Day: March 16, 2005

A group of concerned citizens plan to gather outside Parliament at 17.30 today to protest the arrest of an Italian tourist by police. The tourist, Luigi Sposito, was arrested last Saturday under suspicion of being a terrorist.

The Minister of Education, Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdottir has put forward a new bill for state radio and television RÚV. Replacing the monthly fee, which all television owners need to pay, a tax will be added to every individual aged 16-70 earning more than ISK 800,000 per year.