Teitur Atlason

Major fury over new allegations regarding Magma Energy and HS Orka

July 12, 2010

Last Friday, a parliamentary committee that was appointed to rule on the legitimacy of foreign investment in Iceland, announced that it was perfectly legal for Magma Energy of Canada to own Icelandic utilities company HS Orka. Brief recap for anyone who doesn’t know about this case. Last year, a decision was made to sell [privatize] [...]

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Icesave marketing mastermind takes place in parliament

February 2, 2010

Teitur Atlason, hands down one of Iceland’s best bloggers [who actually writes from Sweden] calls attention to an interesting development on his blog: a young, up-and-coming politician named Erla Ósk Ásgeirsdóttir is taking a seat in parliament today on behalf of the Independence Party. One of Erla Ósk’s greatest career accomplishments is to have planned [...]

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