In March I had the pleasure of meeting Professor Yoshimitsu Onozuka from Doshisha University in Japan for discussions on the economic crisis in Iceland. The professor is especially interested in the crisis in comparison with the Japanese crisis of the nineties. He met with several Icelanders to gather information and just sent me his notes. [...]

Dear brother This is our reality today. Be happy you left Iceland a few years ago and consider yourself lucky to have exited at exactly the right time. I wish I had had the same sense as you. Now I’m stuck here and I cant leave. And this is why: In our beautiful country, the [...]

It is shit being an Icelander these days! - A young Icelandic woman

By Paul Nathan I’m behind Iceland 101% – or at least the vast majority of decent hardworking citizens that form the bedrock of the country – and it sickens me to see the growing exodus of people. Having fashioned the nation out of adversity, this modern day calamity is not the usual Act of God, [...]

Geir Haarde has not learned the lessons of crashing his nation’s economy. He has recommended within the Independent Party that the party hand-pick those who should run in the elections instead of allowing the members of the party to vote. The committee in charge is apparantly against his suggestion on the grounds that every member [...]