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Reykjavik: Icelandic voters will be called to the urns on Saturday (Photo: Johannes Jansson/norden.org)

EU encourages Icesave 'resolution' ahead of referendum

by Valentina Pop, Brussels,

The EU commission on Wednesday (6 April) said it would like to see a "swift resolution" of the Icesave dispute ahead of a key referendum on Saturday when Icelandic voters are being asked to approve a repayment scheme for Britain and the Netherlands, affected by the online bank's collapse.

"As regards Icesave (...) the Commission would welcome a swift resolution of this matter in the interest of all the parties involved," enlargement commissioner Stefan Fuele told MEPs in Strasbourg when...

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Reykjavik: Icelandic voters will be called to the urns on Saturday (Photo: Johannes Jansson/norden.org)

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