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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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Anyone who cares about the truth

April 6, 2010

… needs to watch a video entitled Collateral Murder published by WikiLeaks yesterday, showing an attack on a group of civilians in Iraq back in 2007. Two of those civilians worked for Reuters. It is essential viewing, especially for those who believe attacks on civilians are simply an unfortunate byproduct of bringing democracy to the [...]

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The mystery of the excluded parties

January 28, 2010

The most bizarre news item of the day was that our Finance Minister Steingrímur J. Sigfússon has gone off to the UK and Holland to discuss the Icesave monster with high ranking officials — along with the leaders of the Independence and Progressive Parties [Bjarni Benediktsson and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson]. I suppose it’s designed to [...]

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Doddsson’s quotation marks

December 9, 2009

In the last post I wrote about the statement issued by the press unions in Scandinavia, in which they express their grave concern about the state of the media here in Iceland. They make particular mention of the fact that Davíð Oddsson was recently hired as editor-in-chief of Iceland’s oldest and most established newspaper, Morgunblaðið. [...]

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The Scandinavian press unions voice their concern

December 7, 2009

Last week, the journalists’ unions in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland issued a formal statement expressing deep concern about the state of the media here in Iceland. The statement outlines their view that freedom of the press and freedom of speech have recently been under attack in Iceland. This based on the fact that a [...]

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The battle for control of Iceland’s energy

November 7, 2009

My latest post on the THINK platform – the tragic story of HS Orka. In the last post I wrote about how a set of investors, meticulously assisted by the ruling powers in Iceland, managed to gain a controlling share in HS Orka, a geothermal energy company supplying green energy to Iceland’s southwest peninsula, Reykjanes, [...]

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When green energy becomes the target of shady deals

November 1, 2009

As I described in a previous post, Iceland has an abundance of green energy. And as we know, green energy is the energy of the future – and will only get more valuable with time. Consequently it is not surprising that Iceland’s green resources are already the target of a power struggle aimed at transferring [...]

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Doddsson’s runaway locomotive

October 18, 2009

There is something strangely fascinating about the slow-motion train wreck that is Morgunblaðið, now that Davíð Oddsson has taken over as its editor in chief. First, a whole lot of people cancelled their subscription to the paper following the announcement that Doddsson had been hired. The paper has declined to say just how many people [...]

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The return of Doddsson

September 25, 2009

Late last week it was announced that the editor of Morgunblaðið – one of Iceland’s two main dailies – had been let go. The reason given was conflicting opinions on the direction and operations of the paper. Morgunblaðið is an Icelandic institution. It has been published since 1913 or thereabouts and has traditionally been a [...]

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