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Davíd Oddsson

The new mayor opens a diary and other fun stuff

June 20, 2010

So, as most people reading this will know, we have a new mayor here in Iceland in the form of comedian Jón Gnarr, of the Best Party. The Best Party essentially stormed out of nowhere last spring and stole the Reykjavík local elections from the [corruption-ridden] Independence Party [who despite their corruption-riddedness still have loads [...]

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Sons of Jesus 10, cameo by Doddsson

June 4, 2010

Think what you will of old Davíð Oddsson, you’ve got to admit he knows how to throw a surprise. Just when you thought he’d retreated into the darkest backroom of Morgunblather headquarters to do what he does best, he turns up in a cameo role in a video with a bunch of dudes from the [...]

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Two excellent interviews on Silfur Egils

May 3, 2010

Yesterday’s Silfur Egils* was excellent. The two most notable interviews in my opinion were those with Þorvaldur Gylfason, a professor of economics at the University of Iceland, and with William K. Black, an American lawyer and former bank regulator who is an expert in white-collar crime. Þorvaldur Gylfason is a man of strong opinions with [...]

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First resignation on Morgunblaðið over Doddson’s editorial policy

April 30, 2010

Gunnhildur Arna Gunnarsdóttir, one of the news editors of Morgunblaðið, has resigned from the paper as she disagreed with the paper’s handling of the information published in the Black Report. In particular she found fault with the screaming headline on the front page of the paper the day following the publication of the report, and [...]

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Score one for New Iceland!

April 25, 2010

This past Friday, Reykjavík District Court ruled that the Icelandic state and Árni Mathiesen, former Minister of Finance for the Independence Party, should pay ISK 3 million in compensation to an applicant for the position of district court judge in North Iceland back in 2005. The applicant, Guðmundur Kristjánsson, was deemed the most qualified for [...]

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An eruption, a flood, and some shallow apologies

April 15, 2010

What a crazy day it has been! When I got up this morning, the aftermath of the Black Report was still the Issue of the Day. I flipped through Fréttablaðið during breakfast and was pleased to note that they aren’t shying away from the misdemeanors of their owners TOO much. I haven’t seen Morgunblather since [...]

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Mea non culpa

April 14, 2010

It was painful to watch Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, who was Minister of Finance and Industry for the Progressive Party at the time when the banks were privatized, cross-examined on Kastljós this evening. It is now generally agreed that the outrageous corruption that proliferated inside the banks ca. 2002-2008 began with their privatization. As I’ve written about [...]

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Doddsson’s tyranny: a casebook study

April 13, 2010

In late September 2008, Glitnir bank was in serious trouble and turned to the Central Bank for help. Davíð Oddsson was then CB director, and decided to nationalize Glitnir. The Investigative Committee has ruled that, on this specific point [as well as others] Oddsson showed negligence in the line of duty. Indeed, it has been [...]

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Doddsson does the skedaddle

April 9, 2010

So, as someone mentioned in the comments to the last post, old Davíð Oddsson has decided to leave the country, three days before the Black Report is released. It goes without saying that Doddsson is one of the key players in the 3000-page report. Some might say that he’s simply bowing out graciously to give [...]

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The case of the missing smiley

April 9, 2010

So old Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson is now on a rabid offensive, threatening to sue the Glitnir winding-up committee for libel over the charges I wrote about in the last post. Jón Ásgeir claims the emails that have been released were all cut apart and taken out of context and – what’s worse – EDITED. There’s [...]

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