The Icelandic Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and her coalition government narrowly escaped a commitment to resign as a €3.8 billion bill to repay British and Dutch savers following the collapse of Icesave online banking passed. The vote margin was only three votes. Full Story »
Posted by Brian McNeil
Informative report about Iceland's commitment to pay 3.8 billion Euros to cover liabilities from failed Icelandic banks. This story seems factual, fair and well-sourced, but lacks context to help laypersons understand the relevance of this event. It appears to be a 'synthesis article' from Wikinews, which is typically compiled from other sources, listed at the bottom of each article.
I'm not familiar with this story, and didn't find this article helpful in giving me the background information I needed to understand the issues. That said, it's very well sourced and seems to be based on facts.
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