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Jóhannes Jónsson

Of the EU, Special Prosecutor, and musical chairs in the media

February 24, 2010

Fairly meaty news day today. EUROPEAN UNION First, the EU has declared that Iceland is fit to join their club provided we tweak our policies and administrative structure a bit. If we do, they will kindly allow us to discuss potential accession. They have a few, um, criticisms about how things are done here. [I'm [...]

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Arion Bank’s bizarre acrobatics

February 10, 2010

God, there are so many corruption scandals emerging these days that my head is spinning. I’d love to inform the World at Large [that's you] about them but honestly, I wouldn’t know where to start. Except maybe with Kaupthing Arion Bank’s bizarre and completely outrageous settlements with this country’s former tycoons. First, Hagar. Hagar is [...]

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Doddsson hauls out the ammunition

January 29, 2010

So, old Davíð Oddsson – key player in Iceland’s economic collapse, Prime Minister for 13 years, Central Bank director preceding the meltdown, currently editor-in-chief of Morgunblaðið – appears to be preparing the groundwork for his defense in anticipation of the Black Report. As I’ve stated repeatedly, I no longer read Morgunblaðið [well, except when it's [...]

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The White Book and Baugur Group

November 24, 2009

I’ve just finished reading The White Book by Einar Már Guðmundsson …yes, it’s taken me awhile, but only because I was subjected to the literary equivalent of being clobbered over the head and dragged off  this book [affiliate link alert!] – pretty much as I am currently devouring this one [or as the bookstore clerk [...]

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