The government’s bill on state guarantee in relation to the agreement with British and Dutch authorities on Iceland compensating Landsbanki’s Icesave depositors was approved with disclaimers by the Althingi parliament’s Economic and Tax committee on Saturday night.

All parties except for the Progressive Party, which will submit a special evaluation, supported the bill. It will probably be up for a second round of discussions at Althingi tomorrow, Fréttabladid reports.  17-Aug-09.

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