Stockholm officials who made the final decision to fell a beloved oak tree in the city centre have been issued with bodyguards because of threats made against them. Read the full story
Posted on 10 December 2011.
Stockholm officials who made the final decision to fell a beloved oak tree in the city centre have been issued with bodyguards because of threats made against them. Read the full story
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Posted on 01 October 2011.
Iceland’s Althingi parliament this morning reconvened for its autumn session, but MPs were met by many hundreds of noisy protesters — something which used to be rare but has become normal since the economic crisis hit in 2008. Read the full story
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Posted on 31 August 2011.
Reykjavik police were this morning involved in a stand-off with protesters trying to stop a house being auctioned off due to mortgage arrears. Read the full story
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Posted on 26 August 2011.
Three Greenpeace activists, who gatecrashed a dinner of world leaders at the 2009 COP-15 climate conference by passing themselves off as a head of state, his wife and their bodyguard, have been spared jail. Read the full story
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Posted on 21 July 2011.
Environmental activists dressed as polar bears have staged a sit-in at the Edinburgh offices of Cairn Energy in a protest against the company’s deep-water oil drilling activities off the coast of Greenland. Read the full story
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Posted on 29 June 2011.
A Swedish ship, which was set to sail to Gaza as part of an aid flotilla at the end of the week, has been sabotaged, according to reports. Read the full story
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Posted on 17 June 2011.
A Danish drug manufacturer, which has unwittingly had its product used in executions on America’s death-row, has vowed to discuss ways to ensure the medication is only exported to hospitals. Read the full story
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Posted on 07 May 2011.
The Icelandic man who destroyed his house in protest at it being sold in a repossession auction in 2008 has now been charged with wilful damage to property. He has also been charged with deceiving two couples to give him money. Read the full story
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Posted on 17 January 2011.
The famous Icelandic singer and environmental campaigner, Bjork Gudmundsdottir, this morning handed the Orkuaudlindir petition over to Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir. The singer said she was satisfied with her meeting with government members. Read the full story
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Posted on 25 October 2010.
As previously reported, women all over Iceland left work at 14.25 today in a co-ordinated action to highlight continuing inequality in society. Read the full story
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