes sale of Iceland Foods stake

Tchenguiz SFO inquiry chief quits

Tchenguiz plans to restructure £2bn debt pile

Tchenguizes win right to pursue claims

Tchenguiz arm goes into administration

Robert Tchenguiz lashes out at SFO

Stanford repayment demand withdrawn

Tchenguiz party goes on in Cannes without host

Tchenguizes arrested in Kaupthing probe

High-profile arrests threaten to spoil a party

Icesave deal to be put to second vote

Iceland’s president blocks Icesave deal

Iceland’s parliament backs new Icesave deal

Debt recovery in Iceland’s growth sector

‘Mackerel war’ fears stir threat of Iceland blockade

Iceland strikes new deal over failed bank

Growth returns to Iceland after two years

Agreement near on new Icesave deal