Several hundred people gathered outside the Icelandic parliament on Austurvollur Square in Reykjavik yesterday to protest on behalf of struggling householders. The three speakers were very well received by the crowd as they called, among other things, for continued payment strikes. Read the full story

Summer street festivals are usually happy events where residents of diverse neighbourhoods turn out to promote their culture and enjoy the fun. But a recent event held in Malmo’s Rosengard district devolved into a street brawl as non-local activists were kicked out of the area by local residents. Read the full story

The seventeenth Reykjavik protest meeting goes ahead today as planned at 15.00 on Austurvollur Square. Later on this evening, The Voices of the People protest group has organized Busahaldaboogie, a ‘victory concert’ at Nasa nightclub. Read the full story

A new protest movement has been started in Iceland, MBL.is reports: the Orange Protesters. A statement from the group says that Orange is a peaceful group of protesters, made up of people opposed to the violence of the last few days.

An Orange representative met with a police representative on Thursday to explain that protesters wearing orange clothes will be peaceful and oppose violence. Orange clothes will be the equivalent of a white flag to mark out peaceful protesters, the movement says. Read the full story

The 16th protest meeting organised by the Voice of the People group took place outside the Icelandic parliament in Reykjavik this afternoon with an estimated 5,000 participants.

The protesters gathered, as usual, to protest the handling of the economic crisis in Iceland and to call for the resignations of the government and the boards of the central bank and the financial supervisory authority. Read the full story

The significant protests that began at lunchtime yesterday are still going on outside the Althingi parliament in Reykjavik, despite it now being past midnight. Read the full story

Hordur Torfason, the musician and protest organiser, said on a recent political chat show that he thinks the weekly Saturday afternoon protests he organises are having an effect, MBL.is reports. Read the full story

As IceNews reported yesterday, protesters succeeded in preventing Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde from appearing on a Stod 2 television show broadcasting live from a hotel in downtown Reykjavik on the 31st of January.

Today, a group of protesters called „The People’s Voice“ will attempt to hand Arni M. Mathiesen, Minister of Finance, a declaration prepared by the group. The content of the document has not been disclosed, but it’s very likely to be related to events related to the financial crisis and Mr. Mathiesen’s decision to appoint as a judge, the son of a prominent figure within the Minster of Finance’s own political party, The Independence Party. Read the full story

Around ten protesters enjoyed coffee with Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson and First Lady Dorrit Moussaieff at their official Bessastadir residence last week.

The group assembled outside the president’s house to demonstrate their Read the full story

The weekly protests outside the Icelandic parliament in Reykjavik took place for the 11th consecutive week yesterday, but MBL.is reports that, like last Saturday, the gathering was very quiet. Read the full story