Posted on 29 September 2011. Tags: advertising, frettabladid, Iceland, media, prostitution
Bjorgvin Bjorgvinsson, head of the Icelandic police sexual crimes division, said yesterday that there is no doubt that the newspaper Frettabladid has been advertising prostitution in its classified ads section. The paper says it has done nothing wrong. Read the full story
Posted in Business, General, Iceland, MBL, Society
Posted on 15 October 2009. Tags: frettabladid, Iceland Financial Crisis, Iceland Special Prosecutor, Icelandic Banks, icelandic economy, Serious Fraud Office, sfo
The British Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is looking into the affairs of the old Icelandic banks and hopes to soon decide whether or not a formal investigation into illegal activities will be launched. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Iceland, MBL, United Kingdom
Posted on 10 January 2009. Tags: fréttablaðið, frettabladid, Iceland, icelandic media, media, morgunbladid, morgunblaðið, newspapers
Iceland’s biggest newspaper, Frettabladid is distributed free-of-charge seven days a week to people’s homes. It is entirely reliant on advertising revenue and has been suffering along with all other media in the current downturn in the advertising market. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Iceland, MBL, Travel