Image-conscious China chides its 'unruly' tourists

Iceland

Whistleblower Edward Snowden hailed as hero on social media

10 Jun 2013

The response on social media to the unveiling of NSA’s biggest intelligence leak source, Edward Snowden, has been divided with some calling him a traitor, however the response to his coming out...

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Iceland seen to drop bid for EU seat as election looms

25 Apr 2013

The European Union is an exclusive club many countries are vying to join. But Iceland, as it goes to the polls, is having severe second thoughts. The bid by the North Atlantic island nation to...

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Gay wife of Iceland's prime minister visits Beijing university

18 Apr 2013

The gay wife of Iceland's prime minister took centre stage this week at a reception in her honour during a visit to the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU), but her sexuality was largely off...

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Gays criticise state media coverage of Icelandic leader's visit

17 Apr 2013

The gay and lesbian community slammed state broadcaster CCTV for not mentioning the wife of Iceland's openly gay prime minister in prime-time coverage of her state visit to China. CCTV aired...

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Talking points

15 Apr 2013

How will China treat Iceland's gay first couple?

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Iceland PM Johanna Sigurdardottir arrives in Beijing

14 Apr 2013

Iceland's Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir arrived in Beijing yesterday at the start of a five-day official visit to China.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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Howard Winn

Way to go

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Iceland's lesbian PM declines invitation to meet China's parents of gay children

A group of Chinese parents of gays and lesbians had invited Iceland's prime minister and her wife for a chat over coffee when the couple visit Beijing next week.

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Iceland's harsh cure would be a better medicine for Cyprus

A week after the European Union's first disastrous attempt to solve Cyprus's debt crisis, a new rescue package emerged yesterday.

Unlike the initial bailout, the new deal honours the...

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Former head of Iceland's failed Kaupthing bank faces conspiracy trial

Icelandic banker Sigurdur "Siggi" Einarsson, who ran Kaupthing bank until its collapse five years ago, is among nine former senior staff who have been charged in Reykjavik with orchestrating five...

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ICELAND

Iceland's porn ban proposal sparks row over censorship

Anticensorship campaigners have called on Iceland to ditch its proposals to ban pornography online and in print, labelling the plans "an affront to the basic principles of society".

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‘Horse lasagne’ sparks new British food scare

British authorities have warned the public not to eat beef lasagne sold by the Findus brand and made in France after tests found it contained up to 100 per cent horse meat.

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BANKING

Iceland wins case over failure of Landsbanki

Iceland didn't break the law by refusing to compensate UK and Dutch customers of Landsbanki Islands after the lender collapsed, a European court ruled. The ruling means Iceland won't have to pay...

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