Helgi Hóseasson, aka „Islands Demonstrant“ starb am vergangenen Sonntag in einem Pflegeheim in Reykjavík. An der Ecke von Langholtsvegur und Holtavegur, wo er mit seinen Protestschildern über viele Jahre stand, haben Menschen Blumen und Kerzen aufgebaut.
Dieses Jahr ist die Anzahl der isländischen Staatsbürger, die vom Flughafen Keflavik aus ins Ausland flogen, um die Hälfte gesunken im Vergleich zum Vorjahr.
Der Seeteufel mag vielleicht nicht gerade einen Schönheitswettbewerb gewinnen, doch seine Popularität wächst stetig, seit er vor Jahren buchstäblich über Bord geworfen wurde.
A group of Norwegian investors under the lead of Endre Roesjoe want to dedicate ISK 20 billion to long-term investments in Iceland. Roesjoe has met with the representatives of the Icelandic pension funds, discussing their cooperation on this matter.
The government is planning to cut its funding to the Icelandic Natural History Museum by 25 percent in next year’s national budget and now it appears as if the museum cannot reopen in the coming years. The opening was originally scheduled for this fall.
Helgi Hóseasson, a.k.a. “Iceland’s Protestor,” died at the Grund nursing home in Reykjavík on Sunday at 89. People have placed candles and flowers where Hóseasson used to stand with his protest signs, on the corner of Langholtsvegur and Holtavegur.
In the opinion of American economist Joseph Stiglitz, who received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001, Iceland could manage without loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Nordic countries.
The game between Iceland and Norway in men’s football on Laugardalsvöllur stadium in Reykjavík on Saturday ended with a draw, 1-1. This was Iceland’s final game in qualifying round for the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa.
Since the economic crisis hit Iceland last fall, mass emigration has often been reported on in the local media. However, during the first half of 2009, 1,131 Icelandic citizens moved to Iceland from foreign countries—a similar number as the year prior.
