冰島星期六舉行還款公投

Icelanders vote Saturday on a referendum to repay Britain and the Netherlands the $5 billion they paid their citizens who held accounts in an Icelandic bank that collapsed.

The bank, Icesave, failed in 2008 at the height of the world financial crisis. Saturday's referendum was triggered by Iceland's president, who refused to sign a bill passed by parliament in February to reimburse the Britain and the March of 2010, Icelanders rejected another repayment bill.

Financial experts say Iceland's approval of the referendum would help it regain credibility in financial markets.

冰島星期六將舉行公投，決定冰島政府是否應就因銀行倒閉而令英國及荷蘭對本國的冰島銀行儲戶支付50多億美元作出賠償。

冰島儲蓄銀行Icesave2008年在世界經濟危機最嚴重時倒閉。冰島總統拒絕簽署議會二月份通過的償還英國和荷蘭政府的決議，從而導致了星期六的公投。2010年3月冰島選民曾經否決過一項償還法案。

金融專家認爲，如果償還法案獲得通過，這將有助於冰島在金融市場上重樹信譽。