Exactly eight weeks ago I decided to try posting a weekly news review on this blog to see where it would lead. It was a bit of an experiment to see whether those people who follow me/this blog on Facebook and Twitter were interested in my take on the political and social scene here in […] Read more
News digest
News from our fair isle, March 24-28. The government unveils its master plan Without a doubt, the biggest story this week was the government’s announcement of how they’re going to make good on their Big Election Promise. As some of you may remember, the party now in power – the Progressive Party – promised prior […] Read more
Hello, and welcome to Iceland this Week, March 17-22. How do you like Iceland now? Last week I mentioned that punters who wanted to visit the Geysir area would have to start ponying up for that privilege very soon. Well “very soon” turned out to be last Saturday, March 15. Yep, as of that day […] Read more
Hello and welcome to another thrilling installment of Iceland This Week, March 10-15. You can take DO out of the Party but … So, we all remember Davíð Oddsson, right? Ex-prime minister of Iceland, the longest-reigning of them all [13 years], who having laid the groundwork for the economic meltdown promptly installed himself as Central […] Read more
Hello everyone – time for another wee look at the news from Iceland this week, March 1-7. They fart in our general direction The biggest story surely concerns the continued brazenness of the current government administration in ignoring the will of a large part of the population. The demonstration last Saturday that I mentioned in […] Read more
News highlights of the week 15-22 February 2014, as digested by Yours Truly. A bull walks into a china shop The week started with a bang last Sunday morning when PM Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson appeared on the weekly talk show Sunnudagsmorgun. The PM has been increasingly under fire for his dictatorial ways of late [e.g. see […] Read more
News highlights of the week 10-15 February 2014, as digested by Yours Truly. Reykjavík – Amsterdam Minister of Health Kristján Júlíusson [IP] has gone on record to support ideas on decriminalizing drug use. Conventional strategies to combat the “war on drugs” are not working any better here in Iceland than anywhere else in the world, and […] Read more
Just for fun I thought I’d try posting a selection of this week’s news stories here in Iceland. Obviously there have been many more than these, so I’m focusing on those that have caught my attention [or, more specifically, that warranted so much attention that I can still remember them by the weekend]. There’s Sochi, […] Read more
