On October 24, 2005, Iceland’s women hit the streets to protest pay inequality and IR took off after them with camera and audio recorder in hand…
Friends and Family of the Mentally Disabled, a subgroup of the grass roots organization Mental Care, was founded on Saturday. One guest said that nothing could replace the family as a source of support for the mentally disabled but the family also needed support.
The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, RÚV, reported on Friday that the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority is not looking into FL – Group’s alleged unauthorized transfer of funds to Luxembourg.
The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, RÚV, reported winds up to 50 meter per second on Kjalarnes; roof tiles flying off houses in the Westman Islands and twice as many automobile accidents as normally reported in Reykjavík.
Svanhildur Konrádsdóttir, Director of Culture and Tourism for Reykjavík Complete, was chosen marketing person of the year 2005 reports Morgunbaldid. This is the first time in the award’s 15 year history that a woman receives the award.
Iceland’s three largest banks Kaupthing, Íslandsbanki and Landsbanki made ISK 66 billion profits in the first nine months of the year. The banks’s shareholders equity amounts to roughly ISK 350 billion, a somewhat larger number than the entire budget of Iceland.
