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Chinese Government Denies Involvement In Data Leak
The Chinese Government has denied any involvement in the gathering of information of Icelanders on the list of Zhenhua Data Compay in China, Stundin reports. In an email to Stundin, the Chinese Embassy in Iceland said that they were aware of reports…
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400 Icelanders Named In Zhenhua Data Leak
Of the millions of people whose personal information has been compiled and stored by Chinese tech company Zhenhua Data, a Chinese tech company with reported links to China’s intelligence and military, about 400 Icelanders are amongst them, Stundin reports. While the company…
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Hanna Birna Has Quit Politics
Former Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir has announced she will not be running for parliament this autumn. RÚV reports that Hanna Birna, who is currently an MP for the Independence Party, has issued a statement to the press announcing that…
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Björk: I Work More Like A Writer Or Director
Addressing how each album differs from the last, Björk admits in an interview with the Grapevine that she works more like a writer or director. “After I made Vespertine, all these guys kept sending me beats. And I was just, ‘No, now…
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Most Serious Case Of Political Corruption Ever, Says Professor
Jón Ólafsson, professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland, says that the interference of former Interior Minister Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir of a police investigation into her ministry exemplify more serious corruption in Icelandic politics than has ever been evident before. Last…
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Björk’s Vulnicura Number 1 In 30 Countries
Björk’s eighth studio album, Vulnicura, released early following a leak has topped the iTunes charts in over 30 countries. So far the album has been met with positive reviews, check out the Grapevine’s First Listen published yesterday. Björk has also announced a…
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Leaks About Private Matters Are “Very Common” In Administration, Says PM
On Stöð 2’s New Year’s Eve talk show, Kryddsíld, Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson said that leaks from within ministries and public institutes are “very common in Iceland, often leaks about matters concerning people’s private matters”. The Minister stated this when asked…
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Court Confirms Deportation Of Tony Omos
On Friday, the Reykjavík District Court acquitted the Directorate of Immigration (UTL) from charges pressed on behalf of Tony Omos, whose application for asylum in Iceland will thereby not be taken to consideration. A demonstration has been announced on Saturday, to protest…
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Minister Of The Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir To Resign
Minister of the Interior, Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, is expected to announce that she is stepping down today and will not return to parliament until the New Year, according to RÚV. Hanna Birna has been under a lot of scrutiny following the leak of incriminating…
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Interior Ministry Blocks Media Access To Staff
The Ministry of the Interior has ordained that its staff cannot converse with reporters and journalists without the Ministry’s public relation manager’s explicit permission. The P.R. manager is currently on vacation. The media will thus not be able to reach the Ministry’s…
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Minister Hurried Police Interrogation On Her Own Initiative
Interviewed by RÚV’s Kastljós on Wednesday, Interior Minister Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir repudiated her earlier statements, when she claimed that her former assistant, Gísli Freyr, had requested her to intervene, when she asked the Police to hurry his interrogation, during the investigation that…
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Interior Minister’s Assistant Guilty: Eight Months On Probation
Today, Wednesday, saw Gísli Freyr Valdórsson, the Interior Minister’s now former assistant, sentenced to eight months in prison, by the Reykjavík district court, for leaking a Ministry document, containing sensitive personal information and unsubstantiated slander about one Tony Omos, at the time…
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State Prosecutor Receives Ministry Leak Evidence
Evidence that police have gathered in their investigations of the Ministry of the Interior has been handed over to the State Prosecutor. Vísir reports that the evidence now in hand, the State Prosecutor must now decide whether investigations need to continue, or…
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Ministry Leak Suspect Found, Media Still Not Obliged To Reveal Source
A new ruling from the Supreme Court shows that police investigations of the Ministry of the Interior have led to a potential suspect, called “B”, who may have leaked a memo to select members of the press that proved to contain falsehoods…
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Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here
While families in Iceland gather together over the holidays, at least one couple will not have that privilege. After the Ministry of the Interior decided to uphold the Directorate of Immigration’s ruling to deport Nigerian asylum seeker Tony Omos on November 19,…