Iceland volcano ,video and photos - still going strong

Here is a long and great vidoe i took last march.

It is from take off,near the volcano,and flying up to and over the volcano.

And to the right,is Eyjafjalljökull ,the big volcano that is erupting now.

Volcano in excellent shape today in Iceland - photos

Great weather today for seeing a volcano in action.
These photos are from   vodafone.is/eldgos  a live web camera of the volcano ,wich is lovingly known as ,Eyjafjallajökull.
The first photo is from this morning,and the second one is from yesterday ,where you can see tourists enjoying the scenery.
There is also another set of live streaming video here on http://eldgos.mila.is/
You can click on the photos to see them bigger. 


And here is a link to a great guesthouse in the west part of Iceland    guesthouse

2 CEO of banks arrested in Iceland today

One former CEO of Kaupthing bank was arrested today,and another one later in the day.
The one who was arrested this morning was mr.Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson, but the one who was arrested later has not been named.
They are arrested because of the investigation by the special prosecutor about the banking crash in 2008.

photo: Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson,

New party in Reykjavik elections , other parties getting afraid.

On may the 29th 2010 ,there will be city and county elections in Iceland.
And now there is a new party ,called , The Best Party.
In it are people in the entertainmnet buisness.
Mr. Jon Gnarr is its leader,a stand up comic and actor.
The poilicy of the party ,is a joke in many ways.
The party chairman ,Jon Gnarr ,needs a more sequre job that pays well.
He wants to have a Polar Bear in the city zoo,and he wants to make Reykjavik a more fun city.
Now other politicians in the traditional parties are getting scared.
In polls , the Best Party is getting more then 20 % of the vote.
The other parties ,all have accepting dubious money to the election support.
Many use the word " accepting bribes " when talking about the money they receive.

Now politicians and member of the press are writing about the Best party ,and thinking this joke has gone far enough.
They are afraid of the votes that the Best party could get.
There are 15 in Reykjavik city council ,and according to the polls ,the Best Party could get 4 seats.
And with four othere parties ,that is a lot of seats.

Corruption in the Pensiun funds and unions in Iceland ? video and photos

About ten thousand people attended the may first parade in Reykjavik yesterday.
The big union leaders did not attend,only minor union leaders and vice chairmans of the unions.
Now there is a discussion about the Unions Pensiun funds, and how they are run.
One of the big Pensiun fund ,Gildi, put 3.5 billion kronas into the Glitnir Bank,few days before the banking crash.
This money is lost from the pensiun fund,and now they are cutting pension to the ealderly and disabled.
Union members have no control who is controlling the pension funds, and the CEO´s of the Pensiun funds,can invest in any way the see fit.
No investigation is going on the Pensiun and union funds.
Even though they have lost lots of money ,and written of big loans.
Many of those that control the pensiun funds,are also working for big companys.
And at Pensiun funds meeting ,the member of the union can attend, but he has no voting rights.

Here is a video i took yesterday ,and you can hear people booing at the speachmakers

Is Iceland turning into a Police state ? photos and video

9 protesters where in court yesterday.
They are charged with going into the Parliement building,and make noise there.
Therefore troubling the parliement at work.
More than 9 where protesting at the parliement building last year,but they decided just to charge 9 of the protesters.
And yesterday in court lot of supporters came to witness the procedings.
Suddenly the Police came ,and ordered two of the court guests,who where standing,becuase all seats had been taken ,out of the court room.
They objected,and then the police arrested the two,and after they where taken away to Police HQ, police stayed in the court room.
The defender objected,and wanted the Police force out of the court room.
But they did not go.
So many think that the court was under Police rule yesterday.
Looks like Iceland is turning into a Police State.
Here is a link to a video taken yesterday at the Court   video



Still corruption is going strong in Iceland.
Members of parliement accepting money into there accounts,and saying it is support money to the elections process.

Local elections in Iceland get a twist ---

In a few weeks there will be local city and county elections in ICeland.
And the fight for Reykjavik is on.
Usually the fight for Reykjavik has between right or left wing politics.
There is the same corruption problem in county politics as there is at the State level.
But now there is a twist to the Reykjavik elections.
There is now a party in the election called the Best Party.
And in it stand up comics,actors,and musicians.
The leader of Best Party ,is Jon Gnarr,a stand up comic and actor.
And he says that ,they are running for Reykjavik,to get good jobs.
That they are going to be corrupt, and get a good living in the Reykjavik city council.
Well,all the other parties say that they are going to do good things for the public,but when elected,they steal and are corrupt for four years.
But the Best Party ,is just honest ,and according to polls in Iceland, the Best party will get 4 seats of 15 in Reykjavik city council.

Jon Gnarr ,Best Party leader, says that he will talk to everybody,the old ,the disabled,women and even foreigners.




Traveling in Iceland


Now is a good time to visit Iceland.
The volcano is now a tourist attraction,and it is cheap to stay and enjoy Iceland .
Here is a link to a great guesthouse in the countryside,just a hour away from Reykjavik.
It is at Reykholt,a great history site in Iceland.    Guesthouse link