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.... »
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... »
Taboo is the word for it. Bribes and corruption is a part of business all over the world. One has to bribe to get access to service, countries, people and... »
A very interesting story broke on RUV (Icelandic state TV) in the show Kastljós (Spotlight) yesterday evening. In short: According to RUV reporters, a report from a former banker at... »
Swedish influence on the currency laws and its implications on IceSave According to Iceland Talks sources there is more to the Aserta currency fraud case than meets the eye. The... »
The famous misunderstanding between Alistair Darling and Árni Matthiesen during the economic crash here in Iceland, a week after the Lehman Brothers bank fell, is legendary. The misunderstanding between... »
There has been a lot of traffic on this website concerning Gísli Reynisson. To put the record straight, there are two of them. The first one is not alive anymore. He... »
After looking more at this interesting document called: Report on moratorium and other issues concerning Landsbanki Íslands hf. One chapter caught my attention more than others. Page 9 and... »
The website Economic Diaster Area just wrote a short article about the Indefence group. Here is the article; I don’t know about you but I have no desire at all to... »
The company Investec Trust Limited, registered on the island of Guernsey does a 127 billion ISK demand, or damages claim to the Kaupthing estate. Another company called Euro Investments... »
