Turns out that the currency loans which have rocked Icelandic society for years were illegal after all. Of all the royal mess created and sustained by the Icelandic political elite, the whole affair ranks amongst the absolutely worst. On the ground level amongst the public, lives have been lost, future plans have been destroyed, people [...]

This week Arni Johnsen, MP for the Independence Party arose from his bought and paid for seat in Althingi and said that “The EU is a new Soviet”. Almost noone paid much attention and those few who did said, “Arni is an old criminal”. Bjarni Benediktsson was against EU membership, then for EU membership, then [...]

The obvious fact about Gunnar Birgisson is that he is an Independent Party old timer. He is so corrupt that he is absolutely sure he isn’t. Earlier this week Deloitte delivered a report chastising the business directed towards Gunnar’s daugther during his time as Kopavogur’s mayor. The business she received from the Icelandic Student Loan [...]

As far as justifications go the one offered by Iceland’s very own born-again Christian charlatan Gunnar Thorsteinsson in defence of his friend, the disgraced mayor of Kopavogur Gunnar Birgisson takes some beating. Gunnar Birgisson’s is under siege for having directed around 50 million ISK in official funds to his daughter’s business from his position as [...]

The trouble with politicians in Iceland is that they have managed to get away with it all for a long time and many still think they do. Gunnar Birgisson, mayor of Kopavogur, Reykjavik’s largest satellite and former chairman of the board at the Icelandic Student Loan Association is being accused of having directed work from [...]

Today DV.is quotes Gunnar Birgisson, Independence Party major of Kopavogur, Iceland’s second biggest town after Reykjavik as saying “even though she is my daughter she should not be punished for it”. The reason is that the Social Democrats in the town council have requested explanations for the accusations that keep coming up about Gunnar’s daughter’s [...]