93.2%

March 7, 2010

… Was the percentage of the Icelandic electorate that said NO to the Icesave bill yesterday.
The NO result was a foregone conclusion – the only thing of interest, really, was how large a margin would be by which the bill would be voted down. Mind you, at noon today, not all the votes were in [...]

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Good news!

March 6, 2010

Sigrún Davíðsdóttir, RÚV’s London correspondent, who is definitely one of the best reporters on the Icelandic collapse in any language, has started a blog — in ENGLISH!
Here is Sigrún commenting on the Icesave referendum on Al-Jazeera yesterday:

[Her bit starts at around 8.30 minutes]
Sigrún’s blog is here.

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Referendum rundown

March 6, 2010

It’s been a rather gray and gloomy day, this day of the first national referendum since the founding of the Republic of Iceland.
I got up [relatively] early and headed for the gym. It was packed and I was slightly surprised that I did not hear the word “Icesave” mentioned once. Not in the fitness area, [...]

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Tremors

March 5, 2010

As if the Icesave referendum wasn’t enough, we now have a potential volcanic eruption happening in Eyjafjallajökull glacier.
There have been tremors for several days, and there are currently 20-30 quakes per hour.
Wikipedia:
Eyjafjallajökull … is one of the smaller glaciers of Iceland. It is situated to the north of Skógar and to the west of the [...]

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A missive from the land of confusion

March 5, 2010

Excerpt from a broadcast by Eiríkur Guðmundsson on RÚV yesterday:
Apparently there’s a referendum this weekend. No one knows what the referendum is about or what exactly it is for. But there is definitely a referendum. Nobody knows how they’re going to vote, or why they should vote; most people I’ve talked to have said they’ll [...]

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Landsbanki for Eurovision!

March 5, 2010

This video has featured prominently on Icelandic blogs this week. It’s a motivational video for Landsbanki staff in which the singer belts out a tune about gildin okkar — “our values” — RESPECT, HONESTY, ENTHUSIASM and PROFESSIONALISM.

Motivational? Ehhh … you decide. Personally I think we should send Landsbanki to represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song [...]

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Jóhanna sends a clear message

March 5, 2010

As if the government wasn’t in enough trouble with public opinion here at home, Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir has publicly announced that she plans to shun the referendum tomorrow.
“To me it is pointless and I find it is very sad that the first referendum since the founding of the republic revolves around legislation that is [...]

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Temperature rising

March 4, 2010

What strange days we are experiencing up here in the Land of the Nice.
Thursday evening, and the government is STILL saying that a new deal with UK/Holland by Saturday cannot be ruled out. Yet we’re set to vote in a referendum in two days’ time.
The mind boggles.
Make no mistake: there is a massive undercurrent of [...]

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Restaurant tip! – Ali Baba

March 4, 2010

Right now, my very favourite place to grab a bite when I can’t be bothered to cook is Ali Baba, a small falafel joint that sits on the edge of Ingólfstorg square. In addition to falafels, it serves up Middle Eastern fare like shawarma, kebabs, hummus and the like.
Mind you, I was predisposed to liking [...]

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Brushing up on my Icesave rhetoric

March 3, 2010

The Ministry of Finance is looking for a PR officer.
Think I should apply?

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