Iceland’s new government said it will ask parliament to vote on whether the recession-hit country should start membership talks with the European Union.

ICELAND’s leftist coalition yesterday won the country’s general election striking a blow at the pro-business Independence Party that many blamed for the collapse of the country’s banking system.

Iceland’s leftist coalition today won the country’s general election striking a blow at the pro-business Independence Party that many blamed for the collapse of the country’s banking system.

Iceland’s government could be ousted from power this weekend, becoming Europe’s first to fall as a direct result of the global financial crisis.

Gunmen ambushed Macedonia’s interior minister yesterday, spraying his car with bullets as he travelled to visit refugees returning to their homes.