The Nordic countries remain some of the least corrupt in the world, according to a new report from Transparency International — but Iceland has slipped further behind its neighbours. Read the full story
Posted on 05 December 2011.
The Nordic countries remain some of the least corrupt in the world, according to a new report from Transparency International — but Iceland has slipped further behind its neighbours. Read the full story
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Posted on 24 November 2011.
A former business partner of Icelandic ‘outvasion Viking’ Björgólfur Guðmundsson has this week used his new book to accuse him of making threats and trying to bribe him when their relationship went awry in Russia in the 90s. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 November 2011.
The Icelandic television station Stod 2 has revealed that politicians regularly used to apply pressure, trying stop or change individual news stories. Read the full story
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Posted on 21 September 2011.
An investigation into the secret perks of being a police officer has been launched in Finland. Read the full story
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Posted on 29 July 2011.
Nine foreign footballers involved in a match-fixing scandal in the Finnish league have been handed down suspended prison terms. Read the full story
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Posted on 07 July 2011.
Iceland’s state prosecutor has decided to appeal the recent Reykjavik District Court decision to acquit the three defendants in the suspicious loan case involving Exeter Holdings, Byr savings bank and MP Bank. Read the full story
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Posted on 18 June 2011.
The prosecutor in the case against Finland’s former minister for foreign affairs, Iikka Kanerva, is calling for the MP to serve a jail term of at least two years for alleged aggravated bribe-taking and intentional or negligent dereliction of duty. Read the full story
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Posted on 25 March 2011.
An investigation into alleged match-fixing within Finnish football has taken another step forward after four foreign Rovaniemen Pallseura (RoPS) players were detained at a training session. There are suspicions of foul play in around 10 of last season’s games. Read the full story
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Posted on 12 September 2010.
A Finnish MP could face bribery charges following allegations about huge sums of cash which were donated for his lavish 60th birthday party. The Helsinki Criminal Police have announced that they suspect National Coalition Party MP and former Minister for Foreign Affairs Ikka Kanerva of taking backhanders to fund his recent party. Deputy Prosecutor General Jorma Kalske will now decide whether formal charges will be filed. Read the full story
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Posted on 03 March 2010.
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has recently published its Third Round Evaluation Report on Denmark, in which it recommends more severe penal sanctions for corruption offences and further transparency in party funding, among other measures. Read the full story
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No Motörhead wine for Icelanders, branding too negative
Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival begins today
Multiple shooting in Greenland hamlet
IMF refutes claim it tried to shut Icelandic national theatre and museum
Iceland central bank holds rates, predicts ongoing economic growth
Continued Malmö violence embarrasses police
Currency exchange privacy case thrown out of Icelandic court
Sauli Niinistö wins Finland presidential race
Iceland historic French village restoration finance secured
Murder in Hafnarfjörður
