2008 in Iceland

The following lists events that happened in 2008 in Iceland.

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Events

May
  • May 29 - A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss.

September
  • September 29 - The government of Iceland takes control of the country's number three bank, the struggling Glitnir Bank.

October
  • October 7 - Subprime mortgage crisis
    • Russia agrees to provide Iceland with emergency loans of 4 billion euros ($5.4 billion).
    • Iceland's Financial Supervisory Authority takes control of troubled Landsbanki Bank.
  • October 9 - Kaupthing Bank, Iceland's largest bank, is nationalized by the country's Financial Supervisory Authority.
  • October 21 - Iceland's Kaupthing Bank fails to pay interest to its 50-billion-yen (US$493 million) bondholders in Japan.
  • October 29 - Danish-based low-cost carrier Sterling Airlines files for bankruptcy and stops all passenger flights after its cash-strapped Icelandic investors were unable keep the company afloat.

November
  • November 19 - The International Monetary Fund approves a US$2.1 billion rescue package for Iceland following its financial crisis.
gollark: ++exec```pythonx = """ k;double sin() ,cos();main(){float A= 0,B=0,i,j,z[1760];char b[ 1760];printf("\x1b[2J");for(;; ){memset(b,32,1760);memset(z,0,7040) ;for(j=0;6.28>j;j+=0.07)for(i=0;6.28 >i;i+=0.02){float c=sin(i),d=cos(j),e= sin(A),f=sin(j),g=cos(A),h=d+2,D=1/(c* h*e+f*g+5),l=cos (i),m=cos(B),n=s\in(B),t=c*h*g-f* e;int x=40+30*D*(l*h*m-t*n),y= 12+15*D*(l*h*n+t*m),o=x+80*y, N=8*((f*e-c*d*g )*m-c*d*e-f*g-l *d*n);if(22>y&& y>0&&x>0&&80>x&&D>z[o]){z[o]=D;;;b[o]= ".,-~:;=!*#$@"[N>0?N:0];}}/*#****!!-*/ printf("\x1b[H");for(k=0;1761>k;k++) putchar(k%80?b[k]:10);A+=0.04;B+= 0.02;}}/*****####*******!!=;:~ ~::==!!!**********!!!==::- .,~~;;;========;;;:~-. ..,--------,*/ """import osopen("test.c", "w").write(x)os.system("gcc -lm test.c")os.system("./a.out")```
gollark: Troubling!
gollark: ++exec```pythonx = """ k;double sin() ,cos();main(){float A= 0,B=0,i,j,z[1760];char b[ 1760];printf("\x1b[2J");for(;; ){memset(b,32,1760);memset(z,0,7040) ;for(j=0;6.28>j;j+=0.07)for(i=0;6.28 >i;i+=0.02){float c=sin(i),d=cos(j),e= sin(A),f=sin(j),g=cos(A),h=d+2,D=1/(c* h*e+f*g+5),l=cos (i),m=cos(B),n=s\in(B),t=c*h*g-f* e;int x=40+30*D*(l*h*m-t*n),y= 12+15*D*(l*h*n+t*m),o=x+80*y, N=8*((f*e-c*d*g )*m-c*d*e-f*g-l *d*n);if(22>y&& y>0&&x>0&&80>x&&D>z[o]){z[o]=D;;;b[o]= ".,-~:;=!*#$@"[N>0?N:0];}}/*#****!!-*/ printf("\x1b[H");for(k=0;1761>k;k++) putchar(k%80?b[k]:10);A+=0.04;B+= 0.02;}}/*****####*******!!=;:~ ~::==!!!**********!!!==::- .,~~;;;========;;;:~-. ..,--------,*/ """import osopen("test.c", "w").write(x)os.system("gcc -lmath test.c")os.system("./a.out")```
gollark: Okay, there is, but it's a hack.
gollark: There is no way to specify that to TIO, sorry!
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