Yesterday night ,i went for a drive to enjoy a beautiful sunset here in Reykjavik. It was at around 23:00 hours last night. Great to go out ,enjoy the weather and beautiful sunset. And get all the economic ,banking,and political crisis out of your head for a short while. It is nice to get away from the media for a short time. Hope you like the photos . And click on them ,and they will get larger.
The Icelandic goverment is planning to raise taxes more in the months to come . Gas ,tobacco,VAT and more taxes are to be raised. Protest is planned today in Reykjavik. The investigation into the banking crisis is not doing anything. People talk about that the Icelandic community is to small and everybody to connected,that there should be a foreign investigation into the banking crisis.
Today the protest is about the Icesave account in Europe . The goverment is about to put to parliement a law,that sais that the ICelandic govermnt will pay it all. That is in the ammount of 650 billions kronas. And some say - why should the public pay,for the wrongdoings of private bankers.
Here below are a few photos i took last night of the sunset at 23:00 hours . Click on the photos ,and the will be larger.
Today there was a protest meeting in Reykjavik. People where protesting,that the parliement is going to accept the debt about the ICelave accounts. One of the Banks that collapsed last year,had started an invesment scheme in Europe,with the name - Icesave. And when the banks collapsed,they owed about 650 billion kronas. The exchange rate is now - 1 dollar = 129 kronas .
And to pay that - the goverment must raise taxes,save in the welfare system,pay less pension to the old people and more. People are angry ,that why should the public pay ,for what the viking bankers and politicians did . Some firecrackers where shot during the protest today. But it was ,of course,very peaceful. Protest will be next saturday again - and mabey in the middle of the week - when the Icesave accounts are being discussed at parliement in Reykjavik - Iceland. Then parliement can hear what the public is saying outside.
Today there was a protest meeting in Reykjavik. People where protesting,that the parliement is going to accept the debt about the ICelave accounts. One of the Banks that collapsed last year,had started an invesment scheme in Europe,with the name - Icesave. And when the banks collapsed,they owed about 650 billion kronas. The exchange rate is now - 1 dollar = 129 kronas .
And to pay that - the goverment must raise taxes,save in the welfare system,pay less pension to the old people and more. People are angry ,that why should the public pay ,for what the viking bankers and politicians did . Some firecrackers where shot during the protest today. But it was ,of course,very peaceful. Protest will be next saturday again - and mabey in the middle of the week - when the Icesave accounts are being discussed at parliement in Reykjavik - Iceland. Then parliement can hear what the public is saying outside.
A man ,who has lost his house to a bank in ICeland ,got angry. He had built a house in 2003. He had loans from a bank in ICeland . It was the foreign kind. And when the banking crisis started last October,the loans got bigger ,and he could not pay. He tried to negociate with the bank,but the bank said no. So this week ,he rented an escovator ,and destroyed the house. Here is a video of it ,when he destroyed the house. This is a video on Youtube.
Protests are planned today . Yesterdays protest got 8 protesters arrested. And tomorrow ,the 17th of june,is the Icelandic National holiday. Then there will lots of festivities in Reykjavik and politicians making speaches. Here is a video i took yesterday,when the Police arrested protesters in Reykjavik.
Today there was the dayli protest against the discussion on parliement about the Icesave saving accounts in Europe. The goverment is about to put inot law,that the goverment will pay the debt,that the Banks made. That means ,in the amount of 650 billion kronas. People belive that ,if it will be payed by the goverment ,then taxes will have to rise,and the welfare system in Iceland will go down.
The protest started peacefully,but then a few protesters sat down on the street in front of the parliement . That was not acceptable by the police,and the protesters did not obey the police,so 8 where arrested.
