Silfur Egils

Some interesting views on the Icesave dilemma

January 10, 2010

As many of you will know, one of the most influential TV programmes here in Iceland is Silfur Egils, presented by host Egill Helgason [who also happens to be one Iceland's most popular - and influential - bloggers] and broadcast live on Sundays at 12.30 pm. Egill Helgason was the man instrumental in inviting Eva [...]

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Former Kaupthing executive dishes the dirt, and no, it’s not Ármann Þorvaldsson

December 14, 2009

Interesting interview in Silfur Egils today with Tony Shearer, a former executive with the bank Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander in London. KS&F used to be just plain old Singer & Friedlander until it was taken over by now-defunct Kaupthing bank, in 2006 or thereabouts. The Icelandic útrásarvíkingar placed themselves firmly at the helm, most notably [...]

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On Icelandic and the meaning of nuance

December 1, 2009

So, the dudes from WikiLeaks are in town to stake out the general area. They were interviewed on Silfur Egils this past weekend and, from what I could gather, they have something fairly dramatic up their sleeves – some juicy revelation involving SMS messages and the manager of one of Iceland’s failed banks. Stay tuned [...]

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