People where protesting how the goverment is treating the public during the banking crisis.
The promises before the election a few weeks ago ,are all forgoteen.
Discussion in parliemnt are about , how members of parliement are dressed ( they dont have to where ties anymore ) and discussing also about joining the Europian Union.
But while they are doing that ,people are moving to other countries ,and debts on peoples houses are going up ,while the price of the house is going down.
A lady making a speach today ,a member of the Social democratic movement,was bood at when she tried to defend the goverment.
Bubbi Morthens ,the Icelandic Rock King,sang a few songs.
But one man who was there ,started to plant potatos in front of the parliement .
THat got people and the media attention.
And people and children came and started helping him.
That is the message people want the goverment to see,the dont have money to buy food ,so what do you do then ? 

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People where protesting how the goverment is treating the public during the banking crisis.
The promises before the election a few weeks ago ,are all forgoteen.
Discussion in parliemnt are about , how members of parliement are dressed ( they dont have to where ties anymore ) and discussing also about joining the Europian Union.
But while they are doing that ,people are moving to other countries ,and debts on peoples houses are going up ,while the price of the house is going down.
A lady making a speach today ,a member of the Social democratic movement,was bood at when she tried to defend the goverment.
Bubbi Morthens ,the Icelandic Rock King,sang a few songs.
But one man who was there ,started to plant potatos in front of the parliement .
THat got people and the media attention.
And people and children came and started helping him.
That is the message people want the goverment to see,the dont have money to buy food ,so what do you do then ?

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An average ,one family per day,is now moving to other countries .
Icelanders are moving mostly to Norway.
And the goverment celebrates ,that Icelanders are moving from Iceland.
In a tv show this week,the Icelands Social minister ,mr. Arni Pall Arnasson,informed us ,that the goverment where going to help people who had bad bank debts.
He said that nobody would have to suffer for their bad debts,the goverment ,through the banks,would help people.
But later this week,he celebrated ,that familys where moving to other countries.
He said,that people would get educations and learn otheer jobs,and would come back to Iceland later,with great knowledge.

But history tells us,people wont come back.
If their lives are better in other countries,why should they move back to Iceland ?

Politicians in Iceland ,as in other countries,seem to live in an Ivory tower,and cant see what is happening on the ground ,where the public lives.
And here are a few photos and videos i took this week in Reykjavik - Iceland


 



 

Tonight is the finals in the Eurovison song contest.
In Eurovision are all countries in Europe and Israel.
It it now being held in Moscow,because they won last year.
The countrie that wins,gets to hold the song contest next year.
And Iceland is in the finals ,and of course We will win !
But can we hold the song contest next year ?
Wouldnt we then go completely banckrupt ?
Eurovision is very popular in Europe and here in Iceland ,you do not see many people outside ,when the Contest is on.
Here is a link to the ICelandic Song .
Performed by Johanna ,and the songs name is - Is it true . 

The public in Iceland is now organizing a group effort to stop paying their loans to the Banks in Iceland.
About 20.000 thousand individuals have signed up to a group - that is called - Hagsmunasamtok heimilanna ( homes interest group )
The foreign loans people took in good faith, are now skyrocketting,so people that invested with foreing loans a house ,worth 25 million kronas - is now the house is worth 22 million kronas,but the loans are in the 30 millions or more.
People are angry at the banks .
Many have stopped paying of their loans,and many more are going to stop paying.
One member called this a financial civil war !

Many former Bank employes ,who bought stock in the Banks ,and got loans for from their bank,they made private companys around their investment ,so they dont have to pay.
One of the employes of Kaupthing Bank ,is the husband of the former Educational minister ,Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir.
People feel that the banks have stolen their money.
And still nobody is being investigated about the crisis.