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Magma Energy and the strange political reactions

Friday, July 16, 2010
By The Speaker
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... »

Ex Kaupthing boss wanted by Interpol

Tuesday, May 11, 2010
By The Speaker
Ex Kaupthing boss wanted by Interpol

Sigurður Einarsson the former Kaupthing manager is now officially wanted by Interpol. Nice picture of this man. When reading the Black Report he sounded like a teenager with an attitude. He... »

Banque Havilland saga continues

Saturday, May 8, 2010
By The Speaker
Banque Havilland saga continues

Magnús Guðmundsson, the director of Banque Havilland and the former director of Kaupthing Luxembourg has been arrested by the Special prosecutor today. He has been taken to prison. The reason... »

Hreiðar Már of Kaupthing finally arrested

Thursday, May 6, 2010
By The Speaker

Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson was arrested but the special prosecutor today. He recently came to Iceland when he was called in for questioning and after that he was arrested and... »

A numb celebration instead of public anger

Sunday, May 2, 2010
By The Speaker
A numb celebration instead of public anger

A numb celebration when there should be anger and riots. There has got to be something wrong with this picture. A quote from Wikipedia: “International Workers’ Day (a name used... »

Take your money and run while we close our eyes and count to ten

Friday, April 30, 2010
By The Speaker
Take your money and run while we close our eyes and count to ten

A few weeks ago the The Directorate of Tax Investigations in Iceland made a public media announcement that was strange to say the least. At least to those who... »

The slimiest financial bastards of 2010

Friday, April 30, 2010
By The Speaker
The slimiest financial bastards of 2010

The 2010 Time 100 list. List influential people of “Least Influential People of 2010” published by Time magazine is interesting. On the top 100 list there are three Icelanders. So,... »

The status of Arion bank

Wednesday, April 21, 2010
By The Speaker
The status of Arion bank

The big question of today is about the real owners of the Icelandic banks Arion (the restored Kaupthing) and Íslandsbanki (the restored Glitnir). The debt collections are large, and... »

The face of Eyjafjallajökull volcano

Friday, April 16, 2010
By The Speaker
The face of Eyjafjallajökull volcano

This is a taken from the Icelandic Coastguard plane on an ELTA radar, and is approx. 2.5 km in diameter. This is the one who sends the ash to Europe. ... »

Volcano eruption latest updates:

Thursday, April 15, 2010
By The Speaker

A large flood is rushing down the glacier and farms near the rivers have been told to evacuate straight away to higher ground. They are in running for the... »

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