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....

Geyser in Iceland now in november --- photos

I went recently to check on the geysers here in Iceland .Took a few photos and a video of the geyser blowing up hot water and steam .Here is a link to my video on youtube. - Geyser Link

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...

Volcano in Iceland - all flights in Iceland cancelled

Yesterday evening a volcano erupted at Grimsvotn, on Vatnajokull. Vatnajokull,is a biggest glacier in Iceland. It is not as big as the Volcano last year at Eyjafjallajokull. Here you can see my video of the ash...

Members of the Icelandic parliement sueing eachother ----

Things are good now in Iceland , that is , the weather. Calm winds a clear skies and getting warmer. But in parliement ,they still argue. One member of Parliement ,mr. Gudlaugur Þór Þórðarsson ( Independence party ) might be taking to court, another member of...

National referndum in Iceland next saturday and more

Next saturday ( april 9th ,2011) there will be a national referendum on the Icesave account.The referendum is on ,if Iceland should pay to the UK and Holland money that was in the online savings accounts under the name - Icesave.Icesave was a savings account ,from the...

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