Iceland prime minister

november 25 ,,was the International day of the UN, on stopping violence against women. And here , Icelands prime minister,Johanna Sigurdardottir, led a walk , from the culture house in Reykjavik ,to the seaside....

IMF - the kiss of death ?

New book has been published about the banking crash in Iceland last year.The author is mr. Styrmir Gunnarsson, former editor of the newspaper ,Morgunbladid.In his book , mr. Styrmir talkes about when tyhe CEO of the Icelandic Central Bank, mr. David Oddson ,met mister Timothy...

National Assembly in Iceland - video

Today ,there was a national assmebly, 1500 hundred people,discussing what values should be in ICeland.They where selected from every part of ICeland,through random selection,using the national registry.Nine...

Teenagers protest in ICeland - video and photos

Due to the banking crisis and economy problems here in ICeland ,everybody has to save money.And the towns and city must save to.One town near just south of Reykjavik ,Hafnarfjordur,has been cutting down expences,...

Iceland corrupt ?

According to a opinion poll,made here in Iceland ,by The University of Bifrost , Iceland is pretty corrupt.The asked 1350 individuals,and and 63% answered the poll. 67 % of those that answered ,think that Icelands politics and goverment system is very corrupt . But according...

Strange sentences in Iceland -

A 38 year old man ,was sentenced yesterday by a county court in the sout part of Iceland.He was sentenced for giving alcohol and sexually abusing two times, a thirteen year old girl.He used her inexpieriance and that she had drunk alcohol ,and his strengh and age ,and...

No American Ambassador in ICeland

No American Ambassador has been in Iceland since the beginnign of this year.One member of parliement has asked the foreign secretary , why is there no Ambassador in Iceland .Gudlaugur Thor ,member of parliement also asked the foreign secretary about the implications it has...

After Maldives, Philippines to go green: Taps geothermal energy

This Monday the Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed inaugurated a 30 turbines wind farm which with an installed capacity of 75 MW of power. Now its Philippines which is looking to tap into another...

Killer whales leave porpoises for dead

Killer whales leave porpoises for deadWildlife experts say they're trying to determine why fish-eating killer whales roughed up harbor porpoises and left them for dead off British Columbia.Two incidents were...

Mcdonald´s leaves iceland economy - video

Due to the bad economy here in Iceland , McDonalds, is closing down next saturday .According to the CEO of McDonalds in Iceland, this is because that the Icelandic currency is low, and they have to import...

McDonald's to close all their stores in Iceland

McDonald's, the massive worldwide fast food chain will close their last three stores in Iceland next week. All the restaurants are in the capital Reykjavik but will pull down it shutters for last time....

Not Whales, To Blame For Shortage Of Fish

Fisheries, Not Whales, To Blame For Shortage Of FishHarpoon on the bow of a whale hunting ship. The Humane Society International, WWF and the Lenfest Ocean Program have presented three new reports debunking the...

Permanent Secretary investigated in Iceland

Iceland's government says it has reached a deal with Britain and the Netherlands to repay the $5.7 billion ,to compensate savers who lost funds in the collapse of the Icesave Account.This deal is not very popular in Iceland. People say, why should the public pay for private...

Market abuse by Icelands Banks

"Financial control group has sent issues concerning comprehensive market abuse by Kaupthing bank to the Special Prosecutor office.They belive that the bank systematically tried to influence their share price and...

Police raid KPMG and Price Waterhouse Cooper in Iceland

Many think that auditors have some responsabilty in the Banking crash in Iceland .KPMG and Price Waterhouse Cooper Audit companys in Iceland ,where raided by the Special prosecutor in Iceland on the 1. of october...

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