Diet makes itself safer from novel coronavirus infections
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Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks behind an acrylic panel during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in the Diet building on Jan. 25.Japan News-Yomiuri photo.
TOKYO - A year into the pandemic, the Diet has taken serious action to make Japan s seat of power a safer workplace. Acrylic panels have been set up in the committee rooms of the House of Representatives as one measure taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The House of Councillors no longer has water pitchers to provide refreshment for lawmakers during deliberations.
By Reuters Staff
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COPENHAGEN, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Two Icelandic parliamentary committees have proposed selling up to 35% of the state-owned Islandsbanki in a domestic listing planned for later this year, the finance ministry said.
Islandsbanki, which is wholly owned by the Icelandic state, was one of the three banks that collapsed within a few days of each other in 2008, prompting a state takeover which resulted in restructuring existing banks or creating new ones.
In a statement sent to Iceland’s finance minister from the Economic and Business Affairs Committee and the Budget Committee on Jan. 20., the committees suggest selling at least 25% and up to a maximum of 35%, according to a ministry statement on Thursday.