Politics
Icelandic politics stink of corruption, self interests, bad leadership and total incompetence. Not to mention total disregard to the citizens of Iceland and their will and reason.
Björgólfur Thor and the political game.
Björgólfur Thor is using his website to discredit everyone else and by doing so he can be seen as an innocent victim just as the regular Icelander can. He is a man of the people apparently (sarcasm intended). What is most striking about this website and all the material on it is that it... »
Magma Energy and the strange political reactions
Magma Energy bought the Icelandic geothermal energy company HS Orka (HS Energy). This was documented a year ago on this website. After that there has been an intense discussion in the blog-sphere and some radio stations. Some of the old media guard has reported this, but not gone into any serious details. After the initial... »
The shroud has officially fallen. The Black Report.
So what is in the “Black Report”? English summary of the report is here. In very short, the report is massive, but in this first hour of its release this is it so far. The banks gave their owners far to much loans and the banks worked for the biggest shareholders (owners and their friends) and ignored... »
“The secret investors” of Iceland
After the economic collapse here in Iceland, the words of today are transparency and openness. This has not always been so here. The more secret things were, the more personal deals were, the less paperwork or paper trail left behind to show who did what and why the better the deal according to those involved.... »
Green energy up for grabs in Iceland
There are news about major international companies using bribes and local corruption to get deals and to “smooth things” so they can get their plans going. Iceland Talks reported about the Daimler Benz bribery case here. Today there is a story about the aluminium giant Rio Tinto Alcan who owns the Alcan Iceland Ltd.... »