Iceland is far from adopting the euro

I have been told that some rumours are going on in some European countries that Iceland may be about to adopt the euro.

I must say that this comes as a complete surprise to me.

Sure, there has been some discussion in Iceland about the euro and whether adopting it could perhaps be better for the Icelandic economy than our own independent currency, the króna.

However, most economic experts have concluded that it would not be better and having the euro as Iceland's official cu...