The case of Baldur Gudlaugsson, the secretary of the Ministry of Education who quit yesterday because of an investigation by the Special Prosecutor, is intriguing to say the least. Baldur is being investigated for selling his shares in Landsbankinn, after attending a meeting late in the summer of 2008 with Alistair Darling, the British Chanchellor of [...]

A new bill has been proposed, which is historical as it appears to be the first one which is supposed to counter the type of governance practised by David Oddson and his Independence Party. Ragna Arnadottir, Minister of Justice and Human Rights is proposing a law on the appointment of district and supreme court justices. They are [...]

Godwin’s Law: Godwin’s Law (also known as Godwin’s Rule of Nazi Analogies) is a humorous observation made by Mike Godwin in 1990 which has become an Internet adage. It states: “As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches. The term Godwin’s law can also refer to the [...]

Open office spaces used to be all the rage in the last few years but now the editor in chief’s at Morgunbladid are reversing the trend. Whereas Olafur Stephensen and his predecessor Styrmir Gunnarsson did not have their own private office, carpenters have been hard at work building a “cage” for the new editors. What [...]

Morgunbladid today points out that one year from the economic collapse, Iceland’s most notorious businessmen still hold on to their companies. Jon Asgeir Johanesson – Hagar (Hagkaup, 10-11,Bonus) / 365 Media (Channel 2, Frettabladid) Karl & Steingrimur Wernersson – Lyf & Heilsa Drugstores Agust & Lydur Gudmundsson – Exista (VIS, Lysing, Siminn, Oryggismidstodin) / Bakkavor [...]

Morgunbladid’s Halldor Baldursson, the best cartoonist in Iceland on his new boss’ first day at work. David writing the story with an eraser.

During his 13-year rule as prime minister, Mr Oddsson oversaw the privatisation of Iceland’s three banks that collapsed last October. He was listed among TIME magazine’s choice of 25 people to blame for the financial crisis. However, the owners of the broadsheet daily Morgunbladid made the decision to appoint him as co-editor, despite reservations among [...]

What is Fanney Birna Jonsdottir thinking of her beloved Independence Party today? The only candidate for the leadership position of SUS (Association of Young Independence Party members) on the morning of election Sunday, the moderate conservative who’s been working her way up the party ladder for years might have been forgiven for thinking that this [...]

What are people like Bjarni Benediktsson, Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir and Olafur Stephensen thinking now? Do they really belong in the same corner of society as David Oddson, Bjorn Bjarnason, Hannes Holmsteinn Gissurarson, Kjartan Gunnarsson and Oskar Magnusson? Or is their political career “paid” by the same interest groups? The list of Independence Party coat-tailers whose [...]

The spin had to begin already. Reykjavik City councilman Gisli Marteinn Baldursson of the Independence Party, whose idol has now been made Morgunbladid’s editor describes how he decided to call the subscription department to get the paper. He claims the lady on the other end of the phone told him that there had been more [...]