How Iceland Views the Financial Turmoil

The World

Iceland suffered a big economic crash in 2008, now the country is watching the situation in Greece with wary eyes.

Marco Werman talks with Sveinn Gudmarsson, a reporter with Iceland’s National Broadcasting Service.

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