I am starting my second semester studying for a Master’s degree in International Relations at the University of Iceland. I am so far mostly satisfied with the quality of the courses on offer. I find the topics discussed, be it globalization, history of Icelandic foreign affairs, theories, nationalism and international institutions very interesting and I am [...]

until the end of February…the investigation committee’s report… …now what?

According to DV.is Asbjorn Ottarsson, Independence Party MP paid himself and his wife 65 million ISK in dividends from their fishing company Nesver in 2008. The company lost 574 million ISK in the same year and had a negative equity of 157 million ISK. This is one of the 63 people who is supposed to provide a [...]

It is clear as dayligth that the political and financial elites which control the “four parties” decided early in the economic collapse to sacrifice the indebted households in the country. This was done while a fortress was erected around owner of capital and the criminals who bankrupted the country. Most things indicate that the politicians decided [...]

Excerpts from a farewell letter from someone who’s been in regular touch throughout the year. A foreigner living and working in Iceland, someone who’s been working hard and taking the time to study the language, whose first emails showed as much bewilderment as the rest of us,  ”I went from living in one of the world’s richest countries [...]

I don’t know about you but I have no desire at all to have the InDefence group appear on my nation’s behalf at the Dutch Parliament. “The InDefence group organized a petition in Iceland asking the president of Iceland not to sign the Icesave laws. The petition was signed by close to 25% of voters in Iceland [...]

…is the most corrupt time in the history of Iceland… …not 2002… ..not 2007.. but right now

I’ll never forget the CEO who shouted out loud, “What, why should these people be paid bonuses? They already get a salary to do their job”. The same CEO who stood in line to cash in hundreds of millions in a bonus system called stock options. On top of a monthly salary of 16 of [...]

  Exceptional circumstances call for exceptional thinking, approaches, measures and solutions. No matter what the future departs, Iceland is still an independent nation with a voice. The Presidential decision to submit the entry into force of the new law to national referendum has  called world-attention. Icelanders need to stand together and get the world to understand [...]

Silfur Egils, the talk show was packed yesterday with lots of good information. You can watch it here at Lara Hanna’s blog. Many of the interviews are in English, including Eva Joly, Alain Lipietz, Michael Hudson and Gerard Van Vliet. Gerard is the spokesperson for the Dutch savers who haven’t been reimbursed for the money they had [...]