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The elusiveness of the visit which Icelandic Prime Minister JA3hanna SigurdardA3ttir paid to European Commission President JosA© Manuel Barroso yesterday hints at the precariousness of her government at home and abroad, commentators told EurActiv.
E-mail: kschmiegelow@rh.dk Received 2 December 2009; Accepted 18 December 2009; Published online 4 February 2010.
Geography Location: European island in the North Atlantic (3 hours' flight from London, 5 ½ hours from New York). Capital: Reykjavik (population 120.000 approx.) Total area: 103,000 km² (39,756 square.miles); vegetation: 23.1%, lakes: 2.7%, glaciers: 11.6%, wasteland: 62.6%. Sea area within fishing limits: 758,000 km². Coastline: 4,970 km. People Population 2008: 313.000 (2.9 per sq. km). Ethnic groups: Homogenous mixture of descendants of the original Nordic and Celtic settlers. Religion: State Lutheran Church 84%. Government Type: Republic since 17 June 1944. Independent since 1 December 1918. President (since 1996): Mr. Olafur Ragnar Grímsson. Prime Minister (since 2009): Mrs. Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. The cabinet is responsible to the legislature (Althingi). Economy Currency: Icelandic krona (ISK) (Rate of exchange - See Central Bank exchange rates). Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita 2007: USD 54,000 Labour force: 180.000 (2008). Unemployment: 4% (2008, 4th quarter). Employment by industry (approx): Agriculture: 3%. Fishing: 3% Industry: 20%. Services: 70%