Iceland

Plane stories for the summer

"Perhaps it won't be long before Heathrow Airport is closed down"

Replay: Volcanic disruption

This week, we focus on the volcano that erupted in Iceland and how it will be remembered not as a fascinating work of Mother Nature, but as the cause of a massive inconvenience to travellers and businesses.

"Eyja" is island. "Fjalla" is mountain. "Jökull" is glacier.

Most of us didn't know that volcanic ash could cause airplanes to crash. And we didn't know that there were volcanoes in Iceland capable of sending so much of that ash into the atmosphere. But now we know how to pronounce Eyjafjallajökull.

Iceland is experiencing a _________. Professionals are leaving the country.

Brainstorm, brain drain or brainwave?

Paradise lost

Ice age for migrant fishermen in Iceland

Iceland, which is experiencing the worst financial crisis in its history, now expects its biggest exodus in a century.

Icelandic banks have run out of cash. They've got a _________ problem.

Leverage, liquidity or liabilities?

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