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Iceland's new PM rejects EU, but embraces EU economic goals

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland must find stability by aiming for the same economic goals as those set for European Union states, even though it is skeptical about joining the EU and will keep its own currency, the new prime minister said.Full story

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Rockall Island is little more than a desolate outcropping of rock in the North Atlantic Ocean, between Scotland and Iceland. British naturalist James Fisher once called it "the most isolated small rock in the oceans of the world." Full story

New Iceland government freezes EU talks till referendum

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's center-right Progressive and Independence parties agreed on a coalition government on Wednesday and said they would freeze talks on entering the European Union until a referendum on whether or not to continue the process. Full story

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Gunnlaugsson, leader of Iceland's centre-right Progressive party, listens to Iceland's President Grimsson during their meeting in Reykjavik
Gunnlaugsson, leader of Iceland's centre-right Progressive party, listens to Iceland's President Grimsson during their meeting in Reykjavik

Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson , leader of Iceland's centre-right Progressive party, listens to Iceland's President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson during their meeting in Reykjavik May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Sigtryggur Johannsson

Gunnlaugsson, leader of Iceland's centre-right Progressive party, speaks to the media in Reykjavik
Gunnlaugsson, leader of Iceland's centre-right Progressive party, speaks to the media in Reykjavik

Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson, leader of Iceland's centre-right Progressive party, speaks to the media in Reykjavik May 22, 2013. Iceland's Progressive and Independence parties agreed on a coalition government on Wednesday and said they would freeze EU-accession talks until the country's voters approve con

Gunnlaugsson, leader of Iceland's centre-right Progressive party, listens to the media in Reykjavik
Gunnlaugsson, leader of Iceland's centre-right Progressive party, listens to the media in Reykjavik

Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson, leader of Iceland's centre-right Progressive party, listens to the media in Reykjavik May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Sigtryggur Johannsson