Sigurjón Árnason

Verifying the validity of the Black Report

April 22, 2010

One of the more interesting aspects of the Black Report is that it is such an easy read. Many people here feared that it would be filled with jargon and legalese, but that’s not the case at all. It’s written in language clearly aimed at the man in the street, and peppered with lots of [...]

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The discussion on Facebook

January 5, 2010

Predictably, social media sites are all aflutter with Icelanders variously expressing their indignation or jubilation. Here are a couple of Facebook statuses that have been making the rounds on my friends list. Gerard van Vliet [best frienf of InDefence] says in Telegraaf that a new opportunity has now opened up. The governments of Iceland and [...]

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Just when you think things can’t get any more corrupt … THEY DO!!

July 10, 2009

Apropos the last post, it now transpires that the mere dividends that the two Björgólfurs received from their ownership of Landsbanki were actually HIGHER than the loan they would now like to have written off. The loan they took to be able to buy the bank. In other words, they milked out of the bank [...]

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