Everyone named in the Special Investigation Committee‘s report is asking everyone else to accept responsibility. But nobody has the guts to take the first step. Why the hesitance? It is quite understandable if you look at it from the viewpoint of someone who‘s wrangled their way to the top in Icelandic politics and banking. They [...]

Bjorgolfur Thor was handed Landsbankinn through privatization because he was supposed to have made a mint abroad and re-investing it in the Icelandic economy was seen as a positive move. Landsbankinn’s bankruptcy within six years then turned out to be one of the biggest in history. Not just in Iceland but anywhere. The bank’s IceSave [...]

Katrin Juliusdottir, Minister of Industry yesterday continued the proud tradition of thinking outside the box and signing an agreement with the aluminum industry, in this case a step on the way to build a new smelter in Helguvik. Members of Saving Iceland threw skyr (Icelandic type of yogurt) at her car and then the police [...]

I went to see the new Star Trek movie on Saturday. It was very good and succeeded in making you think about what the future holds.  Then I was sitting in a British Airways flight waiting to take off from London Gatwick airport and I beheld this sight on the picture on the left that [...]