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Thursday, 21 January 2010 19:16 |
 The news anchor Elin Hirst and the program managers Thura Tomasdottir, Elsa Maria Jakobsdottir and Johanna Vilhjalmsdottir have been laid off from RUV, the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. They received the announcement today but they will be announced formally tomorrow according to the sources of Visir.
Tomorrow will be bloody at the RUV since there are plans to lay off close to twenty employees according to the sources of Visir.
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Monday, 14 December 2009 20:33 |
 It has now been decided by the city council that disabled college and university students now have to pay half price for the transportation service of the disabled, but it has been free for the last two years.
The bus fees of the non disabled students were free as well but this was an experimental project for two years.
The non disabled students also have to pay half fees.
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Friday, 04 December 2009 08:00 |
 Olafur Jon Leosson, truck driver, took his own life recently because of financial problems and unemployment. His family is mourning a good man and say that it is horrible to think about that he saw no other way out of the problems. The family believes that increased compassion of the financial company Lysing hf, would have saved his life.
"This was an enormous shock, really hurt," says Gustaf Jokull Olafsson who recently lost his father, Olafur Jon Leosson after committing a suicide. |
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 19:44 |
 People who want to strengthen their finances have started to take a look in to their mouths and sell the gold from their teeth, says Magnus Steindorsson businessman. Magnus trades with gold and his business is going very well these days since the ounce of gold has reached over 100 thousand króna from what Magnus says.
"One woman came here and took out her tooth and asked how much she could get for the gold from that tooth," said Magnus in a conversation with Reykjavik afternoon chat show today. |
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 09:32 |
 The directorate of labor received two announcements about group layoffs in October, where 34 persons would lose their jobs. This is from construction and the reason is lack of projects.
This is less than in September but at that time were four announcements about group layoffs to the directorate of labor. In total were 110 persons who lost their jobs during those layoffs. |
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 09:14 |
 In total were 633 thousand passengers to Iceland through Keflavik airport in the first 10 months of the year, compared to 806 thousand passengers in January-October 2008. This is a 21,4% reduction.
From what the national registry says were 714 thousand passengers who arrived in Iceland for the past 12 months, till the end of October, and that is 22,6% reduction from the 12 months before that.
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Saturday, 17 October 2009 08:01 |
 The majority of those who participated in the survey of Frettabladid wants the government to cancel its contracts with the International Monetary Fund. Of those who took a stand were 58% that wanted to cancel the contract but 42% did not want to cancel the contract.
From what the newspape says does the majority of supporters of all of the parties outside the popular front party want to cancel the contract. |
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Saturday, 03 October 2009 10:00 |
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 The national forecast of the ministry of finance up till 2011 which was published the day before yesterday puts up a dark image of the position of the employment in Iceland. It is expected that the unemployment will be on average 10,6% next year but reduced down to 9% in 2011. This is considerably darker forecast than before. ASI published the forecast this summer and thought that unemployment might be at 10% next year.
Karl Sigurdsson chairman of the employment field of the directorate of labor says that if the forecast of the ministry of finance comes true might be expected that the unemployment might go past 12% at worst this winter.
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Thursday, 01 October 2009 19:59 |
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 "We have had a confirmatin of that the banks have alreay put limits on withdrawals from accounts as a reaction to the payment strike," says Fridrik Fridriksson, board member of the interest organization of the homes.
Fridrik claimed in Reykjavik siddegis on Bylgjan today that the reaction of the banks to the payment strike of the interest organization of the homes is amongst other to limit the withdrawals. He said that the organization is not keeping track of the number of participants in the payment strike which started today.
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Tuesday, 22 September 2009 12:08 |
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 Close to 90 percent of the nation would be ready to participate in putting pressure on the government for actions for the homes according to the new Capacent gallup survey. Only a third would on the hand be willing to participate in group actions and take a temporary payment strike.
Capacent gallup made a public survey for the interest organisation of the homes late in August and in the beginning of September, but the results were published yesterday.
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Monday, 21 September 2009 06:06 |
 Representatives of Asbjorn Olafsson ehf brought foods to the Mothers aid, in total 1677 products just before the weekend. The support is related to the barcode game the company is running for the brand Knorr.
The game is about collecting ten barcodes from Knorr products and putting them in a collecting envelope which have been sent in to every home in the country. |
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009 12:04 |
 Around one thousand directors and CEOs are registered as unemployed at the directorate of labor. Around half of the unemployed on the other hand only have finished basic education.
At the directorate of labor are close to fifteen thousand persons registered as unemployed or partially employed. The education level has a great meaning in the unemployment, but around 49% of those who are unemployed have only finished basic education and 14 percent have finished collage. |
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Monday, 14 September 2009 07:47 |
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 In total have 199 properties been sold on a forced auction of the sheriffs department in Selfoss this year, from what Olafur Helgi Kjartansson sheriff said. In comparison were 129 forced auctions of properties during the whole year last year.
"Included in those numbers for this year are apartments, industrial housing, summer houses and lots," says Olafur Helgi. He adds that the summer house lots are of majority. Recently were 66 lots sold in one day. |
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Friday, 11 September 2009 14:49 |
 Close to a hundred persons call the help line of the Red Cross every day. Growing desperation is with those who call the help line. People are dreading for the winter and feel like they have to choose between feeding their children or pay their loans.
The volenteers for the Red Cross are helping the nation by answering the help line of the red cross and giving emotional support, the phone number is 1717. |
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Wednesday, 09 September 2009 12:02 |
 Close to 50% more properties have been sold on a forced auction in Reykjavik this year when compared to the same term last year. There is expected a large number of auctions in November when the law about the postponement of auctions runs out.
Close to 130 properties were sold in a forced auction in Reykjavik in the first eight months of this year according to the numbers from the sheriffs department in Reykjavik. At the same time last year were 78 properties sold in forced auctions. |
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Wednesday, 02 September 2009 08:52 |
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Press release from from the coalition as it is sent to the media: Iceland's Home Coalition (Hagsmunasamtök heimilanna, abreviated to HH here after) has announced a general strike in Iceland on all loan payments on October 1st to Oktober 15th. In Icelandic this new kind of strike is called "Greiðsluverkfall" which translates to Paystrike in English. On friday morning at 9:00 AM HH's strike commission met with Iceland's State Mediator, Magnus Pétursson to request that he mediate in upcoming negotiations between HH on one side and the Government, Icelandic Financial Services Association and Icelandic Pension Funds Association (IPFA) on the other. At the same time, the aforementioned negotiations opponents were handed the demands of HH along with invitations for negotiations. Thousands of Icelanders are already on an unorganized Paystrike (up to 20% according to news). They either can't pay the mutated loan payments or have chosen not to because they regard the double and triple loan principals and interest based on illegal and/or unjustifiable business practices.The Paystrike is on one hand to support the people that have been forced to or have bravely already taken this step at considerable risk to their financial reputation. On the other hand it is to apply pressure on the Government and financial sector. |
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Tuesday, 04 August 2009 10:18 |
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More Icelanders are opposed to the membership of Iceland to the EU than approving according to the public survey of Capacent Gallup made for Andriki.
The question was; Are you approving or against the membership of Iceland into the EU? The result was "very approving" were 17,1%, "rather approving" 17,6%, "rather opposed" were 19,3% and "very opposed" were 29,2%. "Neither were 16,9%.
It was said that if those who answered "neither" would be taken out of the results were 58,3% rather or very against the membership of Iceland into the EU, and 41,7% rather or very approving. |
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Friday, 10 July 2009 22:40 |
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 The registered unemployment in June 2009 was 8,15 or on average 14.091 persons and unemployment decreased by 3,5% on average from May or about 504 people. At the same time in 2008 unemployment was 1,1% or 1.842.
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Wednesday, 08 July 2009 06:01 |
 In a vacant lot close to Ananaust has a small tent risen and garden chairs been put up amongst the weeds. It looks at first glance like this is an odd place that had been chosen for a sale tent but after looking closer are food wrappers and clothing hanging on a clothing line close to the tent, which gives off a different idea.
The fact is that in this tent has a middle aged women settled in and lived for the past five weeks, with very limited options and fortune.
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 10:33 |
 The police of the capital area received a report about the house of Bjorgulf Gudmundsson and Hannes Smarason had been splashed with red paint. It is not known who were behind this action or what the purpose was. It is also not known when this happened.
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The parliament approved today changes of the legislation about forced auctions, so the decision about forced auctions of residential property will not be made until after three months.