Is Iceland now a formal Banana republic ? video

Now the Pension funds have been investigated,and they lost a few hundred Billion kronas during the banking crisis. That means that people get less pension because of the bad investments by the pension funds. And of...

Family thrown out of house by Iceland police - video

Gas price ( petrol ) is at an all time high in Iceland these days. Now the liter of 95 octane fuel on cars is at 247,90 ICE kronur. That would be 2 US dollars . The goverment is putting all kinds of taxes on fuel...

Icelands national court on former prime minister ,maybe stopped

Parliaments Prosecutor issued an indictment against Geir H. Haarde, former Prime Minister on Tuesday. A list of prosecution witnesses is pretty interesting but the main Heavyweight people in government and officials of Bank system when the banks were on its side in 2008....

President of Iceland listens and talks to the people

Last night , ( november 9 )there was a grasroot meeting in Reykjavik. There people where talking about uniting all the small groups that have been protesting and criticising the the Banking crash and the ...

Thor Coast Guard ship in Iceland

Last thursday ( october 27th ) the new Coast Guard Ship,Thor arrived in Iceland after a long sailing from Chile.Thor was built in Chile .This is a big ship and with every high tech,that is a available...

Presidents wife joins protesters in Iceland

Today the Icelandic parliement came to its winter season. As ususal , first they walk over to the church and then back to the parliement  building. Now there where a few thousand protesters ,protesting the...

Protest in Iceland at the US Embassy today

This afternoon at 17:00 ,local time, people came to the US Embassy to protest the USA plan to veto the Palenstinians request to join the United Nations.Speaches where held ,and then the Embassy was handed a...

Protest planned on october 1st in Reykjavik,Iceland

Respect for the members of Parliement in Iceland is at an all time low these days. Some members of parliement are being invevestigated by the Special Prosecutor for their part in what happened after the banking...

Iceland independence day ,june 17th 2011

Today is Icelands independence day on june the 17th . And the Dc-3 went for a little flight over Reykjavik.Here you can see and hear the start up of the big engines on that plane .Lots of people are now everywhere...

Peaceful protest in Reykjavik,Iceland ,yesterday

Yesterday was the last day of Parliement in Iceland,before summer vacation.A group of protesters gathered in front of the building to protest the goverment,for not helping the public ,as it had...

Volcano ash cloud covering Reykjavik,Iceland .video and photos

I took this video and photos this evening at about 21:00 hours.And as you can see , the ash cloud is about to cover the capital of Iceland,Reykjavik.If things go on,then the ash cloud will reach Europe.All...

Icelands president veto´s the Icesave bill

Iceland's President, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, has just made public that he is referring the new Icesave  bill to a national referendum. This Icesave bill, is an account that one of the crashed banks in Iceland couldnt pay up to its customers in England and Holland....

Bjork in Iceland ,singing at a protest marathon kareoki today

Kareoki marathon has been held for the last three days in Iceland.It is a marathon,and asking people to sign a petition to the goverment , to put to a referandum, if the Goverment should privatize the...

Protest October 4th, Reykjavik, Iceland: Video

"First day of winter time for parliement. And the Prime minister is holding a speach about the govermnet plans and policy about the Iceland . Outside there are many thousand of people protesting,and making a lot...

2 protesters sent to jail today in Iceland

Two protesters where sentenced to prison today in Iceland.Paul Ramses , a political assylum seeker from Kenya ,was being out of Iceland july 3rd,2008 .At Keflavik International airport in ICeland, two protesters...

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