Eva Joly

Beaty polishes his halo in The Globe and Mail

October 18, 2010

So, Toronto’s Globe and Mail today publishes an interview with Ross Beaty, CEO of Magma Energy, which focuses [among other things] on the controversy surrounding Magma’s acquisition of HS Orka here in Iceland. Now, we know this about Ross Beaty: he is a smooth talker. He’s got this slightly self-depreciating manner that instantly invites rapport. [...]

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Eva Joly in a farewell interview

October 18, 2010

So, Eva Joly gave a final interview on Silfur Egils this afternoon, recorded just after she stepped down as advisor to the Special Prosecutor into the bank collapse. As always, her lucid comments and composed, assured demeanor inspired confidence — to me, at least. I know there are a handful of people out there who [...]

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Ingvi Hrafn hangs himself on TV

October 15, 2010

OK, I just have to share this. What we have here is one Ingvi Hrafn Jónsson, supporter of the Independence Party and castigator of all things Eva Joly, denouncing [um, too polite a word] the good lady and the work of the Special Prosecutor’s Office on his private television station, INN. I doubt if such [...]

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On keeping Iceland’s energy resources under Icelandic control

October 13, 2010

As I mentioned in the last post, Eva Joly has joined ranks with those who oppose the sale of Icelandic energy company HS Orka to Magma Energy of Canada. This afternoon, Mme Joly, along with a group of people who oppose the Magma deal, gave a press conference in which the Magma affair was once [...]

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Eva Joly bids farewell

October 13, 2010

Eva Joly announced at a press conference this afternoon that she is stepping down as special advisor to the Special Prosecutor’s Office in the investigation into potential criminal activity in connection with the meltdown. This is effective immediately. Mme Joly intends to run for the presidency in France — hence this change. Originally she had [...]

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Eva Joly on the oligarchs’ arrests

May 31, 2010

This is slightly belated, but still fascinating: an interview with Eva Joly on Silfur Egils from May 16, in which she speaks about the arrests of the Kaupthing bankers earlier this month. I didn’t post it earlier because I was counting on Lára Hanna to post it on her blog. The RÚV website, where the [...]

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Black Report: Let the cleansing begin

April 20, 2010

I don’t think I can overstate just how important the publication of the fact-finding report into the bank collapse [aka the Black Report] is for this nation. It’s our own truth commission report, and already it’s causing major waves. Eva Joly, in an interview with DV last weekend, said: … I would like to emphasize [...]

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Eva Joly on the Black Report

April 17, 2010

Eva Joly is in town for her regular consultation with the Office of the Special Prosecutor. She was interviewed on Kastljós yesterday evening and gave her views on the Black Report [a.k.a. the fact-finding report into the bank collapse], among other things. Mme Joly is very impressed with the report, she feels it is “courageous” [...]

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Negotiations, raids and a Wikileaks story that was leaked

February 12, 2010

It’s been a really interesting news day, though there have been no Big Explosions. More like minor tremors, which with any luck will have a long-lasting ripple effect. First, renegotiations on the Icesave debacle are due to commence next week. That’s correct – the British and Dutch have agreed to return to the bargaining table, [...]

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The ties that bind. And make you incompetent.

January 27, 2010

So, the Office of the Special Investigator into the bank collapse carried out a series of raids yesterday in conjunction with the Serious Fraud Office in the UK [as Andrew mentioned in the comments to the last post]. The raids are aimed at brothers Ágúst and Lýður Guðmundsson, former owners of Kaupthing bank, and in [...]

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